Skype's central offices must be rife with panic today. Why? Because a new mobile application has been launched today in the UK that will apparently give Skype a run for its money.
Nimbuzz will provide mobile users and online communities with what they are calling an all-in-one solution for free mobile voIP calling, conference calling, instant messaging, chat and group chat. It also has a photo and file sending service across multiple IM communities, including Skype, MSN Google Talk and Yahoo!, including 23 social networks, such as Facebook and MySpace. This basically means you can take your IM buddies with you wherever you go.
Once you've downloaded the Nimbuzz application (here) and register as a new user, all your contacts from the selected IM communities are collected together to form one main contact list. It will indicate which users are online and from which communities and social networking sites.
Nimbuzz works across over 500 handsets and has a free mobile voIP solution that works on more than 90- handsets. It's free to download but is subject to network operator rates when used on a mobile, unless you're using a flat-rate data plan. Because flat-rate plans didn't exist in Europe last year, this makes Nimbuzz the closest thing to free communication at the moment.
Nimbuzz is exploring new territory on the social networking front by bringing voice and mobile chat via a communicator widget. A service called buzz is also being introduced that alerts your friends offline to join you online for a chat or a call.
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Nimbuzz would be a boon for free VoIP callers on the move,Cheers : )