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Nimbuzz surveys its users: Folks like an all-in-one messaging app

Categories: Applications, Research
By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 at 2:15 AM

Nimbuzz, the popular messaging and VoIP application, surveyed 40,000 of its users from Asia, Europe, the US and the Middle East to find out what they [users] think about the all-in-one messaging solution. As you can imagine, the majority of folks dig the idea. Here are some other points from Nimbuzz’s research:

  • 75% of people on Nimbuzz use their mobile phone to communicate more, and in different ways than ever before; 60% make more friends online and 82% communicate with at least five people in each session.
  • 49% of respondents say Nimbuzz makes them more mobile, because they can use it to connect to all their friends at once.
  • 48.3% appreciate Nimbuzz because they don’t have to install various different applications to call, chat, message and share files.
  • Since joining Nimbuzz, 71.6% of respondents say they use their mobiles more and in different ways, while 59% have made more friends online.
  • The number one supported network accessed through Nimbuzz is Facebook.

You can download Nimbuzz for your phone from the company’s website. The application is available for a number of platforms, including Symbian, iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Java ME…

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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.