Android has beat the Rim as typically the most popular mobile operating-system in Indonesia using the purchase of 52 percent. Indonesia is a vital marketplace for Rim, using the greatest share of the market within the second quarter.
However in the 3rd quarter, the positioning moved Android-based items, for example cell phones and pills from Samsung, HTC, and The new sony. Based on IDC analyst located in Jakarta, Darwin Lie, this occurs due to the cost of Android devices are relatively less expensive than the Rim-based devices.
For Research in Motion, the manufacturer of BlackBerry, Indonesia is a savior after market eroded in several developing countries. This is compounded by a BlackBerry product that remains in touch screen technology. According to IDC's calculations, there are ten vendors that sell Android-based phones with a total of seven million devices by the end of the year.
At the beginning of this year, RIM is trying to maintain its market in Indonesia to launch BlackBerry Curve 9220 mobile phone. For RIM, this effort is quite successful even if only short-term impact. Indonesia with a population of 240 million, RIM lost 6 per cent market share of the total 7 million subscribers. In the UK, RIM has 8 million subscribers and a market share for the company's Canadian.
