4 posts tagged “nimbuzz”
Nimbuzz just launched a comprehensive mobile VoIP and IM solution, and brings voice to social networks (yay!)!
Application connects mobile, online communities, social networks – all in one place
Nimbuzz (www.nimbuzz.com) today announces the UK launch of an application to provide mobile users and online communities with “free calls, chat and more.” Nimbuzz offers an all-in-one solution for free mobile VoIP calling, conference calling, instant messaging, chat and group chat, and photo and file sending across multiple IM communities, including Skype, MSN, Google Talk, Yahoo!, AIM, Jabber and ICQ, plus 23 social networks, including Facebook and Myspace.
Once users download the Nimbuzz application for the mobile and register as a new user, contacts from their selected IM communities are aggregated into a single contact list with icons indicating real-time “presence” - which contacts are online or offline and from which communities.
“Everyone loves Skype (on the PC). But when it comes to the mobile, we believe we offer a better solution,” said Tariq Dag Steinberg Khan, the London-based Chief Marketing Officer for Nimbuzz. “Nimbuzz works across all the major communities and on more than 500 handsets worldwide. With this new release, we now also have a genuine free mobile VoIP solution that works on more than 90 handsets including Nokia, Samsung and LG.”
The new Nimbuzz mobile VoIP application works worldwide on Nokia Symbian Series 60 devices when connected using a 3G or Wifi network (with a Windows Mobile offering for release in June). For GPRS/EDGE connections, or when using Java-enabled phones, Nimbuzz also offers its “hybrid-VoIP” solution (as used by Skype) – for making international mobile calls at local dial-in cost – in as many as 50 countries.
Nimbuzz is free to download and easy-to-use, but data usage is subject to network operator rates when used on the mobile, unless using a flat-rate data plan.
“The good news is that mobile data costs are coming down dramatically. Flat-rate data plans didn’t exist last year (in Europe), now they’re everywhere. This makes using Nimbuzz the closest thing to free communication there is,” explains Tariq. “Apps like Nimbuzz are accelerating the uptake of mobile data plans. This is a big win for consumers and network operators alike, and as such, a big focus (for them going forward). As a result, we are in the process of building some important win-win relationships with forward-thinking operators and strategic partners across Europe, and would now like to do the same here in the UK.”
On the social networking front, Nimbuzz is breaking new ground by bringing voice and mobile chat to social networks. The new six-button Communicator widget brings free calling, chat, text and voice messaging and file sending to social networks, email signatures and personal websites or blogs. Also introduced is the unique “buzz” feature which alerts your friends “offline” to join you online for a call or chat.
“Our users drive our development – so even with what we think is a great product, it always feels like we’re in beta. The truth is, we wouldn’t be innovating fast enough if we weren’t,” adds Tariq. “With users from 176 countries – or 90% of the world – it’s easy to see why. There is remarkable consumer appetite out there, worldwide, and the industry tailwinds are picking up pace. We are grateful for our pre-launch momentum and look forward to announcing some exciting new products, features and strategic partnerships with key operators and social networks over the summer.”
My own widget is already on my Facebook profile page here: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=564440964
Thought that it is about time to bring Nimbuzz back to everyone's collective memory! If you haven't tried it yet, then this is why I am trying to let you know again.
Please do! I am saying this because it is just SUCH A JOY to be able to use your cell and call friend and family all over this very beautiful globe of ours and not have to worry about enormous charges or being selective about who to call.
Again, Nimbuzz allows you to to use their network, as well as GtTalk and MSN (and VERY SOON Skype and AIM) to make calls, send SMS, and chat with your contacts on the respective networks. It has beautiful interface, insane ease of use, and a brilliant team of excellent staff and support personnel behind them.
Furthermore, they ALREADY came out with an even more beautiful iPhone application. So, if you haven't tried it yet, you might as well do so now, believe me, you'll be so happy you did so. They support over 500 phones, so the likelihood that it works on your phone is "rather high". You'll basically get that feel of "wow, they thought of everything" pretty quick ...
Below is a video of the app on the iPhone to check out as well as a Nimbuzz intro video, enjoy!
I would like to share the following two applications with everybody. I came across them within 1 week and both of them stunned me, because of how applicable they are to everyday life, not even to mention the fact that both are free. We all get bombarded with new ideas, applications and gadgets every day. Tech-blogs try to outdo themselves everyday by trying to publish any information sooner than everybody else, or being the firsts to talk about how they are trying the beta version of something, or just got invited to join the alpha phase of a new start-up. At the end of the day though, nobody knows how this new photo-sharing tool, community website, or video broadcasting site is actually worth checking out before they turn into an I-Pod and everybody must have one (if they want to or not it seems - coz if you don't already have one, someone will give it to you for X-Mas). Another cool thing is that both apps are from Europe, "where the history comes from", to quote Eddie Izzard : )
Okay, now to the heart of this post:
Nimbuzz is a little piece of software that you install on your mobile phone:
- To Chat and send Text messages for free within the Nimbuzz community
- To Chat with your buddies from other communities like MSN and Google Talk (as well as Yahoo and AIM, which are coming very soon)
- AND to call your Nimbuzz buddies all over the world at local cost (or minutes). You can call Mobile-to-Mobile, PC-to-Mobile, or Mobile-toPC (this feature will launch in October)!!!
- To access all your email, contacts and tasks (128 Bit SSL secured by VeriSign)
- To access any files (images, video, sound, Word, PowerPoint) on your MAC or PC
- To call people on Skype anywhere in the world for local rates (or minutes)
Absolutely worth taking a look at these guys, I am amazed myself and can only share the joy I am having with these two. Certainly, both have limitations, and you'd preferably have a dataplan on your phone, but the possibilities make up for anything you spend on a dataplan (the worldwide phone calls alone!).
Nimbuzz still has to implement the chatting features with all clients and start the free phone call feature (in October), while SoonRs limitation is that the computer you are trying to access via your mobile phone needs to be switched on.
Either way, check them out. 'nuf said!
