Fring just released version 2 of its integrated communications software to the iPhone App Store, including the ability to use both Skype and SIP voice calling when connected to a wifi hotspot. Apple has said that VoIP over wifi would be possible on the iPhone and Fring is the first to make it happen.
For those that aren’t familiar, Fring looks and acts like an IM client that includes voice technology. You can use it to IM your friends on AIM, GTalk, MSN or Yahoo or to make voice calls over Skype or any other SIP internet calling network. Your friends will pop up in your buddy list and you can receive Skype-In calls or calls from anyone that has Fring at no charge.
As expected, someone has already been working to enable Fring calls over your mobile data connection. iPhonefreakz had a procedure up on their blog, but I can’t access it at the moment. Of course, their method only works on a jailbroken iPhone.
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