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Track your iPhone

One thing that I've just known about iPhone (and iPad) is it's keeping a record of where it has been taken. The record is then copied to computer that you use for syncing the iPhone. By default, you can't open the file to see where have you taken your iPhone. But you can now see it with a mac app named iPhone Tracker which can be downloaded in here.

Here's an example of my iPhone movement.

Now I wonder if only iPhone also automatically stores the file into somewhere on-line so I can also track down my stolen iPhone 3GS.

XL's *123# is misleading

So I reloaded credits and tried to subscribe through *123#, but had no luck, it kept saying the operation timed out. I called their CS and told my situation, and they said they're sorry they could not help me by that time 'cause their system was currently offline, so I need to wait for couple of hours and reach them back. I tried again on the next day (which is today) and now they say that I have to pay IDR 199 thousands to continue my subscription. I asked 'bout information I got on *123# and they say it only applies if you bought the SIM after October first. Huh? So why they ONLY put the 99 thousands price on *123# options then? As if EVERY customers could subscribe to it. Meh.
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Special Nearby on Foursquare

Since Foursquare has started to be mainstream nowadays, I can say that many business owners will be interested to use Foursquare as one of their marketing channels. Let's hope that we can get much free foods or stuffs just by some finger touch in the next few months.

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Special_Nearby_on_Foursquare.zip (133 KB)

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Tidung Island, a lil bit of heaven on northwest Jakarta

Where are you gonna go when you feel bored with city life and want to find an escape destination from the daily routine with a minimum budget? One alternative that you should try is to go to Tidung island.

Tidung island is located on northwest Jakarta. Approximately, it takes 2 hours to get there by boat from Muara Angke. Tidung consists of two islands; Great Tidung and Small Tidung. These islands are connected with a long bridge.

Tidung island shapes like an exclamation mark. Most of the community houses is located on the east part of the island. You need to cross a km or so to reach the west part of the island. Luckily, you can easily find rented-bycicle there.

What you don't wanna miss in Tidung is the snorkeling experience. My travel guide said that Tidung has the most exotic snorkeling spots among others in Thousand Islands. Unable to swim is not a wise reason to miss snorkeling, with life vest and snorkel fins, you can swim like a fish.

If you're gonna busy with heaven-like beaches and corals at the day, what can you do in Tidung at the night? As far as I see, Tidung has no fancy restaurant, but you can get affordable seafoods near the docks.

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Feel curious with the island? Wait until you see my expenses for the fun in there. Here's the detail expenses (in thousand IDR):
- Boat (Muara Angke to Tidung): 35/person
- Meals: 15/meal
- House rent: 300 (two rooms, two bathrooms, a tv, a frig)
- Bycicle rent: 15/bike
- Snorkeling gears rent: 35/person
- Boat rent (for snorkeling): 400 (can be filled up to 8 persons)- Tour guide: 60/day
- Boat (Tidung to Muara Angke): 35/person
 
Surprisingly cheap, isn't it?

Note: photos courtesy of Untung Saroha Sihombing, click here see his photo album for more photos.

Tweeter?

Got a group invitation to support Luna Maya on facebook. Seems the creator doesn't have a Twitter account. He misspelled Twitter with Tweeter.

Sent from my iPho...ehm, BlackBerry® smartphone from Sinyal Bagus XL, Nyambung Teruuusss...!

Instant Messaging, is getting less interesting.

I still remember back into 90's when internet connection is not as easy as now. Every time I get online and find my friends are online too, in MIRC or Yahoo Messenger, I get psyched out to say hi and the "hi" will then turn into an un-intentioned conversation. At that moment, the excitement to say hi initially occurred because I find it's kinda hard to get online at the same time with friends. So most of the time, the IM-conversation is had by chance.

Time past by, the technology's getting handier than before. Now it's like lots of my friends are always seen online all the time. But now I have lost the excitement to make a conversation by chance. I now always start a chat by purpose. Consequently, sometimes I feel like I use IM service less often then the old times. I didn't say that IM now is a boring service. It's just felt.....different. 

Sent from my iPho...ehm, BlackBerry® smartphone from Sinyal Bagus XL, Nyambung Teruuusss...!

Google Maps App on Blackberry

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Plan to buy a Blackberry? Think again!

1. It's not Mac friendly. Last week I had problem on my Blackberry because I updated the OS (which I shouldn't have) through my Mac, and it got error and ended up with a white screen on my Blackberry with a "Reload Software 507" text on it. I googled and found out the only way to fix the problem is wiping the OS clean and re-install the OS, which only can be done on Windows!

2. The only thing that only can be done by Blackberry (which can't be done by any other cellphone) is Blackberry Messenger (BBM) which has no unique feature among other IM. Besides, BBM is only fun when you have a lot of friends who have Blackberry too.

3. You can't transfer files through Bluetooth to your computer. Or may be it can, I just don't know how, but whatever it is, it's obviously not easy to do it.

4. Browsing web through default Blackberry Browser really SUCKS! It only can open one window at one time. Feels like I'm back to 90's and browse with the old Internet Explorer.

5. The default GUI on text messaging is so uninteresting. It's shown as a thread conversation, but with just text and the sender name in it, I often get confused which one's sent by who.

6. Sometimes you have to soft-reset your Blackberry due to some errors. And don't expect the soft-reset would only take few seconds, ioobecause actually you will have much time to make coffee while waiting the device up again. Sad.

7. The models are so monotone. Bold, Curve, Jave, Nexianberry (oh wait), you name it. Well, it's all looked the same for me. Only Gemini that looks different because it's the first that has no trackball, perhaps.

8. It's really in mainstream in Indonesia. Seems almost everyone in here use it right now.

So, if you plan to spend cash more than IDR 5 millions to buy a new cellphone and have a thought to buy Blackberry. Think again.

I didn't say Blackberry's bad though (not because I already have one). But for a device that's worth more than IDR 5 millions, I'd prefer something else.

Sent from my iPho...ehm, BlackBerry® smartphone from Sinyal Bagus XL, Nyambung Teruuusss...!

XL has no idea how to soft reset Blackberry correctly

This morning I activate the XL's BIS on my Blackberry, then they sent me a message as shown below.

Huh? Don't they know how to soft reset on Blackberry without replacing and put back your battery? Well, here's another way: press and hold Alt+(Right)Shift+Del for a few seconds. Voila!
Sent from my iPho...ehm, BlackBerry® smartphone from Sinyal Bagus XL, Nyambung Teruuusss...!

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