Official Nimbuzz Blog

We have a lot of loyal Nimbuzz fans out there, who give us incredibly valuable feedback. With this Ambassador Spotlight section we highlight 2 of our Nimbuzz Ambassadors to the rest of the global Nimbuzz community: Please welcome Cristina, from Spain, and Roger, from USA!

This section is designed for our Ambassadors and their opinions, suggestions and experiences about Nimbuzz – that they want to share with the rest of the community.

We asked Nimbuzz Ambassadors Cristina and Roger what their favorite Nimbuzz feature was and why. Here is what they had to say:

Cristina (pictured left), who runs Nimbuzz on her iPhone says: “Landscape Chat – I love that I can flip my iPhone on the side, and my Nimbuzz contact list, chats, and any tabs turn along with my phone. Makes chatting easier on my fingers and fun!”

Roger (pictured right), who runs Nimbuzz on Nokia N95 says: “Retrieve Location - After making last minute plans to meet at a bar with friends, I sent my girlfriend the plans via Nimbuzz chat, then used the retrieve location feature to see exactly where her train was on the map, so I was able to time the meet-up with her perfectly.”

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Mobile News Awards 2009 created a new category this year, apparently with Nimbuzz in mind. Nimbuzz stood-out as the “Best Converged Solution” based on the following criteria:

• Real-time multimedia communications
• Transactional applications
• Integration of IT and mobile application
• Implementation of VoIP in mobile
• Enterprise products and solutions
• Voice and data products and services

Mobilenewscwp sums it up with “Social networking apps provider Nimbuzz took Best Converged Solution trophy from under the noses of Truphone, INQ, Nokia, Orange, 20:20, HTC, and MX Telecom.”

View all the winners during the great event from March 19th in London.

Thanks Mobile News Awards!

After sorting through the Twitter & Nimbuzz Blog comments to the SNWF 2009 conference ticket availability…

It’s a pleasure to introduce our chosen delegate!

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The Mobile World Congress is over, the participants have returned to their homes and offices, but the business negotiations that started during the event continue, as well as the talks about announcements presented at this key event of the year for the mobile industry. We were happy to meet so many people and partners during the event.

Nimbuzz was proud to spend its first MWC experience, in Barcelona, with IT-giants like RIM (Research In Motion) and Toshiba. With RIM, we presented a BlackBerry version to be released in Q2 2009, and Toshiba is to pre-install our all-in-one application for a super digital lifestyle on their supernova – TG01 device!

Entering to the mass market on devices for hyper-connected and stylish people is a huge step for Nimbuzz. Having our application, that bridges social networks and IM community needs, already on the devices, will eliminate setup issues and make keeping in touch so much faster.

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At times, we can all sympathize with the author, Danielle Steel’s quote, “It’s hard being visible, so I’ve made myself invisible.” In case you ever want to be there (from a distance), and just observe, Nimbuzz understands.

With the new “Appear Offline/Invisible” login option, your status will be changed to offline/away automatically, without any extra clicking.

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Please click on the badge above & take the short survey to vote for Nimbuzz – your favorite smartphone software – in the Top Mobile 20 Awards!

Top Mobile 20 is a competition open to the public to determine how mobile software development companies rate in 20 different categories.

Voting is open until February 13th.

Winners will be announced on February 18th during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Thanks for all your support!

Vote by clicking on the “VOTE” button below! Tell a friend!

Voting is only open until Tuesday, January 6, 2009!

This is a follow-up blog post about the 148Apps.com BestAppEver Awards nominations.

Thanks to all your nominations, in the last few weeks, Nimbuzz has been selected into the semi-finals for Most Useful App “The app you just can’t live without” for iPhone.

This Wednesday, January 7, at the MacWorld Expo 2009, winners for all the BestAppEver categories 2008 will be announced.

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2008 Best App Ever Awards (by 148apps.com) recognizes the “best” iTunes App Store releases in past 12 months – first of it’s kind. Winners will be announced at MacWorld Expo on Jan 7, 2009.

Be sure to nominate one app in any relevant category (innovation, social networking, gaming and more) by December 30th. The winner from each category will be announced on Dec 31st, and then the voting runs until Jan 6! The 10 most voted apps with compete for the title Best App Ever.

We’d love to receive your nominate for:
• Best Social Networking App
• Best Free or Ad Supported App
• Most Useful App

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Ever have to frantically ask a nearby friend to call your phone so you can find it, before it stops ringing? Although you find your phone, you leave an impression that you do this to all incoming phone calls…

The “Buzz” is a short call alert sent to a phone, when Nimbuzz is not running; Used to alert an offline buddy. Instead of using costly mobile minutes to get in touch with your friend, sending a Buzz alert is free and auto-starts Nimbuzz! (depending on your handset)

BUZZee: To benefit from the “Buzz”, the feature must be activated via Nimbuzz Mobile: Menu/Options > Settings > Nimbuzz > The Buzz; then choose to Activate; or PC Client: File > Nimbuzz Account Settings > Allow others to Buzz me.

A received Buzz alert looks like a missed called from Nimbuzz Buzz, or +313131.

BUZZer: To “Buzz” a contact on your Nimbuzz buddy list, just select the offline NimbuzzID and press BUZZ.

Now, in the situation mentioned above, you can casually go to the nearest internet-enabled device, buzz yourself, locate your own phone, unfrazzled. We’ll keep it as our little secret.

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Looking around at the Le Web Goodie bag contents on coworkers’ desks, makes me want to share with Nimbuzz fans, how everything went.

Le Web held a startup competition of 30 companies from Europe, and a few from the US, across a wide range of sectors and Nimbuzz was nominated to be part of it. Unfortunately we did not win, but we met a lot of inspiring people there.

Winner of the event was Viewdle, which won the “Gold”, followed by Webnode (Silver) and Zoover (Bronze). Silentale was winner of the “People’s Choice” award.

What we’ve learned is that we should have brought an extra sweater and our own internet , but there were also many great discussions. One of them in particular about the differences between European and US startups. Check out the video and make up your own mind. Comments are welcome.

Congratulations to all participants and winners, it was a pleasure.

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