Nimbuzz brings multi-network chat to the 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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