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There are many apps available that try to bring together various communication protocols. I’m always interested in programs that manage multiple services, since for me, Adium on the Mac and its PC relative, Pidgin, are indispensable for dealing with my eight (!) IM accounts.

After my recent post about the betas I use, I was introduced to Nimbuzz, an IM program that is now offering voice services in competition with Skype and Gizmo5 (which was recently purchased by Google).

The origins of Nimbuzz are in Europe. It claims a 20 percent market share in several European countries, and it’s popular in the Middle East. The company says that it has 12 million users, and is adding 40,000 users per day — not bad for a service that’s less than two years old. Nimbuzz is less well known in North America, but that may soon change.

Nimbuzz, a popular social networking app for iPhone, Windows Mobile and S60, has wriggling its way onto the Android Market. Skype, Facebook, GTalk, AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, Windows Live Messenger and more are all available through Nimbuzz. A particularly unique feature is location support – allowing to share your where with friends online. On top of that, additional support is available for regional social networks which would probably never get the opportunity to go mobile.

Nimbuzz has announced the launch of an Android application for it’s mobile social messaging service. The free app for Android comes after the updated iPhone 3.0 release in mid-July.

What does Nimbuzz do?

It’s a mobile messaging hub, combining a lot of different services in one application. Nimbuzz mainly focuses on Instant Messaging, geo-presence, and VoIP. Through the Nimbuzz “buddy list”, you can see if your friends are available to talk, what service they are available over, and where they are. It acts as a hub for quite a few existing services, including Skype, Google Talk, AIM, Facebook and MySpace.

O2 and Toshiba chose Nimbuzz as its social messaging partner in Germany. Accessed via a central icon on the home screen the fast, reliable and easy to use app integrates seamlessly onto the handset and the always on nature of Nimbuzz suits today’s “hyper-connected” digital lifestyle. The three companies worked closely together to deliver lifestyle communications features on the Toshiba TG01 for contacting all of your friends across multiple networks from one place. Integrating Nimbuzz achieves this goal thanks to the inclusion of local social networks such as StudiVZ in the client alongside all of the major global communities.

Nimbuzz (http://www.nimbuzz.com) and Giovani.it today announce a revenue-sharing partnership. Giovani.it (published by Banzai spa), the biggest Italian-speaking social networking community portal with over 2 million active members, that integrates the Nimbuzz technology into its existing site, bringing real-time web and mobile communication capabilities to members for the first time.

Nimbuzz (http://www.nimbuzz.com) and Giovani.it today announce a revenue-sharing partnership. Giovani.it (published by Banzai spa), the biggest Italian-speaking social networking community portal with over 2 million active members, that integrates the Nimbuzz technology into its existing site, bringing real-time web and mobile communication capabilities to members for the first time.