fring linux looks neat

new fring linux screenshot

This is a screenshot of the dial pad for fring’s new linux offering, namely fring for Linux version (1.2.1.63) . Another addition is a history TAB.

It’s a neat looking addition for a neat new tool.

fring linux keeps getting better

Linux is becoming more popular across the globe. (There is a great analysis of the popularity of various Linux types world wide here.)

And fring has joined the party, with MiniFring.

And like all fring products, they just keep getting better. Here’s another example. The new fring version for Linux adds:

• A dialing pad
• A history tab
• Bug fixes

This is only the start. Stay tuned to fring.com for more updates.

friends of fring unite!

..and help shape the way we evolve from the outside, in!

With your ongoing support, fring has developed into an award-winning, global leader in mobile internet communications, and we have done so by listening to guys like you telling us what you think, what works and what doesn’t, and developing our cool services and features accordingly. We recognize just how important this has become, and want to take it a step further, by inviting you to join “friends of fring”, a small, exclusive group of fringsters which we will share information with, take inputs and insights from and provide products, features and other news of fring’s development before general release.

All we ask is that you continue to tell us what you think occasionally! Please note, there will be no obligation on your part to do so, but we will ask you to agree to keep confidential some of the developments we share with you.

As a FoF (a k a friend of fring), you’ll receive a fringing welcome pack J with some fun fring goodies , and access to a special password protected friends of fring web site where we’ll share the exclusive friends of fring info. We’ll also be hosting friends of fring social events every so often (lot’s of free drinks and other stuff…), so we can say thank you and get to know each other in person. This will give us a chance to share with you the cool new stuff in the product pipeline, and hear your thoughts and ideas for future development.

Please note friends of fring is totally free of charge to be a part of. Application is open to any fring user, but to make it manageable and to keep it exclusive, the final selection will be limited to only a few users per country. So if you are interested in joining please apply now.

To apply, please send an email to friends@fring.com with your:

- name

- fring nick

- fring ID (your mobile no. with its international dial code)

- and a few short lines explaining why you’d like to join.

Applications are open until Fri 12th Sept and we’ll get back to you by Tues Sept 30th.

Hope to hear from you and make friends soon!

Cheers,

fring

fring you at the Olympics!

The Olympics opening ceremony is around the corner. The athletes are ready. The media is ready. The sports fans are ready. And fring is ready …set to go!

fring has it’s own team in Beijing. It’s a gold medal team of dedicated onsite fringsters. And they are ready to bring you the highs and lows from the Olympic city, track, field and village. fring will allow you to get a unique Olympic perspective. Day and night, you can receive free, unique updates via fring from our very own fring Olympic commentators, our “fringentators”, via the Olympics fringAdd-on.

You can choose to receive live, local language fringfeeds from fring’s Beijing based Olympic team:

* Alexander Rusakov – Gold medal contender this games! This Russian trampoline champion is going to be fringing away when not focusing on the gold medal he is tipped to win!
* Oleg Zaporozhchenko Jr. – The Russian Olympics team coach & international category judge!
* Fei Wen – Malaysian Olympic volunteer and coordinating the onsite fring effort – thanks!!!
* Tania Teoh – Malaysian Olympic volunteer and avid fan of lots of sports including swimming, volleyball, badminton and more!
* Udi Moshel – Israeli sports obsessive… I mean, enthusiast… will be keeping us all updated with sports and social updates across the board from the fields and other online circuits!
* Agus Jose – Our Spanish sports and travel devotee will micro-blog about both with the added insight only a professional psychologist can offer!

How do you get it?

All you have to do is to choose the fringAdd-on from our in-client catalog by:

restarting fring –> click Options –> settings– > manage add-ons select one or more.

Our Russian fringentators will be micro-blogging in Russian (from Aug 13) , the Malaysian & Israeli fringentators will “fringentate”in English and Agus will do it in….. Spanish! (from Aug 15)

You can get more info, review the miniprofiles of our fringentators and keep tabs on their feeds from fring.com’s Olympics page.

Let the fringing games begin!

fring family just got bigger

fring keeps the firsts coming. This year fring pioneered mobile VoIP for the apple iPhone. Then the release of the fringAPI planted the seeds for a growing ‘ecosystem‘ of fring Add-Ons. But the fring team aren’t relaxing. Now they’ve gone for the hat trick…

“We are really excited to release fring for JavaME (J2ME) & Linux. ..”

fring is breaking down the barriers, and it is now bringing the world’s most popular open source systems into the family.

“…We also welcome Linux users with full fring features including internet calls, chat, presence, file transfer and more and some unique features..”

And the fring family is big. There are as many as a thousand handset models now supported. And to top that off, fring is working hard to extend the benefits of the fringAPI to the whole, now extended, family.

“…The fringAPI we released last month will also apply to Java ME devices soon, so all the great apps developers around the world are working on will be available in the fringAdd-ons catalog for the hundreds of supported Java ME devices too! “

Phew! That’s a lot to report. But there’s more…

“…We’ve created a special version called minifring for the popular Java ME phones that don’t yet support voice over IP calling…”

Anyone from a big family knows that keeping up with new members and family news can seem like a full time job. But the fring team has made that easy too. For a full list of fring friendly devices see here. And to see what the unique fring features of that special handset are, you can see the whole family tree here.

fring Add-ons to your mobile life

What do Facebook, Gmail notifier, Orkut, vTap and Yandex.mail notifier all have in common?

They are amongst the first of many applications to suppy fring Add-Ons. fring Add-Ons are applications built with the great new fringAPI.

Here’s an example. Want to keep in touch with, say, your Facebook friends from your phone? Well if you have a Sony Ericsson -UIQ, Windows Mobile or Nokia Symbian 9 smartphone, and the latest version of fring, you can install the latest fring Add-On as easily as one - two - three. Or to be more exact…

“To get on with fringAdd-ons, go Options> settings>manage add-ons select the ones you want and your favorite apps will be always-on and always mobile via fring…” (Source)

There are some screen shots of some of the fring Add-Ons here, and a video introduction right below in our previous post.

fring Add-ons - the movie!

Remember our recent discussion about the new fring API? Applications built with the fringAPI are known as fring Add-ons. To find out more see fring’s latest video…

hAPIness is a warm fringAPI

Here’s the latest news across the fringdom, fring has just released fringAPI will free developers to unleash their creativity and launch new “fringAdd-ons”.

One of the engines of creativity behind the “Web 2.0″ world is the API . To read more on how APIs free developers to create new web infrastructure, see the article here. Now fring is freeing up the power and freedom of APIs too. You can read more at the fring main blog here.

Hang on to your hats fringsters, this is going to be a fun trip for all of us!

want to be an Olympics commentator for fring?

Have you ever wanted to be be a sportscaster? Well, if you are going to the Beijing Olympics, either for the sport or the fun, fring wants you! We’re looking for fringsters willing to share their Olympic experience on-line.

fring will happily provide the fring Olympics commentators with a 3.5G mobile phone with GPS, camera, local SIM card and (almost) unlimited data plan. In return, you’ll regularly micro-blog with quick updates & pictures (”the winner, the loser, the cutest flag-bearer, the poor girl who lost her swimsuit, the poor guy who dropped the baton in the 4×100 meter final… you get the idea”). Whether you want to focus on the sports or the whole social experience, that’s fine by us.

Interested? Well apply here.

fring’s latest hits

fring is moving ahead with new software releases , for example for the iPodTouch , Windows Mobile ( and the Symbian S60 (fring 3.35 fof Symbian 9) . And that’s just over the past month. I wonder what the fringcubator has in stall for us during the winter? There is also a new fring blog from Taiwan (see here) and a China blog in the works.