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  • 10.06.08
    Fring brings VoIP to the iPhone, at least over Wifi on the go | (1)
    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 ...
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  • 04.28.08
    Skype Testing Java-based Mobile Client on the go | (1)
    Skype recently announced the release of a Skype Mobile client for 'mass market mobile phones.' They already had a version that would run on Windows Mobile Pocket PCs and Smartphones, but this install works on virtually any one of 50+ Java-enabled phones. This public beta is meant to gauge interest in the new product and to fine-tune the client. As of right now, the Skype mobile beta offers SkypeIn service, which allows for incoming calls, in about 15 markets. The Skype outgoing service is offered in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Poland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. I would ...
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  • 04.04.08
    Power Play: Android and Skype on the go | (29)
    Is Google getting ready to end the need for costly mobile phone minute plans and create a major upset in the mobile carrier industry? Their coming handsets could be game changing for giving users more power over their mobile handsets, but is Google could also be going after the carriers. This week Techcrunch broke news that Google and EBay are in talks about a Skype acquisition or partnership deal. Michael Arrington postulated that Google could be working to integrate their Grand Central, GTalk VOIP and other Voice services such as Google 411 to the Skype community. These services are all complimentary ...
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