"4phun" <vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:af87b690-27bf-413a-b27f-ca7027d2476f@k13g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> VoIP and iPhone together at last - fring launches iPhone VoIP client
>
> Well it looks like leading VoIP provider fring has managed to beat out
> the competition by launching the first ever VoIP application for the
> iPhone.

"Leading VoIP provider?"

Fring's app is actually pretty cool, since it integrates multiple VoIP
providers in one client- you can do Skype, Google Talk, several IM services
and even a "real" VoIP SIP service.

In addition, Fring uses their own server and low-bandwidth codec, so many
people are able to use it over EDGE as well as WiFi. The only real downside
of Fring is it's absolutely p*ss-poor UI, since it's designed for
non-touchscreen phones (and doesn't even have a dialer- it's "contacts"
based.) Hopefully the iPhone version will correct those shortcomings.

While the Fring service itself is not particularly popular, if you can only
have one VoIP app available, it might as well be Fring's, given that
versatility.

(While the webpage blurb about the iPhone version doesn't list all of the
usual Fring features, I suspect they'll be added eventually, since the
"pre-release" version is called a "lite" version.)