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[GigaOM] camp with Andy and Om when it comes to VoIP-on-mobile start-ups whose main selling point is a convoluted method to escape high (usually international) roaming fees. The newest entrant into an already crowded field is Nimbuzz, which gets a glowing review over at MobileCrunch but as far as I can tell, offers not much more than local-call prices for all calls placed to another Nimbuzz user.
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Discoverion - Venture and Technology Discovery System: camp with Andy and Om when it comes to VoIP-on-mobile start-ups whose main selling point is a convoluted method to escape high (usually international) roaming fees. The newest entrant into an already crowded field is Nimbuzz, which gets a glowing review over at MobileCrunch but as far as I can tell, offers not much more than local-call prices for all calls placed to another Nimbuzz user. (via Cosmos)
Smith On VoIP - Garrett Smiths Insights on VoIP Products and Services: Nimbuzz is available as a (downloadable) J2ME client for mobile phones, for mobile web browser (no download required) and as a Windows PC client. Using technologies such as J2ME, Jabber, XMPP and the patented “BUZZ” notification technology and Nimbuzz Voice technology, Nimbuzz bridges messaging and voice services between mobile - and IM users to over 500 Million Internet capable mobile phones already in use worldwide. (via Cosmos)
Cool Tools For Online Fools: Nimbuzz - global calls at local costs. (via Cosmos)
The presence of Presence: [...] the key to making it really disruptive is if a sufficient mass of users adopts this solution so that most people on your contact list can be called using Nimbuzz. To facilitate this one suggestion I have for the company is to figure out how to integrate the phones native contact list into the app. (via Cosmos)
Fred Destin: The mobile telco killers. A particular virulent post and response from mobilecrunch seems to be attempting to kill one of the telco killers before it's killed anyone, poor Berggi being the victim. (via Cosmos)
EveryDigg: The new Nimbuzz Talk beta features a number of very significant upgrades that will dramatically increase the value of this application across the board. The first of these is unrestricted voice support for Nimbuzz and GTalk. (via Cosmos)
| Office Evolution | ZDNet.com: Oliver Starr has a post at MobileCrunch about Nimbuzz, a mobile application that brings instant messaging on a number of networks (Google Talk, MSN/Live Messenger, and Nimbuzz) and free (or nearly free) international calling and text/SMS messaging to your cell phone. (via Cosmos)
Techcrunch: Mobile-to-mobile calls placed between Nimbuzz users are billed at local rates, making for some cheap or even free international calls. Nimbuzz’s presence support allows users to place calls by selecting a contact off their buddy list. (via Cosmos)
BigBlueBall Forums - Powered by vBulletin: Mobile-to-mobile calls placed between Nimbuzz users are billed at local rates, making for some cheap or even free international calls. Nimbuzzs presence support allows users to place calls by selecting a contact off their buddy list. (via Cosmos)
Multimedias.mobi: Nimbuzz Talk Launches, Connects Mobiles and PCs - MobileCrunch has announced the beta release of Nimbuzz Talk, a mobile/PC app that connects cellphone and PC users. The application supports voice, presence, conference calls, and SMS messaging between mobile devices, PCs, and mobile to PC or PC to mobile. (via Cosmos)
Discoverion - Venture and Technology Discovery System: Mobile-to-mobile calls placed between Nimbuzz users are billed at local rates, making for some cheap or even free international calls. Nimbuzz’s presence support allows users to place calls by selecting a contact off their buddy list. (via Cosmos)
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