We’re really excited to announce the latest addition to the eBuddy family: eBuddy for Android!
Android is software for mobile devices, initially developed by Google. Android-powered phones, such as the T-Mobile G1 or HTC Magic, provide easy access to Google applications including Maps, Gmail, YouTube, and Calendar, plus real Web browsing capabilities. Android-powered phones also provide one touch access to Android Market, the place to discover and download a variety of fun applications.
And now, if you’re the proud owner of an Android-powered phone, you can find eBuddy for Android in the Android Market too. The familiar eBuddy quality and features you know, now also available on Android. 
Here are some unique features of eBuddy for Android:
- - eBuddy ID – one login for MSN, Yahoo!, AIM, Facebook, Google Talk, and ICQ
- - Free, fast, reliable IM experience
- - Stay online when you get a call
- - New message alerts in the Android status bar
- - Switch easily between chats
- - Support for emoticons, sound, vibration, and buzzers
- - Automatic reconnect
- - Receive offline messages
Curious to see what it looks like? Take a look at these screenshots:
Pretty cool, huh?
We hope you like eBuddy for Android as much as we do. eBuddy for Android is now available as a phone download via Android Market.
Enjoy messaging everyone, everywhere with eBuddy for Android!
- Ivar
Update May 15: Version 1.0.1 of the app has just been released in the Android Market, with some connection handling, blocked buddies and login improvements. Enjoy!
That’s awesome! Does Android support multi-threaded applications so that if eBuddy is minimized/closed/hidden (whatever the right word), that it still stays connected to the network? Or is it more like on iPhone where if you close an app, it is closed. No ability to receive messages.
@Chris Yes, Android can run multiple apps in the background, as opposed to the iPhone. So when you get a call for instance, you stay online in the background, and new message alerts appear in the Android status bar.
I accessed the android market on my phone but i just cannot find it~! help!
This looks great! We are in desperate need for an IM app on the Android that can maintain connectivity all day and also not suck the battery dry. I hope eBuddy is up to the challenge! I just installed and will be testing it out today.
One thing I notice already, when you are connected and then go back to the home screen, can we get a persistant icon in the notification bar so we know that eBuddy is still connected?
@Yuxiang It could be that it eBuddy is not yet available in your country, but it should be somewhere today. Could you try again later?
This looks great, but I’m in the Netherlands and it does not appear to be available
Is it correct you are waiting to launch eBuddy for iPhone until OS 3.0 is launched becasue of the Push Notifications?
I’m excited to give this a try. Not seeing this on the market, however. Based in the US.
needs a icon in the status bar to know if the program is running.
Wonderful App!
Its good, but needs some work.
- Icon in notification bar.
- Turn off the bubbles option. (They take up too much space and are generally annoying to some people.)
- Stop it notifying of a message when your in the chat window with the contact the message is off.
- Avatar support.
- Speed up connectivity / updating. (It takes about 10 seconds to update the personal message on 3G and a while to connect to the networks. )
this seems to be a very versitile, good looking app that i have been waiting for, thank you!
have to say though I havent seen any notifications in my status bar with new messages, are they only checked at certain intervals?
Can’t find it in the market place either. Using developers phone and in UK. Any thoughts?
Really, really wonderful application!
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Ohboy:
this application is protected so you can’t download it with the developer phone.
Devs: please put a icon in the notification bar.
hey guys, u all need to set ur app to unprotected or else the many of us using Dev phone would be unable to see yea? (from singapore)
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Nice Story!
That’s amazing! I will surely use this new app.
Hey guys! Great app.
2 things.
I do not get any notifications in my status bar.
Second is a request for Jabber support. This gives the possibility to log into hyves chat. Would make it a truly awesome application!
Keep up the good work!
Thank you very much, works like a charm!
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i love this application. tjank you very much. now i can keep in touch with anybody who wants to make friends with me.
Thanx this would be the right combination ever.
Thanks for this valuable information, I was looking something, Just mention above article.
ohhhh
This is so cool.One login for everything
Exactly What I need.
I’ve heard about his for a while, happy it is finally out. Thanks!
This really gives the possibility to log into hyves chat. Would make it a truly awesome application!
Just a note on the Android version, it seems to count blocked people as offline buddies. Soon as i cleared my blocked list, all the blocked people showing as offline friends went poof .
Amazing product. I will definitely use this application.Thanks
it wont let me sign in to my msn or facebook or anythin….it just keeps saying the infomation is wrong wen i know full well its right..!
I just got the HTC Magic recently and I cant find ebuddy in the Android Market. I currently live in Hong Kong. Do anyone know why??
Brill app…just 1 thing…
Is there any way to change the display pic? The ebuddy logo is pretty annoying
Thanks
@Desmond: It could be that the application has not been made available by Google in Hong Kong yet, or that you have an Android dev phone, which doesn’t support our application.
I live in Canada and have the HTC Magic. I can’t find this app in the marketplace, guess it’s not available in Canada yet??
this seems to be a very versitile, good looking app that i have been waiting for, thank you!
I wish you guys could release a version similiar to this for the Blackberry platform. The current version on the blackberry is very generic and the alerts do not show up in the home screen at all.
I can’t find it in the Market either! Is there another source for downloading it?
cant’ find in on market too
Dear friends.
Is there way to confirm availbility of eBuddy for HTC-Magic from Taiwan?
I can’t see if viewing android market on my PC.
i can’t find the ebuddy on android market. can you guys check it out?
is it avail in sony erricson T700
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-Stay online when you get a call….
don’t stupid ! because you are use HTTP
any applications can do that if use HTTP..
but when connections type TCP/IP or WAP.. when you get a call… internet will get disconnection
you guys are B***shi*. why IGNORE the people who cant get ebuddy like us on the android?! just upload the darn apk!
Isn’t on Market either for me here in Switzerland.
Has eBuddy pulled it off android for the moment?
for those need the apk go to with your mobile phone:
get.ebuddy.com
Good news! If you cannot find eBuddy in the Android Market, you can now download eBuddy for Android on GetJar as well: http://www.getjar.com/products/10717/eBuddy
Other ways:
1. Search for eBuddy on GetJar.
1. Open m.GetJar.com with your mobile -> Quick Download -> enter Quick Download Code 60140
@Yuxiang @math0ne @Trevor @Ohboy @Desmond @David @Chris @gleb90210 @alex @stephen @ade
Hey Ivar,
Thanks for the information on how to get it from ebuddy. It works perfectly now.
Thanks again.
Hi fellas, was using ebuddy until i did an upgrade to the phone and it went to firmware 1.5 codenamed Cupcake. After that I could not find ebuddy on the market anymore
@Ricky Are you still not able to find eBuddy on the Market? If so, could you please send an email to feedback_android@ebuddy.com with the following information?
- Your country
- Have you recently purchased or configured your phone?
- Can you see eBuddy in the Market under the ‘Communications’ category?
- Can you find it when searching for ‘eBuddy’?
Thanks for your feedback!
Hi Ivar,
I can’t find ebuddy on the Market either, bought mine from Hong Kong
I can’t either. It used to be there.
Can’t find it on Market after HTC Magic Sense UI Update (HTC Taiwan ChungHwa ROM)