VoIP company fring has announced what it’s calling the world’s first publicly available mobile VoIP app for the iPhone, putting the beta version out for download. That means they’ve beaten rival Jajah – who recently announced their intention to release an iPhone VoIP client over the Summer – although Jajah are using the official SDK to develop their software whereas fring currently requires a Jailbroken or otherwise hacked “open” handset. The client uses WiFi for VoIP calls, rather than the EDGE data connection, in response to AT&T’s classification of VoIP as a “conference call service” contrary to their contract.
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Developed in conjunction with the Holon Institute of Technology academic research labs in Israel, calls between fring clients (which are already available for handsets running Symbian 8 or 9, Windows Mobile 5 or 6, or UIQ) are free while those to landlines and mobiles are apparently priced competitively compared to AT&T’s own tariffs. Instant Messaging has also been included, and the fring client is compatible with Skype, MSN, Google Talk, ICQ, Twitter, AIM and Yahoo! contacts. Obviously since this is still a R&D app there could be some bugs present, so fring are looking for feedback and suggestions.
You can install the fring VoIP client through Installer on your iPhone. Add http://fring.com/iphone.xml as a source and the app should show up among the options. As ever, if you do try it out, let us know how you get on on in the comments!
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Does not work. Period.
Tried it yesterday and it works great. I have been waiting for these kind of apps since the launch of iphone. Although it’s not perfect yet, but it’s free.
installed it yesterday, and i love it! saving plan minutes on the phone is great!
Doesn’t work, logins stall and go nowhere. I’d like to know how do these other guys get to be so happy. maybe an iPhone OS makes a difference. Mine logs in once and NEVER AGAIN. No even after re-registering SKYPE service.
i installed fring and created an ID and logged on.. but when i try to use dialer it shows that message that says create a SIP in communities tab… i try to do that but it asks for proxy as well but i don’t know what proxy to use…can someone help me how to use fring properly on iphone ??
hi, i installed fring on my 16gb iphone but it didnt work when i tried to subscribe to skype it didnt work…
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