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Best Mobile IM! Best IM Design! IM developers of the year!

March 3rd, 2010

Your vote counted and your voice was heard: Nimbuzz dominated the Best IM Clients of 2010 awards hosted by About.com!

We won on 3 of the 5 categories in which we were nominated!

  • Best Mobile IM
  • Best IM Design
  • IM developers of the year

Thank you all of you for voting!

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Nimbuzz now on LG Voyager, LG Vu, Samsung Star, and Samsung Jet.

March 3rd, 2010

Nimbuzz for java 1.6 on Samsung jet

Nimbuzz is now available for LG Prada, LGVX9100,  LG Voyager,  LG Vu,  Samsung SPH-M540, Samsung Star, and Samsung Jet.

Want more good news? There is also a new Nimbuzz version(1.6) available and it’s waiting for you to download.

Here is what you can expect when you decide to upgrade:

  • UI improvements for touch screen mobiles.

The new version brings kinetic scrolling and bigger touch areas to Samsung and LG touch screen mobiles.

Wait! There is more after the jump.

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Underwater Connection? Nimbuzz and Sonim make it happen!

February 23rd, 2010

Chat with you friends everywhere and anywhere, even underwater!

Today, we are announcing our partnership with Sonim Technologies.

What this means is that Nimbuzz will be pre-installed on the new rugged Sonim XP2 Spirit phone. If everyone knows one thing about Sonim phones it is that they are indestructible. Yes, no one has been able to break the XP2 Spirit yet!

Drop it, throw it against the wall, swim with it, and even make an elephant step on it :) . Nothing will happen to this awesome device!!

So….I guess that makes Nimbuzz invincible?

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Nimbuzz wins a TMC Product of the Year Award!

February 16th, 2010

Nimbuzz wins Product of the year

Good news everyone : Nimbuzz has won a TMC INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award!

We are really happy top be recognized by one of the leading publication covering the IP communications industry as one of the most innovative products of 2009!

The editors of INTERNET TELEPHONY selected the companies that have demonstrated the vision, leadership, and thoroughness associated with the Product of the Year Award.

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Meet Nimbuzz at MWC 2010

February 16th, 2010

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It is Mobile World Congress time again, and we invite to come and meet us at our booth to show you what we’ve got coming up for you!

Mobile World Congress is the biggest yearly event of the mobile industry, and it is the place where leaders in the space gather to collaborate. In 2009, Mobile World Congress hosted approximately 47,000 mobile professionals from 182 countries.

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Nimbuzz ‘Buzz’

February 16th, 2010

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As some of you may have noticed, the ‘Buzz’ feature is currently unavailable. We are looking into alternatives to provide an even better user experience, and will let you all know as soon as this becomes available.

Thanks for your patience!

Nimbuzz Team

Community connectivity

February 16th, 2010

As some of you have already noticed and reported on Twitter, blog and email we have some issues with the communities connectivity: if you login into Nimbuzz you might not be able to see some of your friends (Facebook, WLM, Skype or other) .

Don’t worry we are working on it and it will be fixed soon!

Also please be sure you have the latest version installed on your device! You can download it via our website or specific App stores.

Thanks a lot for your understanding and feedback.

Nimbuzz surpasses 1 million downloads in Nokia’s OVI store!!

February 13th, 2010

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We’re delighted to tell you that Nimbuzz was has surpassed 1 million downloads on Nokia’s Ovi Store.

And the news was already picked up by the top mobile influencers on the web. Here’s what they said:

If you were thinking giving a Nokia phone as a Valentine’s day gift , here are the top and best reviewed devices in the USA.

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Google Buzz vs Nimbuzz

February 11th, 2010

This week Google announced a new feature/ tool/ product called Google Buzz.

Now we got Buzz Aldrin, Buzz Lightyear, Nimbuzz, BuzzWorthy, Yahoo Buzz, and Google Buzz. But what’s all the Buzz about??

For some reason the first thing that came to my mind was…. Twitter/Friendfeed rip off?

Watch the video after the jump and let Google itself explain some of the features that this new social media tool has to offer.

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And the NimbuzzOut winners are…

February 10th, 2010

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Back in December we launched two very cool contests for all our  NimbuzzOut users:

  • Win a fantastic holiday to your most-called destination!
  • Make the first call of 2010 on NimbuzzOut & we’ll pay your bill for the year!

First and foremost, for anyone who doesn’t know yet, NimbuzzOut lets you make incredibly cheap international calls from your mobile, to landlines and mobiles anywhere in the world. By using it on your mobile or PC you can save up to 95% of your monthly bill.

Currently NimbuzzOut is available on Nimbuzz for iPhone, iPod Touch, Symbian, Windows Mobile and PC with more to follow soon! .

How much you can save? Check the NimbuzzOut rates .

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