Application of the Week -- fring mobile VOIP

Now you can take all of your fring, Skype, Google Talk, MSN Messenger, ICQ and Twitter buddies into the mobile world, and talk and chat with them for free! With the fring mobile voice over IP (mVoIP) application, you can simply login once to all your instant messaging services and from then on, all contacts will be integrated into one, searchable, buddy list. From this main screen, you can initiate an internet call or live chat session, and view each contact’s network connection indicators. These indicators show you the expected call quality as well as the contact’s online status. fring also supports multiple, simultaneous chat sessions and conversation history, and facilitates cheap calls to landlines and regular cellular contacts. It does so with the support of SkypeOut/SkypeIn and hundreds of SIP-based services such as SIPNET, GizmoProject, VoipCheap, VoipStunt and Free World. It even supports interactions with mobile devices that are not SIP-enabled.

With fring, you don’t pay for voice airtime. Calls run over your data channel and therefore cost nothing beyond your existing internet data plan. fring utilizes the 3G, EDGE, GPRS and WLAN internet connections and VoIP technologies that are already embedded in your S60 3rd Edition device. fring is as easy to download as a ringtone and is simple to install and use. For owners of S60 handsets that enable WLAN connections, fring’s auto-roam feature will save you time by eliminating a lengthy access point configuration process every time you enter a WLAN hotspot. With fring, there’s no need to wait for call-backs or dedicated hardware. fring can be downloaded to your S60 device via an SMS message received from another fringster or from the fring.com website at www.fring.com/download/ »