Similar to Fring, as one of the best mobile IM/VoIP software, Nimbuzz had no clear method to make profit. This makes users like myself worry about the possibility that this excellent mobile app would be discontinued eventually just like what happened to Trutap. Yesterday, Nimbuzz made a step to change this situation — they launched their VoIP service, NimbuzzOut.
Nimbuzz is my backup choice of Mobile IM program after Fring. In fact, I started to use Nimbuzz even before Fring, since the initial version of Nimbuzz was based on Java ME and when I was still using my Motorola E680i, Fring didn’t has J2ME version yet. Though Nimbuzz has a shorter history than Fring especially on smartphones, it developed very quickly and make itself a serious competitor of Fring. Here is a brief summary of Nimbuzz’s advantage and disadvantage
In general, this official Skype Java mobile client is almost nothing new comparing to third party Java mobile VoIP/IM client. If your mobile phone is supported by Fring, it will be a better choice.
There come dozens of free Java IM/VoIP clients on mobile phones, but few of them support Skype. Nimbuzz is a Java application that can be used to chat with Skype on mobile phones.