Nimbuzz no longer available for Windows Mobile

These might not be the best news of today, but we’d like to inform you that as of July 1^st Nimbuzz for Windows Mobile phones will no longer be available for download from our website.

If you already have Nimbuzz on your mobile phone we will continue to offer support until the end of 2010, but no new features will be added, which means there won’t be any future update.

The reason for this decision was simple: due to platform limitations the application was not delivering a great mobile experience like on all the other mobile operating systems.

As you might have read in the news Microsoft is also stepping away from this platform and its limitations. At the moment they are fine tuning the windows phone 7 platform , which promises a completely new look and great jump forward when it comes to usability.

And to answer your next question: yes, we are looking into the possibility of supporting Windows phone 7 in the future but now we are still waiting for the first devices to surface in order to make that decision.

If you want to continue to use the most up to date Nimbuzz versions on your mobile we remind you that Nimbuzz is also available for: iPhone, Symbian, Android, Java or Blackberry or if your prefer you can use it via PC, Mac or Web.

Thanks for your understanding!

62 Responses to “Nimbuzz no longer available for Windows Mobile”

have not been a big fan of ms windows mobiles , but this will reallly disapoint lots of windows smartphone users ,loseing such an important and great app like Nimbuzz .

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Nimbuzz better stay with OS’s that really work. Windows M is the best example for OS’s that don’t. This decision will improve the overall quality of Nimbuzz! Sent from my iPhone

Low Dewick June 2nd, 2010
This s nt a gud news fo mobil net users.

Thilanka June 2nd, 2010
Really, really disappointing, and honestly a bit of a cop-out. Microsoft is not moving away from the WM6.X series, it’s being developed, and will continue to be supported. There are still new phones coming out for WM6.X, and hasn’t the HD2 shown everyone that there is still market potential for Windows Mobile in it’s present guise? It looks like developers have decided that there’s no future, not consumers. Quite a shame because Nimbuzz on WM is a pretty good app.

enveed05 June 2nd, 2010
I thought nimbuzz fired up the windows mobile team lol! Anyway this news makes sense, of course it’s time to move onto windows mobile 7… Btw have you guys seen Opera Mini 5? It’s interface looks really nice and it’s quite smooth. I wish nimbuzz could copy from them…

Mr.Kevinz June 2nd, 2010
This is very sad news for me. I thought Nimbuzz was an excellent application on my HTC HD2 (windows mobile 6.5) phone and I use it all the time! I would strongly advise Nimbuzz to test it out on this device and reconsider how “terrible” this platform really is…

WinmoUser June 2nd, 2010
make a best soft ware as ninbuzz for nokia, i lov nimbuzz, sad news

KP Parajuli June 2nd, 2010
Hey… You can’t do that… This disappoint..! Grrr…

Dodi June 2nd, 2010
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And is it possible to install Java version of the Nimbuzz to WM devices if it supports Java?

Plina June 2nd, 2010
WHAT THE???? Have u guys even USED a HD2 ? Trust me i have a Desire, N900, N97 sitting around and NONE of those mobile can come near to the performance and simplicity of the HD2. Seriously guys…dont develop more…but atleast let the app run!

Sephiroth June 2nd, 2010
You guys can’t be serious! The former dude, Sephiroth kinda have a very good argument, you won’t support a phone like HD2!? Wha!? :’D Must be a joke that delayed 3 months, it’s July guys! Not April!

All those who have a phone with the ignored operating systems, the worst case scenario, that you have to give a go to fring! At least you’ll be even able to make videocalls soon!

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Hello Guys,
We understand your concerns.
But as mentioned on the Blog post above, due to platform limitations the application was not delivering a great mobile experience like on all the other mobile operating systems, we decided not to operate with this OS in the future.
Thanks for your understanding.
Kind Regards

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Its a great news.
CONSUMER MUST THINK BEFORE BUY.

You cannot go the near shopping and but whatever the salesman want to sell you.
Salesman will sell the big profit mobile, like WM6.5 or iPhone or even Blackberry (no voice sdk support)

Both, useless. But iphone is worst.. a joke! Cant do multitasking!! haaaa. salesmans are laughting you.

Its nice to see developers to support OPEN OS like Symbian and Android.

Hope to see more developers moving to Linux, Ubuntu, Meego, Android, AJAX, and leaving .net, silversh_t, asp, docx… and so on.

For me, is a NICE and COMFORTING NEWS.

Guillermo Lo Coco June 4th, 2010
Note this news says:
1) Platform Limitation
2) Mobile Operating System
Its doesn’t says
Hardware Limitation
Which means it’s OS the problem right?

Mr.Kevinz June 4th, 2010
Tell me this isn’t so!
I’ve only just found NimBuzz (trashed Fring), have tested it on my Samsung Omnia II running WM 6.5.3.

It’s great! I found the only thing I’m having trouble with is connecting to Facebook IM but I’ve got FIM to do that so I’m not that concerned (will try connecting again later).

I’m even able to connect to my Gizmo5 SIP account finally – woohoo!

Please don’t cease development on the (new generation) Windows Mobile (6.5+ is finally becoming a better OS).

tropolite June 6th, 2010
Windows Mobile has no limitation. The problem is that companys like yours are not able to choose what to use. e.g Iphone is more easy. One OS, one device and just one kind of UI. In windows mobile you got Windows Forms UI for free. The standard is poor of user experience but you can build or buy own controls. Look at Resco Tools. Another big “problem” is there is no limitation of multi tasking and multi processing. If a user open to much applications at same time everything is slow, like on your desktop computer (try to open 10 times eclipse)

Please don’t call it limitation if the real problem is that windows mobile developers are used to get money for their work and the free API is not rich of UI.

Johgoe June 6th, 2010
Pity Nothing seems to being done about the Skype sound quality on the Symbian OS, its seems to echo frequently, so i had no option but to uninstall Nimbuzz.

Ace June 8th, 2010
Hey Guys, common man, plz don’t do that, u guys r r the best, u all do such great work, u all came so far with Nimbuzz on WM, plz u all look into it and continue supporting it. You all have built a reputation in the IM’s market, y not market it for a small fee just to support it.
Common Guys, think about it, and keep up the good work.

Merv
USA

Merv (USA) June 9th, 2010
@Ace,
We’d like to check what you reported. Could you inform where you called from and which was the destination country?
Do you have quality issues while calling to Skype contacts or to landlines through SkypeOut?
Which device model and Nimbuzz version you use?

We will look into it.
Regards.

queralt escrich June 9th, 2010
tşkler thanks You … size

kelebek June 10th, 2010
nimbuzz !
windows phone 7!

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That’s unfortunate. The only limitation I encountered was not because of the operating system but because of the bugs in Nimbuzz (like displaying status near the wrong contact for example). Speaking of limitations, it seems to me that iPhone and Windows Mobile 7 forces much more limitations on developers (being one of them myself). It’s rather strange to find “platform limitations” as a reason for killing Windows Mobile version.

mrx June 17th, 2010
no biggie..
there are still other options thn Nimbuzz around
the wm community is still going strong..
your lost guys.

lala June 17th, 2010
Thats quite some sad news

Sadly, there is no real alternative to WM6.5 those days. Android that got no descent off-line navigation app (nothing that gets any near WM igo8), no descent media player (nothing that gets any near the core player) etc etc. Apple iPhone with the nasty Apple policy ? WP7 with no backward compatibility, hence no apps at all ? Symbian with it’s inconvenience GUI ?

Sorry to say that, but WM6.5 is still the best. And i actually consider buying an HD2 to upgrade from what i currently have.

Hopefully they don’t change the protocol any time soon, so the old WM client would still work

Boris June 17th, 2010
Maybe Windows Mobile version of Nimbuzz should be shared as open source project.

xcellor8 June 17th, 2010
Hi, I am really a big fan of NIMBUZZ and it really disappointing me that it will be no longer available for my Window 5 mobile. I think you should think twice before discontinuation. You can extend the features for window phone or can launch another script for the same. I am worrying that one day I’ll lose all my online friends!!!!!! )

Amjad June 18th, 2010
I am a great fan of WM and I am disappointed at this news. Personally, I have had a good experience with Nimbuzz on my HTC Advantage, so I don’t know what these people are talking about poor user experience. The only issue I have had with it is that when you change your Yahoo! logon password on your desktop/laptop, Nimbuzz WM does not provide a way for you to update same for Nimbuzz – it simply refuses to connect. That is a bug which I believe should be fixed, at least.

Raphael June 18th, 2010
Opensource the WM client – at least the community can develop it!

Ariel S June 18th, 2010
I can understand if you said “No more WinMo development as Windows 7 is nearly here”, but platform limitations? Care to expand?

baddogshuck June 18th, 2010
Hey this s not good ….

as news from survey conducted by smartphonemate.com their are goood no. of WinMo users which are usng NimbuZZ as their default chat application and it they are steping away from it this will surely effect thier bussiness…..

Binidh June 20th, 2010
Hello all,
Thanks for your comments and feedback, as mentioned above we will no longer work on improving Nimbuzz for Windows Mobile, and we will remove the file to be downloaded from our site.
However if you have it installed on your device you will still be able to use it as usual, but we won’t offer any other update (for the moment).
We consider this is a good choice and for future we are looking into the possibility of supporting Windows phone 7 in the future but now we are still waiting for the first devices to surface in order to make that decision.
Kind Regards

queralt escrich June 21st, 2010
What is exactly meant by “we will continue to offer support until the end of 2010″? Will that mean that no customer service support will be offered at the end of 2010 or that the server will not support Nimbuzz applications running on Windows Mobile? I really don’t care if any more updates are offered since Nimbuzz runs extremely well on my HD2, but would like to know that I can still connect after the end of 2010. Thank you.

DJManoloco June 21st, 2010
From memory…

Wasn’t the MS WM path strategy to release Win Phone 7 for highend phones and retain WM6.5 and 6.5.x to run in tandum to be a lower cost ’social’ platform (for cheaper handsets). I can understand NB ceasing development on the old platforms WM2003, WM5, but the newer generation has a lot to offer.

I do hope that ‘(for the moment)’ is an indication there could be room for changing this new strategy of NimBuzz

Tropolite June 22nd, 2010
@DJManoloco
This means we will be replying and offering you support (customer care) till the end of this year.
After that if you still have the application on your device, it will continue working but we won’t provide new updates.
Regards

queralt escrich June 22nd, 2010
@Tropolite
As mentioned above, we will wait for the first devices to surface in order to make that decision of supporting Windows phone 7 in the future.
Cheers

queralt escrich June 22nd, 2010
Great. I just signed up only to read this now. This is dumb. WM still accounts for 20% of the smart phone market. Many devices are still sold and lots of people are on contract for another two years from today! WP7 isn’t even out yet.

MS has even announced continued support and development of the WM6.5 codebase with the new Windows Embedded strategy. (Essentially, it’s continuing WM6.5 under a new name for the existing large specialty and LOB niche until WP7 and classic WM can be fused into a single product — think the NT+9X fusion that didn’t occur until MANY years later with XP.) http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=17190

Parrotlover77 June 22nd, 2010
@queralt escrich
Thank you so much for your response. I really like Nimbuzz and am very happy that I will be able to continue to use the application indefinitely. I presently use Nimbuzz on my HD2 and PC. There are rumors on numerous websites stating that Nimbuzz on Windows Mobile will stop working at the end of 2010, so it’s good to get an answer straight from the source. Once again thanks.

DJManoloco June 23rd, 2010
@DJMAnoloco
You’re welcome.
Let us know if you have more questions

queralt escrich June 23rd, 2010
@Parrotlover77
Thanks for sharing.

queralt escrich June 23rd, 2010
Windows 7 mobile is a completely different platform, really, it’s like saying “We won’t support Windows Mobile, but we may support Platform X later”. It has no bearing on those people who currently use Windows Mobile – looking at the limitations in Windows 7 mobile I’m almost certain my next device will be Android-based, not Windows 7. Possibly iPhone if it stops being crazy expensive where I live and apps finally start supporting the fake “multi-tasking” Apple finally got around to.

Let me add my voice to those who are very disappointed by you abandoning a very nice and working app for the literally millions of Windows mobile phone users out there – heck they are still selling large amounts of great Windows mobile phones every day and there are many great apps on Windows Mobile that have created fantastic touch-friendly interfaces in spite of the limitations of the GUI available. If you fail at that, it is your failure really, not the fault of the platform.

Heck, HTC built a gigantic touch friendly app and put it on Windows Mobile, and now that is almost entirely what most Windows Mobile users see… they call it “HTC Sense UI”, you may have heard of it.

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I am using a blackberry storm 2 and nimbuzz Works ok BUT I cannot make calls through skype on my phone. I mean the option to call my skype contacts is not even there. I’d Luke to request that u guys make chat rooms available for blackberry users too.

alhaji July 5th, 2010
@alhaji
We currently do not offer the calling feature on the Nimbuzz version for BlackBerry devices.
Regards

queralt escrich July 5th, 2010
we dont want even i am trying to use the nimbuzz windows mobile edition but it not working via activesycn
like when i connect my phone to pc via bluetooth or via wifi through active sycn the internet works fine in my mobile using the internet of my pc
but why this nibuzz does not work with the same internet connection

Rahul Pandey July 15th, 2010
@Rahul
As mentioned previously in the above post we do not longer have development on Nimbuzz for WIndows Mobile devices.
We can however give you some guidance on how to use the application.
Please try to connect the device to the internet network via Wi-Fi, not trough cable, this should work.
Cheers

queralt escrich July 16th, 2010
Hi, im a potential nimbuzz user with HD2 WinMo 6.5, so wat is your advice? buy another phone? do not use Nimbuzz
Is symbian better than WinMo 6.5?

everrain July 18th, 2010
@everrain
We no longer support Windows Mobile Operating system, but if you had the application already installed on your WinMob device, you can still use it.
If not, which this seems to be your case, you won’t be able to install Nimbuzz on it.
In the other hand we do support Symbian platform, if you are going to base your decition on buying a device which supports Nimbuzz, we recommend you to buy a Symbian, Android or iPhone device which are compatible with Nimbuzz.
Hope this helps.
Cheers

queralt escrich July 19th, 2010
I was really disappointed .. had a dream come true when i bought my SE Xperia X1.. but when i turned to the best app i could nvr hav it… freaky news…. i wish they lauch a version soon …

Sohaib July 23rd, 2010
Hi i m really disappointed when i got d mail actually i was wating for an update for wm actually nimbuzz workes fine on most of the wm devices and there are problems with few devices which should be fixed not the the os ignored anyway i still use it on my device,can u b a little more specific for what u mean by platform limitations of wm?

zak July 29th, 2010
@Zak
Thanks for your comment, but as stated above, the application was not performing as good as it does on other platforms and we decided to stop further development on this Operating system.
Regards

queralt escrich July 29th, 2010
one advice from winmo hd2 user:use Palringo!

everrain August 10th, 2010
Could you at least make the last WM versions (WM 6.x Standard and Professional) available for download (w/o support) to allow WM users to stay connected?
Please don’t take away the choices any user can make on their own. There is no need to tell the users what they “need, want or like”, also in terms of performance or experience. They can decide themselves. Patronizing is already done by others, Apple and the likes, WM 7 to follow suit.

disappointed August 23rd, 2010
@disappointed
Thanks for your suggestion.
We no longer support this platform, but as mentioned previously we will consider implementing a version of Windows Mobile 7 in the future.
If you had the version installed on your device previously you can continue using it, if you did not have it, we cannot provide you with the downloadable file.
Kind Regards

queralt escrich August 24th, 2010
@queralt escrich
why dont you opensourse the wm client? The community can develop and fine tune the application and i totally agree with @disappointed let the users decide on their own.
Regards.

zak August 25th, 2010
@zak
Thanks for your feedback and comment.
We do not have plans to opensource it, but we will forward your suggestion to our Team so they can consider it.
Kind Regards

queralt escrich August 25th, 2010

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