eBuddy, the instant messenger startup that we’ve likened to a European meebo (though eBuddy has been around for much longer), has released the latest figures for its mobile instant messaging client, and it looks like business is booming.
Since July, the mobile J2ME eBuddy client has been downloaded over 5 million times, and has seen 10 million total downloads since launching in summer 2007 (current download rates are pegged at around 1 million per month. The company reports 1.5 billion message exchanges monthly across an average of 3 million users. On application repository GetJar, the application is the top most downloaded app, ahead of notables like Google Maps. The application’s reach is also global, with availability in 195 countries and 37 languages.
While smartphones like iPhones and Blackberries may get most of the attention, the vast majority of mobile phone users are using more basic phones which support applications on the J2ME platform. eBuddy’s explosive growth is a testament to the size of this market, as well as the increasing trend towards using third party applications and data plans on mobile phones, even those that aren’t as advanced as smartphones.
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eBuddy is a great name!
If you want big adoption, tweak your offering to directly compete with Blackberry Messenger. If you can provide the same functionality to BBM you could potentially get blackberry users to iPhone and PAY YOU A PREMIUM for your product.
Figure out exactly WHY people like BBM so much and replicate it.
Many people like that it is just for a closed network of people…can you replicate that? Some like the voice-notes, ping, and send file.
If you could place your users into different groups and give each group different away messages then you could facilitate the BIG SWITCH from Blackberry to iPhone.
People will pay for this!
Sort of a hideous logo though…
I dont understand how they make money and why anyone uses them over the default msn web messenger, I find their service horribly slow.
I hate eBuddy.
i carnt get on it how do yyou get on it after you have blocked it with your crap pop ups well you sort it out please
add me it please im 16 love ya x
hi