Comments on: Fring Trials Ads On Free Mobile Chat/VoIP Application

By: existenz

existenz — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:40:13 +0000

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By: Parijat Roy

Parijat Roy — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:14:11 +0000

not a great news to read!
very bad

By: Fring Integrates Last.fm Into Its Mobile VoIP Client

Fring Integrates Last.fm Into Its Mobile VoIP Client — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:55:01 +0000

[...] two rounds of funding amounting up to $13 million for now. Although they’ve recently started showing ads to mobile users, the jury is still out if there’s enough sustainability in the business model [...]

By: Fring Trials Ads On Free Mobile Chat/VoIP Application | Arm Voip Providers

Fring Trials Ads On Free Mobile Chat/VoIP Application | Arm Voip Providers — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:15:12 +0000

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By: mariana

mariana — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:01:45 +0000

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By: Call me on my iPod Touch - Truphone releases app for the kids

Call me on my iPod Touch - Truphone releases app for the kids — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:23:29 +0000

[...] though in particular Fring is going to attempt to offset costs and keep the service cheap by putting advertising onto chat screens. Plus some would argue that Fring’s service is better as it also connects to Skype and works [...]

By: Fring Lays Off 20%, Says Business Is Surging

Fring Lays Off 20%, Says Business Is Surging — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:42:04 +0000

[...] new downloads and activations per month, up from 100,000/month a year ago. They’re also trying out advertisements in the service. CrunchBase Information fring Information provided by CrunchBase [...]

By: VoIP

VoIP — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:58:43 +0000

It is certainly a nice try, and hopefully Fring can monetize from this ad business model. But it could be tough, it all comes down how many free users are there and how many clicks they are generating, with the cost per click being commoditized, you really need a hell lot of users to break even. But nice try, and it’s a good start so far.

By: Fring testing out Ads on it’s app | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:51:29 +0000

[...] money-making through ads isn’t such a bad move as supposedly it must’ve been testing out its service first, and finally decided it was time to generate some revenue. The banner-ads though will be [...]

By: Alexander Straub

Alexander Straub — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:54:55 +0000

Why not try Voice Calls like ((truphone)), http://www.truphone.com , Not more ADS, I want Gold Standard, crystal clear voice calls and SMS which arrive on the other end. And therefore I cannot use fring and have to opt for ((truphone)), clearly the industry is in a fall out. No matter how many users, users x Zero = Zero.

By: Fring Introduces Advertising | LucaFiligheddu.com

Fring Introduces Advertising | LucaFiligheddu.com — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:00:34 +0000

[...] Fring Trials Ads On Free Mobile Chat/VoIP Application [...]

By: duds

duds — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:51:01 +0000

bad news guys

By: igoyin

igoyin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:52:12 +0000

It’s absolutely ridiculous that Apple put no chat client into the native stack of the iPhone – while Android put in MSN, Yahoo, AIM and Gtalk.

Good for Fring to try to fill this niche – shame on Apple for going a little too Scandinavian here (read: minimalistic).

By: lazysupper

lazysupper — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:02:14 +0000

Big surprise.

The only way the entire online/mobile world can monetize is through advertising. In 20 years will there even be any products left?

Or the whole world is just going to run on ad revenue. It’s really gonna suck when nobody’s growing food or making clothes… they’re just making ads for them. Yep, we’ll be damn hungry trying to eat that Metacafe banner ad for lunch.

By: Mike @ WannaDevelop.com

Mike @ WannaDevelop.com — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:26:32 +0000

Congrats.. You can blog on it again

By: Markus Göbel's Tech News Comments

Markus Göbel's Tech News Comments — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:58:21 +0000

What a lame tip! I had blogged that story 2 months ago:

Markus Göbel’s Tech News Comments:
Finally Fring reveals how it wants to make money
http://www.goeb...t-wants-to.html

Harel just copied today’s press release we all got.

By: Otis Gospodnetic

Otis Gospodnetic — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:21:01 +0000

I’ve tried Fring’s Skype on iPhone. The voice quality was not great and when somebody called me the Skype caall was lost. I think the app needs some work, but I’d be happy to pay for it if it worked well.

By: Aaron Richard

Aaron Richard — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:18:29 +0000

Maybe it’s just me, but I will never use an IM application that has and/or injects ads.

I would pay a very small amount for a messenger if it was good, but I’m not going to put up with ads in the middle of a conversation with someone.