April fools day admin on 01 Apr 2010 02:05 am
Distance Mobile Camera Activation- coming to fring soon!
UPDATE: ok, as some of you already guessed this is not real. It’s time to approve all the comments 
Ever thought how cool it’d be to be able to control someone’s mobile phone even from a distance!?
Nowadays, people can heat up the house before they get home, check their fridge contents while shopping at the grocery store and record their favorite shows while away, on vacation; and now, with fring’s upcoming version they will be able to activate their friends’ phones from the distance!
As you know, a few months ago, fring’s released the world’s first mobile video calls over internet for iPhone/ iPod touch and Nokia S60 devices. For the last few months, fring’s developers have been hard at work even improving that experience.
Now, with fring’s upcoming version, you will be able to activate your friend’s mobile phone camera!
This new feature will let you surprise your Mom with a live birthday greeting, join a friend while they are on the go, the possibilities are endless… (we’ll let you get creative with this )
Want to be amongst the 1st in the world to enjoy this brand-new, ground- breaking feature!? Simply send us a compelling reason why you deserve to get to preview this and what’d you use it for?
The most creative users will get to try the feature 1st hand, so hurry up and send in your entries today! Happy fringin’!
The fringTEAM
on 01 Apr 2010 at 2:32 am 1.Richard said …
Don`t get me wrong, but I think this is completely unnecessary. What about directing your efforts on improving existing features, like better voice and image quality on slower connections? I suppose this is what majority of users want and not bloating your software with “features”, which are merely for “playing with for a little while” and then abandoned. Fring is very useful piece of software and I hope it will remain such.
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 3:58 am 2.Tiago Bugarin said …
What measures will it have to avoid privacy issues?
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April 1st, 2010 at 9:13 am
April 1
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 8:30 am 3.Loggy said …
its April Fool lol!
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 8:31 am 4.Christian said …
Maybe this is April Fool Day feature?
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 8:37 am 5.Saifudeen said …
Wishing all the readers, especially Richard and Tiago - A Happy April Fool’s Day
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 8:49 am 6.fringuser said …
honestly, this does seem unnecessary. Fring is used by all ages but I know a lot of us use it for productivity and not to mess around. That’s what fring was initially about. I hope it stays that way. What I’m hoping to see is a release for Mac. I switched operating system but won’t lie i loved using fring when i had windows
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 9:29 am 7.Shezan said …
fring guys support back/front camera videocall option on all symbian devices for video call. which will solve all the problems of symbian devices. and video call version doesnt work on some symbian devices. this problem should be solve first before adding new option. this option is great. hope to see on new version. but solve this first. thanks
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 9:34 am 8.pierluca said …
I always support your innovation but this time I believe the distance mobile camera activation is a bad and useless. Insteed to work on this you should improve the “find me” option. this option is very useful, in the past I used it a lot but lately doesn’t work anymore. Anyway in these last days I’m handling a HERO/ Android, Android is the future so please work hard on it, I’d be willing also to make a donation to have a good fring on my android.
Thanks
Pierluca
Italy
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 9:45 am 9.Linto said …
Hmmm I love the video feature but I don’t think this is a smart move.
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 10:04 am 10.Leandro said …
ahah good April Fool!!
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 10:07 am 11.Dave said …
you think it could be an april fools???? jees.
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 10:17 am 12.pocketAM said …
1 april 2010
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 11:47 am 13.Spurlos said …
Happy fools day?
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 12:00 pm 14.VG said …
Guys, it’s very interesting BUT I have Windows 6.5 phone. Are you going to release sw with video call for Windows mobiles? There are still a lot of folks who use windows handsets. Any plans to make a new release in nearest future? OR you decided to close all your windows projects, did you?
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 1:17 pm 15.Werner said …
Hey Folks
Did you have a look on the calendar?
What day do we have today???
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 1:20 pm 16.saxen said …
i really love this new feature
i hope to have it soon on my phone…maybe tomorrow? 
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 1:24 pm 17.legohan said …
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. APRIL fool is all I can say because this is not even legal.
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 1:26 pm 18.Twizal said …
Brilliant idea! Especially for today!! May be not tomorrow..
or yesterday..
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 2:05 pm 19.kaza said …
haha april fool haha
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 2:05 pm 20.Amir said …
Probably an April 1st prank information
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 2:06 pm 21.Shawn said …
Obviously people are forgetting today’s date. No way this is a real upcoming feature.
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 2:10 pm 22.Boris said …
Nice 1st of April joke:)
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 2:13 pm 23.Subbu said …
This is an April fools day prank!!!! Very clearly it is….
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 2:18 pm 24.OzK said …
I turn on my cam only if I want to do so, no if others want.
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 3:01 pm 25.Thinking Man said …
Ever think a Really Bad Idea like this one is just an April Fool’s Joke? LOL
Who would really want their phone’s camera activated by someone else.
Yeah, I don’t think so.
Happy April Fools Day!
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 3:03 pm 26.Betina said …
I’m a beta tester for this new version and I’m really happy with this new feature. Now I can check if my boyfriend is cheating on the fly!!!
Since I started using this beta version, I noticed my boyfriend is closer to me. I LOVE FRING!
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 3:10 pm 27.ekl said …
Right idea at the right time/date !
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 3:11 pm 28.mohan said …
Wow,what a brilliant thinking is that.
Just amazing,creative,inovative,ground breaking feature.
Our mobile phone will become a sci-fi gadjet with the help of fring.Already fring is rocking everywhere & if the new feature will come then definately it will rock the world of fringster
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 3:33 pm 29.Jim said …
Has no-one looked at the date?
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 4:24 pm 30.Malcolm said …
A lot of no so bright people out there… it is April 1st…
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 4:29 pm 31.Karthikeyan said …
This Feature is Not Necessary Now!!
YOu Guys can improve or include other stuff like Email..
Also Try Bringing Remote Access to PC!!
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 5:13 pm 32.Zied said …
It’s an april fool’s day hoax I think.
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 6:12 pm 33.VG said …
I think it’s just a 1-st April joke, right?
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 6:12 pm 34.Shawn said …
Maybe people should Topeka the date while sitting at Starbucks finishing off their Plenta sized coffee.
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 7:08 pm 35.Adrian B said …
Oh damn it. They got me hook, line and sinker.
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on 01 Apr 2010 at 8:48 pm 36.Shezan said …
may be april fool joke.. but this feature is great…
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on 04 Apr 2010 at 10:34 pm 37.Abiola said …
Too bad i think this feather can never be made possible
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on 05 Apr 2010 at 6:46 pm 38.Fring: Control Others Cell Phone’s Cam from a Distance, Activate it! « AndroidBoss said …
[...] Now Fring’s lab is working on another smart mobile phone technology, in which you can easily and remotely control others cell phone / camera even from a distance : ) Yeah its true and unbelievable and sounds something like a bluetooth [...]
on 05 Apr 2010 at 7:59 pm 39.maha said …
I wish i can have 2 way video call for the iphone we hope we have that soon. thank you
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on 09 Apr 2010 at 5:53 pm 40.Shezan said …
when fring is releasing this great feature … for all video supported devices?
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on 08 May 2010 at 6:21 am 41.nooru said …
iam not get facebook in myfring
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on 13 Apr 2011 at 7:06 am 42.Drag said …
Hey any updates on a possible fring app for wp7?
Desperately need one..
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