Top 3 Social Media apps for Symbian

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This article was written by Mobile Jorge, one of the Top Nokia Bloggers and a real influencer in the Social Media Symbian world!  If you want find out the hottest Nokia/Symbian news we higly recommend to visit his blogs: Nokia Mobile Talk, Maemo Mobile Talk, Nokia-Tips and definitely follow him on twitter @nokiamobiletalk! Find out more about Nimbuzz Nokia Symbian Week! and win a Nokia N78!

We all know that Social Media is taking over our computers, but can you connect and update your friends straight from your mobile phone? Lets see what  Mobile Jorge suggests:

Social Media has become a viral phenomenon everyone is participating in this new social trend and Symbian is at its forefront. The Symbian operating system is so versatile that it can accommodate just about everyone’s taste from mobile chatting via my favorite instant messaging client Nimbuzz to Tweeting, Facebook and off course everyone favorite online photography storage – Flickr. One may say, “How social can one be,” well as social as you want to be, either way Symbian’s got your back.

Let’s take you guys through a typical day; they say that people learn by example so here we go. As a well communicated blogger I’m always on Twitter an luckily Symbian has many options to satisfy to but I depend on only one application it’s called Gravity by a famous German developer called Jan Ole Suhr. Gravity has all the options that are important to take advantage of Twitter. Let’s highlight some of my favorites:

  • ReTweeting
  • Direct Messaging
  • Favorites
  • Multiple account support including Identi.ca, Facebook, and off course Twitter
  • Imaging support via Twitpic, Mobypictures, Posterous
  • Saving and sending via Instapaper
  • Post to Delicious
  • Follow/Unfollow

Well as you see its pretty complete and enough to keep you busy as can be, so after I load up Gravity I immediately switch to another screen and open up Nimbuzz where my mobile chatting becomes alive especially since Nimbuzz now offers Facebook chatting and oh it so so so sweet to be able to interact socially with all my contacts on command. C’mon just think about it, you’re going mobile and all of a sudden you can communicate with friends near and far. I have friends in every continent and I rely only Nimbuzz to carry me through my digital conversations. Here are some of my favorites features of Nimbuz:

  • Picture/Video/Voice messaging
  • Facebook Chatting
  • Group chatting – this one is so cool I highly recommend it
  • Skype
  • Google Talk
  • MSN Messenger
  • And my favorite One login for everything, it’s such a time saver

Now as we all know Symbian devices especially Nokia’s are world famous for their photographic capabilities especially the Nseries with devices such as the Nokia N95 8GB and most recently the Nokia N97 which are equipped with the ultimate cameras 5 megapixels by Carl Zeiss. So imagine being mobile and Tweeting and chatting via Nimbuzz is only part of the equation in the age of Social Media you want to share your visual content and Nokia Smartphones are always up to the task. So to share my mobile photographic masterpieces I use an application called Shozu which uploads your media either pictures or video to a plethora of Social Media sites but my defacto online depository home for my pictures is Flickr and You-Tube for video.

So tying all the application together is easy with Symbian because they all handle multi-tasking very easily so I often Tweet, Chat and upload to Shozu all at the same time. I hope this gives you several ideas as to how you can practice Social Media on your Symbian device.

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Andi on September 11th, 2009 in Guest Writer, Mobile, Symbian

30 Responses to “Top 3 Social Media apps for Symbian”

  1. Good coverage except they seem to have left out free calling with Nimbuzz also. I prefer to use Cellspin instead of Shozu but both are pretty good.

    Mike Butler September 11th, 2009

  2. Definetly i am agree,to day social media become a very useful tool, like twitter it’s make our share n lifestreaming come easier, communication via chat, messaging n VoIP call also become easy and cheapest with #Nimbuzz mobile freedom, so i still can connected wth my friends n my family wherever they are, whatever their social media (twitter, fb, ym, skype etc) it’s ok! wth nimbuzz and i love what ‘ve nimbuzz brougth to user ‘one login for everything’ that’s really nice jargon guys. ^.^

    Gombile September 11th, 2009

  3. Nimbuzz is best social messesging application, its my favorite application.

    lucky September 11th, 2009

  4. I think Nimbuzz outshines all other IM applications due to its support for all the necessary clients (although I’m maybe still waiting a little for IRC support for Nimbuzz… :D ) and because of the simplistic and truly functional graphical interface.

    Chris September 11th, 2009

  5. Thanks… all 3 apps are a must.
    @mike butler: I wonder about CellSpin… gonna try that one, thanks bro

    Netro September 11th, 2009

  6. I totally agree, that Gravity is a top class app for s60 phones. i use Nimbuzz to talk to my friends and family over Skype.

    mack005 September 11th, 2009

  7. nimbuzz has the potential of been a very good app which it is, but it is unstable on my nokia 5700.

    dennis September 11th, 2009

  8. pixelpipe!

    clos September 11th, 2009

  9. shozu is boring compared to pixelpipe if you own a nokia phone..
    and yes gravity and nimbuzz are the best

    rishminder September 12th, 2009

  10. hi,this iranian site is suggesting all hacking and flooding method for Nimbuzz
    http://www.langroud20.jbg.ir
    please consider this courses and extirpate to get rid us disappear this site and block all nimbuzz hacking ways! ths

    amir September 12th, 2009

  11. hi please close nimbuzz connection for other java apps,because most of them like bombusmod,exodus,baby killer,boomber,,, connect from openfire and nimbuzz gateway and hack nimbuzz or destroy chatrooms by sending xml codes!

    nima September 12th, 2009

  12. I have a unic character name but I couldn’t to login in nimbuzz symbian latest version…..

    Oleg scherbackov September 12th, 2009

  13. Why there’s no kick menu or banned menu in nimbuzz symbian?

    Oleg scherbackov September 12th, 2009

  14. Hi, I have used a couple of IM’s applications with my phone but after discovering Nimbuzz, I forgot them once and for all. Wow! Nimbuzz is a cut above the best. Hardly an hour passes before I log in. Long live Nimbuzz

    Sylvester September 13th, 2009

  15. Nimbuzz is a great way to get in touch with your loved one’s . . One of the best thing about this app is that its all under one roof . . You can have messengers , twitter . . Wat else can we ask for . . Long live nimbuzz . . You made our mobiles more useful . . . Rock on

    PRITRAMAN September 14th, 2009

  16. @amir
    Thanks for reporting to us.
    We are keeping track of this kind of behavior within the Nimbuzz community in order to improve Nimbuzz and avoid these problems.
    Did you have problems in the chatrooms? Which problem?
    We appreciate your collaboration!
    Please let us know if you have any other information to provide to us.
    Kind regards.

    Nimbuzz Support September 14th, 2009

  17. @nima
    Thanks for your collaboration! We appreciate it.
    We will use this information to improve the application and avoid any users bad behavior.
    Did you have any problem in the chatrooms?
    Please send an email to us at support@nimbuzz.com about it.
    Kind regards.
    @dennis
    Thanks for reporting to us.
    Which problem did you have specifically on your Nimbuzz? Couldn’t you stay logged in Nimbuzz for a long time?
    The time to stay logged on your Nimbuzz depends on your internet connection stability.
    Which internet connection are you using?
    Please try in another internet connection, we recommend you to use a good strength signal wifi or a 3G internet connection.
    Let us know if your problem persists.
    Kind regards.

    Nimbuzz Support September 14th, 2009

  18. @Oleg scherbackov
    Thanks for your interest!
    We are working in order to have the function “kick” implemented in the next Symbian version.
    Couldn’t you login to your Nimbuzz or you couldn’t enter in chatrooms?
    Did you get any error message?
    Please let us know and we will come back to you.
    Kind regards.

    Nimbuzz Support September 14th, 2009

  19. @Chris
    Thanks for your feedback!
    Why would you like to have IRC support?
    Let us know.
    Cheers!

    Priscilla September 14th, 2009

  20. @Gombile
    Thanks for your feedback! :)
    Great to know you enjoy!
    Keep us updates with what you think!
    Thank you.

    Priscilla September 14th, 2009

  21. Nimbuzz is the best simply. The chat rooms and user friendly interface make itself the best. Easy to enter rooms, just add, make friends. Finish! But one feature that was once in old java version was *Search User* has been removed. In spite of this it continues to remain the best.

    Anonymz03* September 15th, 2009

  22. @Anonymz03*
    Thanks for your feedback!
    We will consider your comment while taking future actions.
    Kind regards.

    Priscillla September 15th, 2009

  23. Glad to know that comments are being considered…

    Anonymz03* September 21st, 2009

  24. IMHO Nimbuzz needs to suport voice clips on S60, so we can send it to our msn contacts

    NimbuzzAdict September 22nd, 2009

  25. @NimbuzzAddict
    Thanks for your comment.
    You can currently send files to your Windows Live Messneger conatcts.
    On your Symabian device go to:
    Messaging Tab > Select Send File> choose a contact > Select the file> Send
    Let us know if you have more questions.
    Regards

    Nimuzz Support September 22nd, 2009

  26. when ever i try to buzz my buddy i am told about the fair play policy i need help as to how to notify my friend when i log on
    thanks

    fatherpappus69 September 23rd, 2009

  27. @fatherpappus69
    Can you let us know which exact message do you get when trying to send a Buzz?
    Remember that to send a Buzz, your contact should have done previously:
    Register his/her phone number on its account settings
    Enable the Buzz feature
    Be offline at the moment you want to Buzz him/her

    Let us know and we will come back to you.
    Regards

    Nimuzz Support September 24th, 2009

  28. I’m glad everyone has liked the post, I look forward to others in the future. :)

    Jorge l Nokia Mobile Talk September 29th, 2009

  29. 4 me this is a g0od, very nice and af0rdable applicati0n 2 my celph0ne to c0municate to our friends and family ar0und the w0rlds.. m0re p0wers 2 c0me

    akpat October 1st, 2009

  30. shozu is boring compared to pixelpipe if you own a nokia phone..
    and yes gravity and nimbuzz are the best

    fran February 1st, 2010


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