Nimbuzz today announced that Toshiba’s highly anticipated TG01 smartphone to be offered along with O2 Germany will come incorporated with Nimbuzz’s instant messaging and social networking capabilities.

Nimbuzz said that the concerned players jointly worked towards designing the lifestyle communications features for the smartphone.

Nimbuzz CEO Evert-Jaap Lugt commented on the development, “Software enriches the value chain for the mobile ecosystem. Users, who are looking for a device that fits their lifestyle, operators, looking for new ARPU magnets, and handset manufacturers looking for a value add to differentiate, all profit from Nimbuzz’s mass market solution. Adding well over 900,000 new users a month, we welcome all O2 customers and TG01 users to Nimbuzz.”

Hiroyuki Goto, Technical Director, Toshiba Information Systems (UK) Ltd, Mobile Communications Divison added, “We chose the best of breed mobile content to accompany such a strategic handset for our business and are delighted to offer the TG01 with Nimbuzz as our social messaging partner for the launch of the device with O2 Germany.”