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Compatibility: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 2.0 or later.
fring is a multi-award winning mobile application that lets you make free voice calls, free video calls (one way) and live IM chats directly from your iPhone and iPod touch.
fring operates as your mobile social hub. Communicate with your friends from fring and other favorite social services including Skype®, MSN® Messenger, GoogleTalk™, Twitter, Yahoo! ™, AIM®, ICQ, all through one central profile, using your iPhone and iPod touch's internet capability.
fring operates over multiple connection options (3G, WiFi, GPRS, Edge) directly from one integrated friends list.
See your friends’ real-time status and share your own; make yourself available at all times using push notification.
Note: Since the iPhone camera is on the opposite side of the phone (back-side) to the receiver, you can see but not transmit video during a video call.
FEATURES
• fring calls over WiFi and 3G • fring video calls over WiFi and 3G (one way) •Instant Messaging •Integrated dynamic friends list with real-time contact availability •SIP integration •Multiple Connection types •Push notification support for fring, Skype®, MSN Messenger®, Google Talk™, ICQ, SIP, Twitter, Yahoo!™ , AIM® communities
Note: Please check your cellular operator's terms of agreement to make sure they allow voip calls on their network before using fring.
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fring Review
Reviewed Unknown
Chat app brings VoIP to the iPhone and iPod touch with mixed results
Sometimes chatting with your friends and colleagues on the Internet can feel like tracking down a great diaspora across continents and seas, with one person logging on at AIM, while another prefers GTalk, and a third refuses to touch anything other than ICQ. While programs such as Adium have long since resolved this problem on the desktop by allowing users to fire up one app and access multiple platforms, the iPhone is still new enough that these issues are just getting shaken out. Fring from Fringland is one of several apps attempting to resolve this, and better yet, it’s also one of a handful of providers bringing VoIP to the iPhone. To date, it does both with mixed results.
I really like this app. I am able to a IM all the people from my Skype, Gmail, and Facebook. One of the greatest advantages is that it is free - compared to paying $15 for BeeHive this does the trick.
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