Nimbuzz - v1.3 now available for download
By
Bla1ze on 7 Sep 2010 01:34 pm
Nimbuzz has recently updated their instant messaging application for BlackBerry. Version 1.3 is now readily available for download. This release will solve a lot of issues folks were having as well as add some new features.
- Chat history – so you can continue your chats where you left off.
- Facebook connect – no more disconnecting errors!
- See which of your phone contacts are already using Nimbuzz and when they are online
- Send free SMS text message invites to your phone contacts so they can join Nimbuzz
You can grab the latest Nimbuzz release from BlackBerry App World today or you can head on over to
their mobile site and grab the download as well.
netposer#cb Sep 7, 2010 at 2:09 pm
No 9800 love?
kinghai Sep 7, 2010 at 2:17 pm
I downloaded this morning. Doesn't make sense to me to display phone contacts in IM application. I used it before I get along with Beejive because I have a long contact list (>350) and it cannot get full list. Second thing is it's cannot group contact as I grouped in my YIM contacts. First thing is seemed to be solved, second thing still remain. However a plus I saw from this is it has find contact function, the thing I am asking hopelessly on Beejive support forum.
jasonvw Sep 7, 2010 at 7:28 pm
It has phone contacts because on other platforms it has sip as well as Skype voip support. Hopefully theyre trying to get that over to bb as well.
chayes995 Sep 7, 2010 at 6:07 pm
Keyboard issues for the 9550. I went to log in after creating a profile and the keyboard will not show on the screen. I tried rebooting, deleted and reinstalled, made sure all permissions were set to allow and even trying to change the compability mode to no luck.
joe98200 Sep 7, 2010 at 6:32 pm
It's great to see that the Facebook problem is resolved, but now when conversations are long enough (on AIM so far), the chat seems to lag the whole phone because Nimbuzz is trying to record the chat history (no way to disable it either). This can happen with ONE conversation. I can only imagine this happening with multiple ones. Ever since I updated this and battery pulled 2-3 times (on a 9700), the app seems to delay much more than previous versions.
The only way to get rid of the lag is to Delete Chat of the conversation that goes on for too long.
duloc Sep 7, 2010 at 6:41 pm
Couldn't even set up facebook, just brought me to a white screen... Seems like it could be quite a nice app, but has some issues.
demeanor76 Sep 7, 2010 at 7:03 pm
The good things about Nimbuzz, it's free and it has Skype but doesn't drain my battery like i-skoot.
DigtheBerry Sep 7, 2010 at 9:47 pm
Spammers... they just tick me off....(they will be deleted soon I hope) anyways back on the subject I hope this is a better version battery wise... I seem to get a quick drain using it on my 9550... I cant imagine the previous poster saying it's better than Iskoot... I skoot must be horrible with battery then.
Pufan Sep 8, 2010 at 8:56 am
Hey guys,
Andi from Nimbuzz here.
Thanks for the feedback so far. We will look into these issues and see how we can solve them.
In regards to the battery consumption, there has been an improvement from the previous version. You will be able to notice it if you have Nimbuzz running in the background and it's direct proportional with the number of contacts. The more buddies you have the bigger will be the difference.
For more questions you can drop by on our blog:
http://blog.nimbuzz.com/
Crackberrier09 Sep 8, 2010 at 9:14 am
Please add support for cross platform group chat. Please!
NSheld Sep 8, 2010 at 11:07 am
Just dled to try it again. Skype contacts show up, but Facebook ones do not.
I have offline contacts hidden.
The FB part never seems to work :(
McFly121 Sep 8, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Does not work for me. I went to settings and clicked manage and clicked on facebook and I get the "The URL is not yet available" error.
jet75080 Sep 25, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Installed it same problem as others, no keyboard. Installed it on my pc, set up accts there, no Skype on the pc.
It then sync-ed over air to the 9550 gmail chat and facebook show up, BUT face book shows a few pix of friends the rest show as -100045893xxx etc just neg numbers.. guess it is slow to update.
Tried a chat with 1 FB friend, only no keyboard but able to insert icon, once I did that the keyboard was enabled for that one use. Then the keyboard would come up at random times..I do not think they have it ready for the 9550.