What the heck is fring?!
First, the boring description … fring is a VoIP application that allows you to make calls, chat with your friend and view real-time presence of your contact, and that works anywhere in the world.
I know, “so what” you say. “I already have an application that does that”.
You’re probably right. But what if I said that fring is a mobile VoIP application for your mobile phone? What if I told you it uses your mobile phones wi-fi or mobile data plan to allow you to make VoIP calls and live chat? Interested yet?
What if I also told you that in addition to being able to perform all of these functions among fring users, you could also seamlessly integrate fring with your Skype, Google Talk, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Twitter, AIM and Yahoo! accounts? Ahhh, now I have your attention! For the more advanced technology crowd, you can even setup your own SIP account and use it through Fring.
We have been using fring for about 6 months now and we are well impressed with it’s features and performance. Initially, we had some issues with connectivity, but the latest version of fring uses Wispr technology to manage your access points and allow you to experience near seamless Wi-Fi roaming between access points and 3G networks. This was the deciding factor in making this a standard application on all of our corporate handsets. The roaming still isn’t as seamless as roaming between mobile cell sites, but once you setup the connections settings for the wi-fi access points you use, you won’t be able to notice the difference.
How does it work? The website has a good section on how fring works? There are also videos on the different fring features, fring ringtones (fringtones), and a fringME widget that web site owners can put on their website to let others see when they are online with quick “click to chat” and “click to find me” options. Unfortunately, the widget only works with a limited number of handsets that support GPS positioning.
We hope you enjoy this new web tool as much as we have.
