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eBuddy Hits One Billion Mobile Messages Per Month; Releases Updated Mobile Client
Amsterdam-based chat service eBuddy is announcing this morning that they have hit the 1 billion mobile messages sent using their service each month. In fact, this month I am told that it's 1.1 billion mobile messages. They have also shared that the eBuddy mobile client has been downloaded over 5 million times and 2 million unique users have sent the above 1.1 billion mobile messages.
eBuddy CEO Jan-Joost Rueb tells me that the mobile Web client has been used by 600,000 iPhone users and by over a million Sony PSP users to-date.
eBuddy is also announcing the launch of updated software for both their J2ME and mobile Internet browser clients. The J2ME client has been updated with a new interface and support for eBuddy ID which allows for a user to connect to multiple networks using one eBuddy account.
It's interesting to watch eBuddy and Meebo take different paths over the last year and yet both are successful with thier product roadmaps. Check out all of our eBuddy coverage including our interview with Rueb.
Editor's note: eBuddy is a current sponsor of CenterNetworks.
What a cool tool! We are familiar with Meebo but never heard of these guys - definitely checking out their Mobile product now. Thanks!
Nick - when I met with Meebo CEO Seth Sternberg last week, he noted that eBuddy has a focus on mobile while they are more focused on their meebo rooms and other integration points. It's interesting to watch the two companies take different paths forward.
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