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Nimbuzz - v1.3 now available for download

by Bla1ze on 7 Sep 2010 01:34 PM
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Nimbuzz

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.

Filed Under: News & Rumors, BlackBerry Apps; Tags: FaceBook, instant messaging, Nimbuzz
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13 Comments

Posted by netposer Tuesday, Sep 07, 2010 523 days ago

No 9800 love?

 
 
Posted by kinghai Tuesday, Sep 07, 2010 523 days ago

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.

 
 
Posted by jasonvw Tuesday, Sep 07, 2010 523 days ago

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.

 
 
Posted by chayes995 Tuesday, Sep 07, 2010 523 days ago

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.

 
 
Posted by Joe98200 Tuesday, Sep 07, 2010 523 days ago

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.

 
 
Posted by duloc Tuesday, Sep 07, 2010 523 days ago

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.

 
 
Posted by demeanor76 Tuesday, Sep 07, 2010 523 days ago

The good things about Nimbuzz, it's free and it has Skype but doesn't drain my battery like i-skoot.

 
 
Posted by DigtheBerry Tuesday, Sep 07, 2010 522 days ago

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.

 
 
Posted by Pufan Wednesday, Sep 08, 2010 522 days ago

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/

 
 
Posted by Crackberrier09 Wednesday, Sep 08, 2010 522 days ago

Please add support for cross platform group chat. Please!

 
 
Posted by NSheld Wednesday, Sep 08, 2010 522 days ago

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 :(

 
 
Posted by McFlyinCA Wednesday, Sep 08, 2010 522 days ago

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.

 
 
Posted by jet75080 Saturday, Sep 25, 2010 505 days ago

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.