As Mike reported earlier today, Fring is launching a downloadable app for the iPhone that will allow people to make Skype and other VoIP calls over the data connection instead of using up talk minutes. Fring supports Skype, MSN Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, SIP, Twitter, Yahoo and AIM services.
It is now live. (Warning: You will need to Jailbreak your iPhone to make it work). The Fring blog has more details or you can download it at the Fringcubator. With so many minutes on most cell phone plans, most people won’t be using this to make local calls. But it could come in handy for international calls or simply keeping up with IM on the go. The latter is really the killer app.
And here’s a video of how it works:
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First! Nice!
Do you think ATT will be upset about the workaround for their minutes? So this VOIP is used over EDGE? How reliabl is EDGE for this? I heard it’s shit.
finally!
I’ve got Fring for my Moto Q and it really is awesome… just needs more users. Come on people! Sign up!
Looks pretty sweet. Unfortunately, the download page is down (Service Unavailable). And, this should be hosted by a trusted source for install through AppTapp Installer or Cydia.
Its sad how in the first place iPhone was wrapped around ATT alone…as though there is not a bigger world out there…hey - we in Jamaica, the Carribean, Central and Latin America got few spending powers too…
Good thing we know how to crack - so, now I can test your app to know if it rocks! from the vid, it seems to…good work, pals!
It works great, I was able to:
Chat on Yahoo, Gtalk, MSN
Voip Call on MSN
Skypeout
The app runs in the background of the iPhone and even if the screen is off, you receive IM or Voip Calls.
The sound is great by the way. I am very please with Fring.
It is really the Greatest app for the iPhone so far.
I have been using Scooter, which allow to run Skype on Blackberry, for a while now. Helps a lot with LD charges. AT&T doesn’t seem to mind, or to know.
Pretty awesome. Hopefully there is a tiny fee to get rid of that ad garbage. I want something so people don’t know that I’m chatting from my mobile.
Quite impressed by the always on function though, even when the app is closed. I wonder what the timeout is. Hopefuly if we pay the tiny fee, that’ll get bumped up.
Well done btw, that is exactly the way to do it.
I just tried VoIP via GTalk, it works great ! Waou, this is amazing !
Here is the link that explains how to install Fring on a iPhone :
http://www.fring.com/iphone/
Does anyone know if this will work over edge or 3G when it comes out? This has huge implications for the entire mobile phone industry. I can’t wait till they put a camera on the front of the iphone and we can start video chatting over IP on an Iphone!
I assumed it would work on the iPod touch - I was wrong.
According to comments on the Fring blog, iPod touch is not supported in this release…. not that we’d get much out of it without a mic… but it would be nice to have a good gTalk app….
IS ANYONE ELSE’S GMAIL DOWN?
Is it better than Meebo for IM?
@alex, funny you should mention the touch. The top story on lifeahcker right now is all about VOIP for the iPod Touch - microphone hack and all. It seems that Fring isn’t the first iPhone voip app.
Where can I get the T-shirt?
Hi Guys,
Thanks for your insights and feedback.
as you know, today’s version is a ‘pre release’, so we still working hard to improve the app, and for that your feedbacks are very helpful, keep them coming
BTW: MT if you like me t-shirt i will be more than happy to send you one
10x
Roy
roy@fring.com
Dude! this “Snap” thing that keeps popping up is _BULLSHIT_
Seriously, the annoyance factor is getting close to the point where I automatically close the page (like Myspace).
Just some user feedback.
Hum. touchmods.net are the first one who released a VoIP application for iPhone, not Fring …
Love the shirt, I want! I have just put 5 iphone users onto fring, they love it! One even has 4 IM svcs running at once. My girlfriend’s daughter is going to get a skype account, she has friends all around the world. Thank you for a great app! I have a ipod touch, any idea how long before it will run VOIP on the touch?
Hmm. had it up and running very nicely. Exited. Tried to open app again. Asked me for my log-in info again, and when supplied, promptly quit. have tried restarting iphone with same results. Man, I was getting excited about this too!
Hi David,
no problem
email me your address and I will snail mail you the t-shirt
(feedback on the product with points of ‘good’, and ‘can be better’ will also be appreciated)
cu
Roy
roy@fring.com
Sweet! AT&T must be delighted
This is super cool.
Looks cool. I’ll check it out
@ rob frost, You can block it quite easily if it really matters to you.
I’m probably one of thousands of iPhone users in NYC who, on a daily basis, want to dash the phone on the hard concrete. Anything to get around the abysmal service would be a blessing.
Can any of ya’ll speak to the quality of the signal and the amount of dropped calls over Fring/Skype/etc. vs. the out-of-the-box ATT performance?
As long as you need to jailbreak the iPhone, it is not worth a second look. Starting in May, jailbreaking will cut you off all legit third party apps - who needs this?
disclaimer: this is not an approval of locked phones
my feedback:
looks good so far, with the following exceptions:
can’t configure my skype account
I wish I could resume other chats when I get interrupted by another chat more easily.
I dont like how it picked up all my Windows smartphone outlook contacts, but at least they are sorted last.
Test for voice call (echo) didn’t work.
Need to change the default message alert (very loud and shocking noise)
Could only test yahoo chat.
Looking forward to the next version to test, but I will try to use it more.
Would love a shirt!
Pretty awesome! But I am concern about providing my yahoo/MSN login credentials to their gateway server. There is no mention anywhere in their website on how these credentials are travel from my iPhone to gateway server or they store my username/password if I login into yahoo using fring.
i just installed on my iphone and i tried to sign up from the same iphone and was imposible, even from the website, how i can do that???
or i just installed something what i can’t used???
i tried it just few hours ago.
Its awesome!
Iphone works in Japan, haha!
My 3rd party installer source doesn’t show edit. How else can I install Fring on my iphone?
thank for this information and this how to Jailbroken iPhone
http://www.messiphone.com/mobi.....nlock.html
http://www.gratuitphone.net/20.....ne-3g.html
all,
I had the skype issue on my jailbroken phone and found a quick fix. 3 min later i was using skype on my modified iphone.
You can email me at masterguy@gmail.com if you need help.
i am having problems…it went fine for 2 calls and then i wanted to rename it so i got the app named rename from cydia and i renamed it to phone but after when i checked my home screen it wasent there, so i went to app store but it saids its installed..i went to setting and it was there but i cant like make calls or anything…where did fring go from my main screen? reply plz