BlackBerry continues with its developments and release as it brings a potentially powerful service and the BlackBerry Z10 handset this week to two countries respectively: India and Indonesia.

BBMoney pilots a new platform in Indonesia

In an effort to win-back its past clients for its long-awaited release, BlackBerry launched an additional service that banks on the strength of its much-lauded feature.

TechCrunch reports that the company formed a partnership with PermataBank and Monitise to launch the BBM Money, a service that allows for real-time mobile payments using BlackBerry's own Messenger service.

BBM Money will allow users to have their own mobile money account that is based on their BBM account, which they can they use to move money between bank accounts, send money to their BBM contacts, and even buy credit.

Best of all, you are not charged with any money transfer, so all you would have to worry about would be bank rates linked to the transfer.

While this is a move to put it above start-up rivals in the messaging department, it is also a value-added service that BlackBerry would like to put out there for potential markets, reports All Things D.

"BlackBerry Messenger is the dominant short message communication platform in Indonesia," said Monetise Group Strategy Director Richard Johnson to TechCrunch. "At a global level, what is really exciting here with real-time chat evolving through real-time engagement, is that you are effectively taking a social network and turning it into a payment network.

BlackBerry Z10 arrives in India at $800

The BlackBerry Z10 has finally arrived in India, unveiled and now sold at $800 or Rs 43,490 for unlocked units, reports EndGadget.

The price tag has drawn both interest and critic, as Digital Trends reports that this puts the Z10 at a lower price compared to the iPhone 5, but still at a higher rate compared to the Samsung Galaxy S3.

The company, however, has been very optimistic with the potential of the Indian market, pegging the sales to as much as 50% in 2013.

What may have been unaccounted for is the price itself, as it has drawn flak from tweets all over the country. According to NDTV, the price has been compared to other necessities or luxurious, which seem to amount to more than owning a BlackBerry Z10.

From an air ticket to Europe to an entire showroom, the market seemed to view the price as not only extravagant, but also too expensive for the handset.

But according to reports, India and Indonesia are one of the countries that have seen the growth in sales for the BlackBerry, and with the release of the new handset, which packs a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, an improved UI, and the BlackBerry 10 OS, the future may not look as bleak as its initial reception.