Comparison of eBuddy, Nimbuzz and Fring

This time I gonna compare these three multiprotocol chat clients. Yes, they’re multiprotocol because they can handle multiple chat accounts in it. So, here is the list of the contestant.

eBuddy

Origin of country: United States

Initial Launch: September 9th, 2003

Nimbuzz

Origin of country: Netherlands

Initial Launch: May 2008

Fring

Origin of country: Israel

Initial Launch: January 2007

 

And, here is the comparison. I will give you table so that maybe some RSS reader are unable to see this. Ensure that you’re seeing this post in the computer web browser.

	eBuddy	Nimbuzz	Fring
Platform Availability
Web	Yes	Yes	No
Java MIDP	Yes	Yes	Yes
Symbian	No (MIDP still applicable)	Yes	Yes
Android	Yes	Yes	Yes
iOS	Yes	Yes	Yes
MeeGo	No	Unknown	Yes
Blackberry	No	Yes	Unknown
Protocol Support
Windows Live Messenger	Yes	Yes	Yes
Yahoo! Messenger	Yes	Yes	Yes
GTalk	Yes	Yes	Yes
AIM	Yes	Yes	Yes
Facebook Chat	Yes	Yes	Yes
ICQ	Yes	Yes	Yes
SIP Support (like Skype)*	No	Yes*	Yes*
Basic Features
Emoticons	Yes (using each protocol emoticons)	Yes	Yes
Nudge/Buzz/Ping	Yes	No	No
File Sharing	Yes	Yes	Yes
Offline Messaging	Yes	Yes	Unknown
Voice Call	No	Yes	Yes

 

*Skype has been asked any third-party clients to drop their Skype support.