Fring -
27-03-2007, 05:45
Hi, Andy,
I recently signed up Fring with my Nokia E70.
Installing program is not so difficult (I had use my wifi at home to download application because my US T-mo prepaid does not allow it).
Their customer service is excellent.
At first, I had a difficulty in receiving their message
(they will send a message to your cellphone containing a download url once you sign up),
but they responded me within an hour by e-mail and solved it!
Registration of my Skype and SIP account (voxalot, in my case) was also very straight-forward.
It is interesting to see Skype icon in my Nokia E70.
Also, Fring synchronizes your Skype contact list (Skype user names and other phone numbers) and show them on your contact list.
One thing I have noticed is that Skypeout calls made through my E70 are charged with a connection fee even though I can make unlimited calls within US and Canada in my Skype account (~end of this year) using my home computers.
If my memory is correct, I've heard that Skype Pro account holders experienced similar issue - I saw some reports in Fring's forum.
I don't know the technical details, but one thing I can imagine is that Fring's gateway is probably recognized as "outside" of US by Skype even though I physically generate Skype out calls within US.
This is my quick report of Fring. If they fix this Skype's connection charge issue, I would use this more often. Currently I am happy with Truphone for wifi-voip, but it is good to have extra (particularly Fring seems to be compatible with Voxalot).
Yazcedric
Cellphones: Nokia E70 (unlocked), Nokia 6010 (unlocked), Nokia 6030 (T-mobile USA)
Prepaid SIM: T-mobile USA, Smartone-Vodafone HK, Yackiemobile, O2 UK
Expired SIM: Orange France (prepaid)
Unknown status: MeSim (most likely expired)
Prepaid phone: Softbank Sharp 201SH
VoIP: Voxalot, voipcheap, Tpad.com, Freedigits.com, Globe7, Gizmo project, voicestick
Mobile VoIP: Truphone, Fring
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