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Fring has just launched a new service called fringOut, which gives users of Fring the ability to call phone numbers worldwide for 1 cent per minute. This seems to be a response to Skype’s SkypeOut service, and Google’s “gmail talk” feature. Currently, the mobile version of fringOut is only available for Nokia, but Android and [...]

That didn’t take long. Fring Blog You wanted it, immediately after Apple allowed it, fring launches its 3G-friendly VoIP app. With fring on 3G, users get unrestricted, mobile communication. Now iPhone fring users can call, video call, chat and more for FREE over 3G and wifi! And the best thing? You don’t have to do [...]

The truphone blog is carrying a story originating at cnet about British mobile network 3′s offer of a free 8 GB iPod touch, and a mobile 3g wireless hotspot with 5GB of data for £24 ($42 CAD) a month on a 2 year contract. This is an interesting option because it allows the use of [...]

Story @ financialpost Competition in the cellular phone market is always good and is why I have included this story. A good option for VOIP users could be to get an iPhone on a “cheap” minutes plan (ideally pay-as-you-go), and get a good data add-on. One could then use Fring/Skype or some other VOIP service [...]

Not to be left out, the devs at Fring are hard at work on adding 3G capabilities to their application, hoping to be ready to submit a 3G-capable app as soon as Apple opens it up officially. Exciting times.

The @fring twitter feed posted that a new version of Fring for iPhone is coming. Hopefully a few of the issues keeping it from becoming a fully-featured VOIP client are fixed. (in call dial-pad functionality for one). UPDATE: Youtube video introduction. It has now been approved.

Check out the Fring blog post concerning push notifications. It’s a nice little summary of how it works.

DisclaimerThese tests were done on a 1st gen iPod touch in Canada. Skype results may not be accurate as Skype is not supported in Canada. Fring has just released a new version of their iPod Touch/iPhone client that includes push notification support. I thought I’d try it out using my 1st gen iPod touch (no [...]

A new version of Fring that enables push notifications has just hit the app store. This will allow you to receive VOIP calls on your iPod touch or your iPhone’s wifi through Fring without having to have the app running.

Okay, so I just got my invite and I got Google Voice to work. In Canada. Sorta. Here’s how to get it to work from a non-US location: 1. Getting the Invite: https://services.google.com/fb/forms/googlevoiceinvite/ in case you haven’t already. 2. Wait You just have to wait for an email invite… I know of no way to [...]