The program is first-generation, and Nimbuzz promises more features are forthcoming. For instance, the app can today only be used for instant messaging conversations on BlackBerry smartphones, because the relevant API only very recently gained support for VoIP applications (the startup said to expect integration of Internet calling features in the app shortly). Nimbuzz for BlackBerry currently supports online chat through Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, Facebook, MySpace and more. Both installation and usage of the communication tool are free of charge.
Nimbuzz, backed by $25 million in venture capital, notably also recently won the ‘Connect On Blackberry' award at RIM's BlackBerry Alliance Program's EMEA Innovation Awards in Rome. To date, over 38 million BlackBerry devices have been sold, and Nimbuzz has been installed on about 12 million of them. The new native app should work on all BlackBerry smartphones running OS v4.6 or higher, including the Storm, Bold, Tour, Pearl Flip and BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphoness no question that Facebook's new social plugins — which include a ‘Like' button for the web and an array of other widgets — have been adopted at a pretty amazing rate (we had our ‘Like' buttons live the day they were announced). Facebook has just given us an idea of how quickly these widgets are being adopted: a week after f8, 50,000 websites now feature the Like button and the other new plugins. 75 of those websites were Facebook's launch partners, which included sites like CNN and the New York Times — everyone else handled the integration on their own, which Facebook has made very straightforward (it generally just involves copy-and-pasting a few lines of code). This growth is important, because as more sites integrate these social widgets, Facebook will increasingly own social interaction across the web.
It's also confirmed that Facebook met and surpassed Mark Zuckerberg's prediction that Facebook users would hit the ‘Like' button 1 billion times in its first 24 hours of existence. Not a bad start. Aside from the Like Button, Facebook's other social plugins include an activity feed that displays your friends' activity, a widget with recommended articles, and the Facepile, which shows you photos of your friends who also use the site you're browsing.
The new application are : runs in background – allowing you to be online and available to your friends while writing an email, watching a movie or updating your agenda. connects you to all your friends – stay in touch with all your friends from the most popular social networks and instant messaging communities. brings home screen notification – whenever you receive a chat and the app is running in background you will see a notification on your home screen. auto-reconnects – whenever you lose the connection Nimbuzz will try to reconnect you switching between 3G, 2G or Wi-Fi searching for an available internet connection. "Clickable" URL's – for a complete online experience you can open the links from chats or personal messages
The new native app should work on all BlackBerry smartphones running OS v4.6 or higher, including the Storm, Bold, Tour, Pearl Flip and BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphones.
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