If you are interested in doing anything else than permitted under this Agreement or by one of the above agreements, you will have to obtain HMS's prior written consent and explicitly agree upon any further terms. You will at any and all times meet with your obligations hereunder, and you will use the Software solely for lawful purposes. If the law of any country where you intend to use the Software prohibits you from downloading or using our Software because you are under the age limit or because our products are not allowed in this country including applicable rules that govern the export or import of Software, you shall not use it. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS TERMS OF THIS EULA, DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THE SOFTWARE. This end user software license agreement is a legal agreement between You and HMS Industrial Networks SA hereafter referred to as “HMS” covering the eBuddy software (called hereafter Software).īY INSTALLING, COPYING, OR OTHERWISE USING THE SOFTWARE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS EULA. Rueb expects to hit that milestone by the end of this year based on its current growth path, so basically if the company can attract 4 million more mobile app users on top of its current 6 million ones, they’ll start deriving revenues from them in Q4 2009.Term of Use : eBuddy End User License Agreement (EULA) I asked eBuddy how it expects to make money from its mobile applications (they’re already doing quite well on the web version, I’m told), and CEO Jan-Joost Rueb said he wants to see an aggregate mobile app user base of 10 million uniques before they roll out monetization efforts like advertising and paid premium apps. Of course, a massive user base doesn’t equal massive revenue streams, especially not when you’re giving away a product for free. In fact, many seem to have already done so despite the lack of a marketing push: according to stats provided by app store analytics startup Distimo, the eBuddy for iPhone application is currently already ranked #1 in 21 countries, within the top 5 in 31 countries, and within the top 10 in 37 countries in the free social networking application category. I’m told that eBuddy already saw about 2 million people using its product from the iPhone or iPod Touch before the app actually hit the App Store, thanks to the web-based eBuddy Lite Messenger tool, but the free native application that was just released will likely convert most of those users to it in a short period of time. When you exit the app, you’ll still be able to receive incoming messages from your contacts regardless of which IM client they choose to use (apart from Skype, but that’s another story), for 30 minutes initially.Īt a later stage, the company expects to prolong this push notification window but strives to maintain a balance between a longer time and not putting too much strain on the device’s battery life. You can see how that comes in handy for an instant messaging tool, since it basically acts as a replacement for text messages. Where eBuddy differentiates is in its support for Apple’s Push Notification Service, which allows a third-party server to ping the service in order to push out notifications to your device over a persistent IP connection. It brings a very strong competitor to the likes of Nimbuzz and fring, both of which have had native iPhone applications for a while now. The application for the iPhone and iPod Touch the company is announcing today has quietly gone live in the App Store last week ( iTunes link), but hasn’t been promoted in any way since until today. For context: eBuddy is a free mobile app that enables users to communicate with others using AIM, Facebook Chat, ICQ, Gtalk, Windows Live Messenger etc. EBuddy, the Dutch startup behind the eponymous mobile communication tool I dubbed the swiss army knife for instant messaging when it debuted an application for the Android platform last May, is announcing one hell of an iPhone application today.
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