万花筒 2010-01-03&01-04 印尼的黑莓热

Welcome to Indonesia's green market in mobile phone. This is a great typical mall, it's a kind of, like electronics bazaar¹ with stalls everywhere, selling the latest in mobile phones at cut rate prices and it's pretty clear who the market winner is-Blackberry. They beat the iPhone hands down. In fact, telecommunication² research groups believe that there are five times as many Blackberries sold as IPhones.

This seller tells us it's because the Blackberry caters³ for everyone from the top to the bottom and in between and there's a great variety of prices, he says.

One reason is price. The Blackberry is far cheaper than the iPhone. In fact, the Blackberry sells here for about $500 and iPhone sells for about $900 and it's especially cheaper if you buy one that's been smuggled⁴ in tax free. In fact, research groups believe that most of the Blackberries bought in Indonesia are bought on the gray market.

All my friends have Blackberries, that's why I'm buying one. This customer tells us.

Indonesia's Internet infrastructure⁵ is also still quite patchy. It's expensive and not very reliable to get a broadband connection, but getting a mobile phone that's web enabled is easy and cheap. And also, Indonesians love to chat and send text messages, so they like Blackberry's keyboards,so they can quickly send messages out. And there is only room to grow in this market, research groups estimate that by next year, about half of Indonesia's 240 million strong population will have a mobile phone.

Atika Shubert, CNN, Jakarta.
 

1 bazaar   

n.集市，商店集中区

参考例句：

• Chickens,goats and rabbits were offered for barter at the bazaar.在集市上，鸡、山羊和兔子被摆出来作物物交换之用。
• We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar.我们在集市通过讨价还价买到了一条很漂亮的地毯。

2 telecommunication   

n.电信，远距离通信

参考例句：

• Telecommunication is an industry of service.电信业是一个服务型的行业。
• I only care about the telecommunication quality and the charge.我只关心通信质量和资费两个方面。

3 caters   

提供饮食及服务( cater的第三人称单数 )； 满足需要，适合

参考例句：

• That shop caters exclusively to the weaker sex. 那家商店专供妇女需要的商品。
• The boutique caters for a rather select clientele. 这家精品店为特定的顾客群服务。

4 smuggled   

水货

参考例句：

• The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Those smuggled goods have been detained by the port office. 那些走私货物被港务局扣押了。 来自互联网

5 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。