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Nimbuzz

Developer(s)	Nimbuzz
Operating system	iPhone OS, J2ME, S60, Windows Mobile, Android and Windows and Mac OSX,
Available in	English, German, Spanish, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Polish, Indonesian,
Type	Mobile VoIP/instant messaging
License	Freeware
Website	www.nimbuzz.com

Nimbuzz is a messaging service combining instant messaging, presence and VoIP. It interfaces with several popular messaging services such as Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, Google Talk, AIM, GaduGadu and Twitter as well social networks such as Facebook and MySpace.

Nimbuzz was founded in 2006 by Evert Jaap Lugt and Martin Smink. It has received two rounds of venture capital funding since that time.^{[1] [2]}

Nimbuzz has its headquarters in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and has offices in San Francisco - US, London - UK, São Paulo - Brazil, Córdoba - Argentina and New Delhi – India.

Contents 1 Features 2 Nimbuzz Mobile 3 Nimbuzz Web/Wap 4 Nimbuzz PC client 5 Limitations & known issues 6 Nimbuzz partnerships 7 Achievements 8 External links 9 References

[edit] Features

Instant Messaging

• Instant messaging communities supported: Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, AIM and ICQ
• Social Networks Supported: Facebook, MySpace, Hyves, GaduGadu, Orkut, SchuelerVZ, StudiVZ and MeinVZ
• Send file
• Group chat
• Messaging

Presence

• Geo location
• Personal Message
• Status settings
• Display Picture

Call

• NimbuzzOut – Similar to Skype Out, NimbuzzOut lets you call regular phone numbers using NimbuzzOut credits
• VoIP
• SIP(SIP on S60,Windows Mobile, PC and iPhone)
• Group call

The Buzz (patented)

The “Buzz” is an alert sent to let Nimbuzz user know someone is trying to get in touch with him, when he is offline/idle. This feature can be accessed directly from the contact list or from the Communicator widget. Sending a buzz is free and can automatically start Nimbuzz mobile to initiate a conversation (Symbian only).

Phonebook

• Access to mobile phone phonebook contacts without leaving Nimbuzz screen

[edit] Nimbuzz Mobile

Nimbuzz Mobile application is currently available for more than 1000 handsets that operate on Java, Symbian, Windows Mobile, iPhone O.S^[3], Android OS^[4], and on more than 20 Blackberry models. The mobile application offers 3 types of calling options: Dial-Up VoIP, VoIP and SIP.

[edit] Nimbuzz Web/Wap

Nimbuzz Web/WAP is accessible via any internet browser on the PC (web) or mobile phone (wap) and allows users to connect to the application without downloading the software. This is an alternative for all Mac and Linux users.

[edit] Nimbuzz PC client

A client application is available for Windows XP and Windows Vista.

[edit] Limitations & known issues

Currently a user cannot delete a created account automatically. To delete an account, one must to write an email to support@nimbuzz.com.

[edit] Nimbuzz partnerships

StudiVZ - November 11, 2008^[5]

VOIP carriers - November 18, 2008^[6]

SIP partner	Country
A1 Mobilkom	Austria
Adepto Telecom	India
Amtelfone	India
Apnatelelink	India
EuteliaVoip	Italy
Gizmo5	USA
GLT GLOBAL TELELINKS	Switzerland
ICTel	South Africa
MWeb	South Africa
Sipgate	Germany
Skytel	Serbia
TerraSip	Spain
Tpad	UK/UAE
Voiceglobe	UK
VOIP HIT	India
Vyke	UK/Norway
Xeloq Communications	Holland

Spice Mobiles - December 17th, 2008^{[7] [8]}

Toshiba - February 16th, 2009^[9]

Vyke Mobile - February 16th, 2009^[10]

[edit] Achievements

Awards

Accenture Innovations Awards, November 2009 - Nimbuzz wins Lifestyle Award
Techcrunch Europe Awards, July 2009 - Nimbuzz wins Best Mobile Startup
Red Herring, January 2009 - Nimbuzz wins Global 100 and Global 200 Tech Startups
Mobile 2.0 Europe, July 2008 – Nimbuzz wins Best Mobile StartUp award
AO Stanford Summit, July 2008 - Nimbuzz was listed in the Global 250 technology companies for game-changing technology and market value.

Nominated

Mobile Monday Mobile Peer Awards, January 2009 – Amsterdam Chapter
LeWeb, December 2008 – Best StartUp Competition

[edit] External links

• Official Nimbuzz website
• NimbuzzOut
• Nimbuzz blog
• Nimbuzz Twitter account
• Nimbuzz Flickr account

[edit] References