Nimbuzz brings multi-network chat to the BlackBerry

Filed under: Social Software, BlackBerry

There are plenty of competing chat apps for iPhone and Android, but BlackBerry users have, thus far, been left out in the cold in terms of multi-service chat clients. Nimbuzz is stepping in to plug that hole, though, with a BlackBerry-native app that allows you to chat over AIM, Gtalk, MSN, Skype, Facebook and more.

Being a native app means Nimbuzz can run in the background and take advantage of push notifications and alert sounds, which is a must for a decent chat client. Nimbuzz isn't offering Internet calling capabilities yet -- Skype support is limited to text chat -- but that's a possibility for the future. The app is free, and it should run on any BlackBerry with version 4.6 or newer of the OS.

[via TechCrunch]

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