Fring Has Made Me Smile (Skype On iPhone)

Posted by Jeff Turner
October 4, 2008

One of the things I’ve been longing to do is use Skype VOIP on the iPhone. Fring is now available on the iphone and within 2 minutes of download I was using my wireless connection to talk via voice and chat with my friends on Skype. It allows you to connect to Twitter, AIM, Google Talk, ICG, and others, sure. But Skype is what I wanted and Skype is what I got. I’m a happy guy right now. Click on the images below to see some screen captures.



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Comments

Well you got my attention! Now I’m smiling too. :)

Comment by Reggie on October 4, 2008 @ 7:20 am

I’ll be smiling more when you and I are connected on Skype. :)

Comment by Jeff Turner on October 4, 2008 @ 7:26 am

One problem I am experiencing is that it is not updating my buddy list for the current status of those on Skype at this moment. Turned on my wife’s skype and no matter how many times I restart the app, she does not show up as available on Fring, but it there on Skype. Will look into it futher.

Comment by Jeff Turner on October 4, 2008 @ 7:51 am

It appears to be working now.

Comment by Jeff Turner on October 4, 2008 @ 8:05 am

I was also having a few connection issues myself…but it also seems to be working now.

Comment by Reggie on October 4, 2008 @ 8:09 am

Reggie… I am also seeing a major battery drain if you leave it running in the background. Similar to drain from push.

Comment by Jeff Turner on October 4, 2008 @ 10:07 am

so how come these tools work for you and not for me? huh? (could it be the geek in you? …..Reggie is included in that)

Comment by ines on October 20, 2008 @ 7:12 pm

fring is a good app, but it kinda bugs me that it only work with wifi, and i cant skype myself on a 3G connection. and i get delays while talking. sometimes they are acceptable, but there were a couple of times when i got huge delays and the whole convo went like 2 deaf people were talking

Comment by Funky Space Monkey on November 18, 2008 @ 8:30 am

FSM… agreed. There are some limitations that seem silly, given the bandwidth of 3G, but I have to believe those are being imposed by the Apple/AT&T contracts. So far my VOIP conversations have been very good. I’ve not personally experienced the delays you’re talking about.

Comment by Jeff Turner on November 18, 2008 @ 10:18 am
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