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One of the questions that 48.000 respondents answered in our 2010 global Nimbuzz survey was: How do you find out about new apps?

The results revealed different regional trends in app discovery.

Unlike Western countries and APAC (Asia-Pacific) where users find about new apps via App Stores, in countries from MENA (Middle East and North Africa) 49.6% go to their friends and family for app recommendations.

Word of mouth therefore is crucial in the Middle East and North Africa, so pays off to have a lot of happy users that will recommend your app to everybody. Luckily 98% of survey respondents recommend Nimbuzz to their friends  !

In Western countries like France, UK, and USA a staggering 60% of all respondents look for new apps in the phone’s app store before searching anywhere else. We have observed a similar trend in the APAC regions and countries like India and Indonesia, where 47.50% of all the respondents also consider the app store is the best way to find about new applications.

Based on our survey results and experience, following are some tips on:  How to become #1 app in the Middle East region?

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Our Nimbuzz fans from Indonesia are super cool!

For them Nimbuzz is THE communications app to have and they use it to meet new friends and build communities. Here our values of connecting, sharing and meeting are greatly appreciated.

To give you an example, we would like to present the Nimbuzz meetups in Indonesia that were born from pure passion.

A while ago our local voice in Indonesia, Meth, went to a Nimbuzz Meet and Greet, an event that more than 200 Nimbuzz users joined!

Yes, more than 200 Nimbuzz users from the Jawa Timur region came together to meet the faces behind the nicknames from the Nimbuzz chat-rooms in person. Everybody had their own custom made t-shirt with the name of the region or chat-room and the logo of their community . Awesome!

So are you wondering what people do at a Nimbuzz Meet and Greet event? Here it is:

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30 months have past since we first started blogging, and after all this time we are proud to demonstrate the evolution of Nimbuzz.

Today Nimbuzz has:

• 30+ million users in every country of the world
• 200+ million downloads
• 3,65 billion calls a year
• 3000+ supported devices

Let’s take a few steps back in time and show you how Nimbuzz evolved since we launched our very first app back in May 2008.

Below is a side by side comparison with the first Nimbuzz version on the left side and the current version on the right side. To enlarge any of the image simply click on them.

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Here is how Nimbuzz makes love survive the distance!

A few weeks ago we have received an inspiring story from one of our fans in Syria who told us how Nimbuzz made his long distance relationship possible.

Working in Kuwait and having a girlfriend in Syria could seem pretty hard at times, but not for Mohammed. Because he uses Nimbuzz on his mobile, he is always connected with his girlfriend and since he can call and chat for free he saved a lot of money for his honey moon .

We think this is a great story and very practical example on how Nimbuzz can help you to be there for your friends and family, no matter how far. Mohammed inspired us and stories like his make us proud and happy to be part of the Nimbuzz team.

Here is what he told us:

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Last 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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Continuing our Demand More from your Mobile Phone blog series, we want to let you know on which mobile devices you can use Nimbuzz and where can you get it.

From the very first day we launched, we always focused on making Nimbuzz available to everyone. That means Nimbuzz isn’t just available on smartphones, but on almost every mobile device that is roaming the planet.  Here is what we have accomplished to make Nimbuzz universally accessible – for everyone, everywhere:

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Well, I ‘m happy to see you again . This week,  for our journey around the world we stopped in the US to meet our main man Daniel. Curious…?

My name is Daniel Torres, I’m originally from Bogotá – Colombia but I’ve been living in the U.S. for the past eight years.  I’ve been working with Nimbuzz for a little less than a year as a Community Marketing Manager.

I like technology, spending time with friends, minimal music, documentaries, and marketing – because it lets me expand the creative side of me.

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Take the Nimbuzz survey and WIN an iPhone 4!

Last year we gave you the opportunity to win an iPhone 3GS. Now we are back with an even bigger prize, not one but five brand new iPhone 4 mobile phones.

To participate you need to complete our 15 minute (max) survey about Nimbuzz. The survey will help us improve Nimbuzz and hopefully make your life easier .

5 lucky winners will be chosen at random and contacted during the week of October 18^th. They will also be announced on the official Nimbuzz blog! The iPhone4s will be unlocked so you can use them wherever you like

The survey is open to all Nimbuzz users so you can  invite all your Nimbuzz friends and family as well. The survey closes on October 17th, 2010, so hurry before it’s too late.

Please note that if you fill in the survey twice you will be disqualified from winning an iPhone 4.

Feel free to check out the lucky winner of our previous survey.  This time it could be you.

Thanks in advance for all your help, and good luck!

So last week in our Demand More from your Mobile Phone blog series, we talked about how Nimbuzz gives you the power to extend your ability to talk to your friends and family (still for free) with instant messaging and chat.

This week we wanna talk about even more things you can squeeze out of your mobile phone with Nimbuzz. And folks, this week it’s all about sharing and interacting. No matter where you are, how old you are, everyone wants to share photos, videos, music, files and so on, and if you can do that for free, the better.

Dying to share that new Eve/Gwen Stefani music video, or just wanna show off your holiday photos from your week of surfing? Nimbuzz let’s you do that for free. And it comes in handy for your business needs as well!  How?

Find out after the jump.

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Last week in our Demand More from your Mobile Phone blog series, we talked about how Nimbuzz transforms your mobile into a messaging machine by allowing you to send unlimited text messages or SMS to your Nimbuzz friends for free and escape those pesky operator charges.

That’s a lot of pennies saved considering the 4.1 billion, yes billion!, messages sent every day in the first half of 2009 in the U.S. alone.

Believe it or not, it gets even better! In addition to texting/SMS, you can push your mobile messaging abilities even further on Nimbuzz with instant messaging and chat conversations. Also for free!

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