Microsoft OneApp is a new software application that enables feature phones—commonly found in emerging markets—to access mobile apps like Facebook, Twitter, Windows Live Messenger, and other popular apps and games. Now, people around the world who own feature phones will be able to do more and enjoy a better mobile experience with their existing phones.

According to Microsoft, OneApp will be offered initially through partners in emerging markets worldwide. When it was announced, it was available only in South Africa via Blue Label Telecoms. But it is now available for download for everybody from any country.

To download & try out Microsoft OneApp, visit http://m.mibli.com from your phone. The setup is a small 150kb jar setup, which means any phone supporting java apps should be able to use OneApp.

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You are required to register for a free account, after which you have to login on every start!

The home screen with the various apps.

Facebook

The facebook app of OneApp. It is surprisingly pretty good. Even lets you capture, upload & view your photos.

Twitter

Tweetlite – OneApp’s Twitter client. A simply client, with a timeline, friends & inbox view. Lets you reply, retweet, forward a tweet as a SMS & open links from the tweet.

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Snake

The classic snake game. Something which the new Nokia’s don’t come with.

There were a lot of other apps like mobiWallet, Downloads, miLocate, But they require you to verify your number by sending a SMS. Although I tried it, Mibli was not able to send the SMS.

You can read more about the features in Mibli here. To get the download link, either visit this link from your computer or visit http://m.mibli.com from your phone.

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Services :

The first feature that strikes you is the number of services supported by Nimbuzz. It supports an impressive number of 15 communities for IM including the major ones like Windows Live, Yahoo, Facebook, Google Talk, AIM, MySpace, ICQ. Along with the communities, It also supports VoIP with over 14 SIP accounts, as well as an option to configure a custom SIP account.

Chat :

Once your accounts are configured, you reach the contact list. The contact list in Nimbuzz is a single list showing your contacts from all the configured services alphabetically. Which means you no longer have you switch between services / apps to check on which service a friend of yours has come online. All your contacts, irrespective of the service, show up in a single list. Perfect.

Chat Window :

The interface of the chat window is what really pulled me towards Nimbuzz. The UI is clean and simple. The color combination makes it easy to differentiate the messages sent by you and the messages received by you. Emoticons are also supported, although I did not find them to be really pretty or cute.

Internet Calling :

Nimbuzz supports SIP protocal for VoIP calls. Though what would excite most users would be the fact that it supports making calls using SkypeOut too. Users can choose which call provider should Nimbuzz use when placing calls to the contacts in the phone book or any other number.

Extras :

Along with sending & receiving messages, Nimbuzz also supports sharing files & photos. You can either send already clicked photos, or take a new photo to send to your friend.

Another feature in Nimbuzz lets you backup your entire phone book on their servers, so in case you loose your phone ( Hope that you don’t ) or happen to loose your contacts due to some problem, you can restore them all from Nimbuzz easily.

If you are looking for an IM solution, look no further than Nimbuzz. It is your one stop solution for communicating with your friends or calling your loved ones abroad using Skype.

You can download Nimbuzz from the Ovi Store by visiting here or from their website here.