A fringing World First for Mobile VoIP & iPhone(TM)

LONDON April 15 PRNewswire - - fringR Pre-Releases Worlds First Publicly Available Mobile VoIP OverWiFi Application for iPhoneTM fringRtoday became the worlds first mobile VoIP application to be madepublicly available for the iconic apple iPhoneTM enabling users to talkchat and interact with other fring users fringsters and all of theironline communities using their iPhonesTM WiFi connection A light sneak preview RD version of the phenomenally popular mobileVoIP application developed in conjunction with the Holon Institute ofTechnology academic research labs in Israel is now available for use on theiPhoneTM from httpwwwfringcom The pre-release version is designed toboth answer demand from iPhone-owning would-be fringsters and at the sametime enable fring to learn about user experience benefit from early feedbackand influence the RD process of the full release version due for launchlater this year The special pre-release version will enable iPhoneTM users to get anearly taste of fring and discover the freedom of being able to take theirfringTM contacts and buddies from their other favorite online communitiesmobile on their iPhones They will also have the ability to make free and lowcost mobile calls over WiFi enjoy rich IM-style live chat with theironline contacts regardless of whether they are on their mobiles PCs orother internet devices During login fring automatically creates a single integrated contactlist combining contacts from all of the users selected internetcommunities And because fring is an always-on always-connected applicationit offers special features such as real-time PC-style presence indicatorswhich continually display whether contacts are online away offline in acall on their mobiles or in front of their PCs providing new levels offreedom to interact and truly take the internet mobile All you need to start enjoying the pre-release fring for iPhone is anopened iPhone with the Installer and WiFi access And just like all otherfring versions fring for iPhone is free to download free to use fring was launched in February 2007 and since January 2008 has beenexperiencing growth in excess of 100000 new fringsters per month across morethan 180 countries worldwide frings aim is to spread its philosophy offringing freedom to as many mobile phone users as possible and its launchtoday of the iPhone application is yet another important step in thisdirection About fring fringR is a mobile internet community and service that enables itsusers to talk chat and interact with other fringsters and their internetcommunities from their mobile phones fring users are able to communicate with each other and with contactsfrom SkypeR MSNR Google TalkTM ICQ Twitter YahooTM AIMR fring was soft-launched in February 2007 and already enjoys usersworldwide in over 180 different countries fring operates on the Voice over Internet Protocol mVoIP and isoptimized for the 3G network and therefore provides a continuous callconnection fring is 100 free to download and use with no subscriptioncosts consumers simply pay for the data they consumer under an existing dataplan with their network operator Completely PC independent fring requiresno additional hardware and no location limitations fring operates on all Nokia Symbian Series 60 devices Sony Ericsson UIQSmartphones Windows Mobile Devices and now an RD pre-release version foriPhone More than 500 mobile handset devices are supported Please seehttpwwwfringcomfor full list fringTM fringsterTM fringing freedomTM and the fringTM logo are all trademarks of fringland Ltd Other trademarks are the trademarks of theirrespective owners fring is independent from and not affiliated with thosetrademarks owners The Symbian trademark is a brand and asset of SymbianSoftware Ltd This product uses SkypeTM but is not endorsed or certified bySkype This product is not endorsed or certified by apple Inc or iPhoneThe iPhoneTM and AppleTM trademarks are brands and assets of Apple Inc For further press information and to download screenshots logos andother graphics please visit httpwwwfringcomnewsroomor click thenewsroom link at the foot of the fring home page For additional graphics logos and screenshots of fring on iPhone pleasevisit frings flickr page httpwwwflickrcomphotosfring To see our new fring on iPhone video please visit the main fring blog athttpwwwfringcomblog fring media contact Neal Fullman PR Director nealfringcomfring