Archive for November, 2010


Why is Gadu-Gadu not working on Nimbuzz?

November 26th, 2010
 

Because of conflicts in the MVNO space with our sister company Gadu-Gadu in Poland, we kindly switched off support for their services inside Nimbuzz. This is in an effort to increase use of Gadu-Gadu’s own mobile product.

World’s First App Trailer: Nimbuzz for Android!

November 25th, 2010
 
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Update: Hey guys,  please bare with us for a few more days, this took a bit longer than expected! We promise to let you know as soon as it’s out!

Hope you enjoy the World’s First App Trailer for Nimbuzz on Android!

Coming soon: Brand new features will forever change the expectations you have of your Android mobile phone!

Prepare! This season is all about HD and Personalization!

Subscribe to our RSS Feed or follow us on Twitter to be the first to find out immediately when the new version will be released.

Nimbuzz 1.3.3.1 for Blackberry

November 23rd, 2010
 

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Hey BlackBerry fans, we released a new Nimbuzz update.  You can get it from AppWorld or via Nimbuzz.com.

The new Nimbuzz 1.3.3.1  fixes the Facebook registration loop and also the keypad not appearing on BB touch devices.  Besides these we fixed other 59 bugs and made small performance and connection improvements.

Enjoy it on your BB 9700 Bold, BB Storm, BB Torch, BB 8520 or any other BB device.

Feedback is always welcome in the comment section below.

Thank you all!

Nimbuzz wins Highly Commended title for Best Mobile Startup at #TheEuropas 2010

November 23rd, 2010
 

The Europas

After one month of voting and 33,126 votes, the judges picked the winners for The Europas awards.

Congratulations to Layar for winning the Best Mobile Startup category.  It’s nice to see the award came to Netherlands again, especially after we won it last year :D .

This year we were proud to take home the Highly Commended app of the contest in the Best Mobile Startup category, and we want to thanks everyone who voted for us, especially our loyal users!

For all those who weren’t able to attend the event itself, there are pictures here.

Techcrunch Europe Awards honor the best tech companies and startups across the web and mobile scene from across Europe and we are happy to see  that Moonfruit, Winston & Strawn / Bootlaw, Latitude, Fidelity Growth Partners Europe, TechHub and Newspepper sponsored the event.

Thank you all for your votes and trust!

Follow up blog post: Holiday contest winners

November 18th, 2010
 

Lars and MarkLast year we organized a contest for our NimbuzzOut users to win: a fantastic holiday to their most called destination and one year of unlimited NimbuzzOut calls on us.

Lars and Mark were the happy winners and we thought would be nice to catch up with them and see how they use Nimbuzz as a part of their daily lives.

Turns out they use Nimbuzz and NimbuzzOut to save money on their calling bill and stray connected to family and friends.

Lars, originally from Denmark met his French wife in England. Now they both live in Syria. Due to their international roots they are both calling friends and family in Denmark, France, Algeria, as well as in other countries.  Lars told me: “So for a couple like us that are very “globalised”, an application like Nimbuzz is great. My wife also found that your rates for Algeria are better than those of Skype! ;-) ” .  He won the first prize and we offered him a voucher to cover his holiday expenses, but instead of using all the amount at once  he divided the voucher and had several smaller vacations and a longer one in Istanbul :) .

Mark is originally from America and now lives in Panama. A lot of his friends and family are still in the US and Mark told us that he regularly uses  NimbuzzOut to call his friends and stay in touch with his  family back home. Mark still has another month and a half of free NimbuzzOut calling.

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300,000 – This. Is. NIMBUZZ!!

November 17th, 2010
 

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And…(drums rolling) …YES! Nimbuzz is the second most popular Twitter account in Netherlands.

Yesterday we over passed the 300.000 twitter followers milestone and we are thrilled. The previous milestone was back in August when we announced 200.000 twitter followers. This means  that in only 3 months 100.000 people were convinced we are worth following :D .

Thank you guys so much for your appreciation!

PS: If you would like to follow us, you can do it here.  Not a big Twitter fan? You can find us on Facebook as well :D .

Help us win: Vote for Nimbuzz in #TheEuropas!

November 12th, 2010
 

Vote for Nimbuzz

Hey everybody,  there are just a few days left for the Techcruch Europe Awards and we need your help to win this!

You can vote for us in two categories:

Just scroll down and click where it says Nimbuzz on the list & the VOTE button :D .

The awards will honor the best tech companies and startups across the web and mobile scene from across Europe,  and the event  will be held on November 19 in London. If you want attend the event the tickets are available for purchase  here.

Every vote counts, and we are counting on you :)!

Thanks for your time and support!

The Nimbuzz Team

Alternative to Skype on the mobile

November 11th, 2010
 

Nimbuzz on Mobile

If you are looking for an alternative to Skype on your mobile phone we strongly recommend you Nimbuzz ;) .

Here is what do you get with Nimbuzz:

  • Free Nimbuzz to Nimbuzz international calls
  • Cheap calls to mobile phones and landlines worldwide with NimbuzzOut (similar to SkypeOut, but cheaper :D )
  • Chat for free with all your friends
  • Send and receive files (music, photos and doc) on your mobile
  • Connect to your friends on Facebook, MSN, Yahoo,  Gtalk, MySpace and more.

With a growing community of over 30 million users across the most popular mobile operating systems (iPhone, Nokia Symbian, Android, Blackberry), PC and Mac there is a big chance that  your friends are already using Nimbuzz ;) .

Curious if it works on your mobile? Probably yes :D , since we support over 3000 devices but to be sure you can check it here.

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ICQ not working on Nimbuzz?

November 10th, 2010
 

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ICQ not working on Nimbuzz? We are aware of that but unfortunately there is not much we can do.

Over the last two weeks we have been chatting with the guys from ICQ about an agreement to continue support for the ICQ community on Nimbuzz.  The final offer was to enter a licensing agreement that would see Nimbuzz pay for every person wishing to use ICQ on Nimbuzz.

This would mean that we’d have to pass the cost on to our users, which would be against our principle of making Nimbuzz available to anyone for free.  We are sorry to let you know that we have officially switched off support of ICQ on Nimbuzz.

However, we will continue to offer Nimbuzz and all of our services free of charge to everyone in the world.  What that means is that you can continue to use your existing Nimbuzz account to stay connected to your friends, make free calls and chat as much as humanely possible.  :)

Because we understand your frustration we  have an open discussion running on our forum, where all your questions and concerns will be addressed.  Make sure to visit the forum to find updates.

Stay buzzing, and we hope that our brand new Nimbuzz for Nokia Symbian phones (combined with a little bonus ;) ) will make up for some of the disappointment.

The Nimbuzz Team

New! Nimbuzz 3.0 for Nokia Symbian phones

November 5th, 2010
 
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I know you all have been waiting for this :D . Well, it’s finally here: the new Nimbuzz 3.0 for Nokia Symbian and Symbian^3 devices is ready to download.

The new version was specially optimized for Nokia’s N8, E7, C6 and C7 which run on Symbian^3.

Here are the useful new features you will enjoy in this version:

  • Customizable tabs: select which tabs you want to see and in what order.
  • NimbuzzOut call rates are displayed in real time below the number before placing the call.
  • Recent calls tab: see all your received, missed and outgoing calls.
  • 2 new chat styles: with avatars and without.
  • 3 options to view the Contact List.
  • Sort contacts by status.
  • My info tab: gives you quick access to your profile, NimbuzzOut credits, accounts,  suggested friends and friend invites.
  • Facebook Connect: removes the 400 contacts limit and connectivity issues.

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