It's so great that links multiple IM and VoIP services in one place. Your contacts at Skype, MSN, Google Talk and other SIP VoIP such as Gizmo are all collected together and present in the Fring frame so you can invite or be invited for a chat or voice call. It also allows to call a normal phone number using your Skype CallOut credit, which is useful in saving the IDD call charge. Fring gets connected via GSM data (e.g. GPRS) or WiFi.
So far I noticed some drawbacks. it seems to consume the phone battery a little bit too much especially when the connection is lost or intermittent (I guess it then keeps searching for the WLAN). There is sometimes a noticeable delay in the Skype voice (due to the transport server like Jabber?). By the way, it does not support Chinese -- my MSN contact with a Chinese alias does not show up correctly. Well, let's hope it gets improved in next release...
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A newer version, 3.23, has been available since Sept.
This version displays Chinese MSN nickname and auto-roam into WiFi hotspots, which saves money by automatically using free WiFi instead of 3G data plan.
It now supports ICQ & Twitter besides the Skype / MSN / SIP / GoogleTalk supported in previous version.
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