Nimbuzz launched Nimbuzz 3.0 for Symbian and Symbian^3 devices Friday, bringing a bunch of nice features to Nokia phones.
Here’s the list of newly-released features:
- Customizable tabs: select which tabs you want to see and in what order.
- NimbuzzOut call rates are displayed in real time below the number before placing the call.
- Recent calls tab: see all your received, missed and outgoing calls.
- 2 new chat styles: with avatars and without.
- 3 options to view the Contact List.
- Sort contacts by status.
- My info tab: gives you quick access to your profile, NimbuzzOut credits, accounts, suggested friends and friend invites.
- Facebook Connect: removes the 400 contacts limit and connectivity issues.
Most significantly, Nimbuzz has improved the app’s UI and usability all-around, adding new tabs for call history and account info, as well as new sorting capabilities.
The Facebook Connect functionality is nice not only because it eliminates a couple annoyances (like disconnect errors and the 400 contacts limit) but also because users can see their friends’ status messages right in the app.
Along with over 300 bug fixes, Nimbuzz 3.0 should be a welcome update for Nokia users.
Long-time fans were likely disappointed by the Skype/Nimbuzz breakup, but it’s definitely not the end of the world for Nimbuzz. The VoIP app, which is available on Mac, Windows, and every popular mobile platform (Symbian, iPhone, iPod touch, Windows Mobile, Android, BlackBerry), still elegantly combines access to some of the most oft-used messaging clients, like Facebook Chat, Windows Live Messenger (MSN), and Google/Gmail Talk.
And as for making calls, NimbuzzOut might be just as good as Skype.
Check out the video below for a walkthrough of the new features.
