Nimbuzz & Alcatel One Touch To Launch 3G Dongle In India

Nimbuzz - the makers of popular messaging client for mobile platform is joining hands with Alcatel One Touch to launch a 3G dongles One Touch X230E & X230S. The Nimbuzz software will be preinstalled on the new dongles that will offer speeds up to 7.2 Mbps. Nimbuzz offers instant connectivity to popular social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter and also connects the users to Gtalk, Yahoo messenger and a plethora of instant messaging services. Nimbuzz is available for #-Link-Snipped-#.



We did not spot anything new in the 3G dongle that's being offered. On the plus side, it will support additional 16GB of space via micro SD card. We do not have any information on the price of the new dongles yet. For the product specs and other details, check out the official press release below -

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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><strong id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564853"><span id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564852" lang="EN-GB">New Delhi, August 8, 2012:</span></strong><span id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564455" lang="EN-GB"> Nimbuzz, (<a href="https://www.nimbuzz.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nimbuzz</a>) the global leader in Instant Messaging, has announced its association with <span id="lw_1344444246_3" class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" style="cursor: pointer; color: #366388; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: #366388;">Alcatel One Touch</span> for its upcoming 3G Dongle Speed 7.2 Mbps. In this strategic association, Nimbuzz will come preinstalled on the 3G Dongle, which provides Internet connectivity up to 7.2Mbps.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><strong id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564820"><span id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564819" lang="EN-GB">Keshav Bajaj, VP - Business Development, Nimbuzz</span></strong><span id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564735" lang="EN-GB">, added, “Nimbuzz has a legacy in the business of instant communication and we are continuously innovating to keep our users engaged. It gives us immense pleasure to be associated with Alcatel One Touch as the One Touch Communication Partner for its upcoming One Touch X230E & X230S. We believe that communication needs to be instant and we are glad that our belief and Alcatel’s vision aligns in the similar direction. We wish Alcatel One Touch a great success for this upcoming dongle and Nimbuzz would be ecstatic to play an important role behind the success”</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><strong id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564733"><span id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564732" lang="EN-GB">Praveen Valecha Country Head-Sales & Marketing, Alcatel One Touch</span></strong><span id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564715" lang="EN-GB">: “Benchmark set by Nimbuzz  has inspired us to partner Nimbuzz as the Alcatel One Touch Communication Partner for the upcoming 3G Dongles. Nimbuzz has an excellent user interface, offers more than just simple chat and is also cost-effective for the users as it does not continuously keep the user’s data connectivity busy.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564765" lang="EN-GB">Now, with Alcatel One Touch X230E & X230S, you can always be connected with the world. Nimbuzz offers your 24X7 connectivity on Facebook, Gtalk, Yahoo, MSN . There  are much more.... news update; live cricket update; tweet from Nimbuzz; stock updates, Wikipedia, YouTube search, movie reviews, price comparison, car reviews and prices, astrology updates....all from your Nimbuzz and everything is free.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><strong id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564848"><span id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564847" lang="EN-GB">Specification of the device:</span></strong></span>

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<li id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564761" class="yiv135633795MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564850">Plug & Play</span></span></li>
<li id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564747" class="yiv135633795MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564844">HSPA/UMTS 2100Mhz</span></span></li>
<li id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564722" class="yiv135633795MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564759">Quadband GPRS/EDGE(850/900/1800/1900 Mhz)</span></span></li>
<li id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564842" class="yiv135633795MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564841">HSPA Downloading Speed 7.2Mbps Speed and Uplink 5.76Mbps</span></span></li>
<li id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564749" class="yiv135633795MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564757">Supports Windows7/Vista/Xp/Mac Os 10.4.9-10.6.6/Linux driver</span></span></li>
<li id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564725" class="yiv135633795MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564755">Supports SD card up to  16GB</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">About Nimbuzz</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564729" lang="EN-GB">Founded in 2006, Nimbuzz is a cross-platform communications platform that lets users make calls, send messages and share files through any mobile device, for free. With more than 100 million users and growing, Nimbuzz is the best way to meet, share and connect with friends and family around the world. Through Nimbuzz, users can make free video and voice calls to other Nimbuzz users, while dramatically reduce the cost of calls to landline and mobile phones. Nimbuzz also lets users chat, call and share files between all major IM communities and Social networks, including Facebook, MSN, GTalk, Yahoo!, and Twitter.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564859" lang="EN-GB">At the heart of Nimbuzz is the live Contact list – an always-on, hyper-connected, dynamic address book, enhanced with “real-time-presence” showing at a glance who’s online, offline, busy or away, their status messages, avatar pictures and social community activity. From here, users can launch free and cheap calls between each other, IM chat sessions, picture and file sharing, chat-room sessions, location based services and various other communication and interactive features. The Nimbuzz developer platform provides a channel to more than 100 million users, across 200 countries, on nearly any device. To download Nimbuzz for free, visit #-Link-Snipped-#</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">About ALCATEL ONE TOUCH</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_6_1344444248564866" lang="EN-GB">ALCATEL ONE TOUCH designs, develops, and markets globally a growing range of mobile and internet products designed to be as individual as the people who use them. One of the fastest growing of the world’s top ten mobile phone manufacturers, ALCATEL ONE TOUCH makes access to today’s mobile lifestyle simple by offering colorful, easy-to-use devices equipped with the technology people need most at prices they can afford. ALCATEL ONE TOUCH is a brand of TCL Communication, a public company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (2618.HK) and part of TCL Corporation one of the largest consumer electronics companies in the world. For more information, please visit #-Link-Snipped-#</span></span>
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