Archive for August, 2009


Official: Nimbuzz entering Nokia’s Ovi Store

August 31st, 2009
 

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Good news for all the Nokia and Nimbuzz fans out there, Nimbuzz is present in the Ovi store and ready for download for your beloved Nokia mobile phones [Ovi Download link].

In the last year many of us realized that Apple’s App Store model was a huge success and with 1 Billion applications downloaded in less one year,  few can contradict this.

The idea spread out really quick and soon after,  big names of the mobile industry went in the same direction.  Nokia,  Google, Sony (and a lot more to follow) created a unique space for their users to find the best applications for their mobile phones. From what we can tell each of the stores is a success:  App Store, Android Market, Ovi Store and also Getjar.com where Nimbuzz was the was #1 most downloaded application in US store last month.

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Sharing is Caring: 4 new social media features for the Nimbuzz blogs!

August 28th, 2009
 

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Credit: eBoy

We are livin’ the Social Media Times, and social media is about sharing, listening, joining the conversation and of course real time communication.

And because here at Nimbuzz, we believe in the social media values, we have decided to make a few changes to the Nimbuzz blogs that will empower you to be more connected and give you the possibility of sharing the latest Nimbuzz news with your friends, with just one click!

Here are the 4 great features that I’m proud to present you:

  1. Mobile Blog version
  2. TweetMeme and Facebook buttons
  3. Social Media Sharing buttons (I love them :D )
  4. Avatars in the comment section

And now to talk a little bit about each:

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Nimbuzz EmotiContest – Semifinalists!

August 27th, 2009
 

winnokia2001We would like to thank you all for the great designs  you sent so far for the Nimbuzz EmotiContest . The competition will end on 31st August so you still have 5 days to submit your designs. To find more please read our previous post:  Win a Nokia 5800! Join the EmotiContest!

Below we have created an Emoticons Gallery with the best entries received so far. Please let us know which one is your favorite in the comment section! Our design team will consider your opinion when choosing the winner.

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Nimbuzz Poll results: 45% call abroad more than 10 times a month

August 27th, 2009
 

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Results are in from our blog poll (see question and results above). Thank you for your time and for your votes.

We are happy to see that 45% of out users are calling abroad more than 10 times a month and 17% are calling more between 5  and 10 times. This means that 62% of you are calling more than 5 times a month abroad and probably saving a ton of money on each of these calls by using Nimbuzz.

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New Nimbuzz version: Faster and easier access to your chats! – GetJar Exclusive

August 26th, 2009
 

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Good news for all the owners of a Java mobile phones, we have just released a brand new Nimbuzz version exclusively on Getjar.

This new version will also be available on Nimbuzz.com in a week , but if you want to try it today go to Getjar.com and download now.

To get it straight on your mobile, go to Getjar.com from your mobile browser, search for Nimbuzz and download ;) .

Here are the brand new features that we have introduced in the Java 1.5 release:

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Nimbuzz HQ – pictures from behind the scenes!

August 20th, 2009
 

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A few days ago the Nimbuzz Rotterdam office was featured on Office Snapshots, a site where visitors can see pictures from inside the companies they care about.

We have also uploaded the pictures on the Nimbuzz Flickr profile, so if you want to see our beautiful :D work space you can always check it out here.

To introduce you a little bit into the Nimbuzz working mood, I have embedded a few pictures below and added a few comments.

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#1 app in Getjar US & Android in the news!!

August 19th, 2009
 

Getjar July 2009 US top

Great week here at Nimbuzz HQ! We have good news and coverage to share with you!

Thanks to Will Park from Intomobile for letting us know that Nimbuzz was the most downloaded app on Getjar in the US in July!

Getjar is the world’s most popular mobile application distribution and developer community, with over 200,000 developer and beta-tester accounts and it’s makes us really happy to see that Nimbuzz is the most popular application among US users.

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Nimbuzz Poll results: 39% of you like Jimmy the Nimbuzz chatbot!

August 13th, 2009
 

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Results are in from our blog poll (see question and results above). Thank you for your time and for your votes.

39% of you met Jimmy, chatted with him and think he is funny (we think the same ;) btw ) and 52% of you didn’t have the pleasure to know him yet!

Before talking about him I think it is fair to make the introduction, so here it goes: Everybody meet Jimmy, Jimmy meet everybody!

jimmy-the-chatbot

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Vote for Nimbuzz in the “Android Network Awards”!

August 12th, 2009
 

Yesterday we launched the most sophisticated mobile social messaging application for Android handsets and today we’re competing for the people’s choice title! That means, you determine who wins!

Our favorite Android sites have banded together to bring us the Android Network Awards from Aug 10th until Aug 16th 2009!

If you like our Android application, let the world hear it! You can vote for us Here!

Just scroll down to the Best Social Networking App poll and Best Communications App poll and choose Other option, write Nimbuzz and hit vote!

Since we launched the app after the voting period started, we couldn’t be included on the list in time.  Thanks for your support! Let’s win this one together :D !

If you didn’t got the chance to install Nimbuzz on your Android mobile yet, you can read about it on the top industry blogs. Here are a few articles we found:

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Nimbuzz mobile social messaging for Android – LIFTOFF!!

August 11th, 2009
 

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We have a liftoff  –  [Nimbuzz for Android is ready for download!]

Unique for all Android users, we are introducing…

  • a smart buddy list layout,
  • a time-sensitive user interface (!),
  • home-screen notifications,
  • auto-reconnect,
  • and clickable URLs

… to make Nimbuzz the most sophisticated mobile social messaging application for Android handsets.

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