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Fring Brings Skype, Skype-out and SIP calls to iPhone
Posted 3 October 2008 @ 7pm in Uncategorized
The long awaited Fring application is now available for free as the first App from the iTunes App Store to support Voice over IP (VoIP) telephony.
According to the vendor, fringland Ltd., Fring is a mobile internet service and community that allows you to talk, chat and interact with other “fringsters” and all your online buddies from Skype, MSN, GoogleTalk, AIM, Yahoo, Twitter, ICQ and of course Fring. All of this is available via your iPhone’s internet connection. The key feature, however, is the ability of this App to make voice calls via VoIP over a WiFi connection. All of this is available over the multiple connections available on your iPhone: 3G, WiFi, GPRS, and Edge. Text messaging is the only means of communication possible over all four connections.
The App also brings all your contacts into one searchable list including all the instant messaging buddies mentioned above. You can then easily see who is online and the best way to reach them before making a call or talking to them in a live chat session. The list also includes the contacts on your iPhone. Fortunately you are not limited to paging through the list with your finger, which might take a while since there is a way to perform a search. This helps, but does not alleviate the need for an improved scroll bar.
With the release of the new iPod Touch, which accepts microphones, you should be able to make VoIP calls with the iPod Touch when connected to WiFi.
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Posted by andres4--2008
3 October 2008 @ 7pm
Not sure if this is the first VOIP app. I’ve been using TruPhone to make VOIP calls for a while now over WiFi. Does fringe receive calls too? If they do, then they might be a first at that, but VOIP has been available for a while.
Posted by dmjossel
4 October 2008 @ 6pm
TruPhone is in the App Store now?
Posted by andres4--2008
6 October 2008 @ 12pm
It’s been there for months.
Posted by dylanc1
8 October 2008 @ 12pm
I will second that, TruPhone has been out for a while now. I dont know why none of the iphone sites talk about it, but it should have been a big deal. VOIP has been a feature wanted by many for quite a while. It will be interesting to see how Fring compares, but the author of this article really should correct themself and give proper credit to Truphone for being first.
Posted by EmDoubleU
9 October 2008 @ 2pm
Big fan of Fring and it does allow in coming calls through you skype acct. So i guess that is the first VOIP app that will allow that. I never used TruPhone but will check it out… thanks for the tip…and kudoz to Truphone for being first