Hello fringsters,

As you remember, we’ve released 3.40 a couple of weeks ago. We got lots of comments and feedbacks from you as well as some very helpful bug reports.

This is a quick post to let you all know that we’ve just released an updated version of fring 3.40 that should solve the bugs you guys reported about.

This version brings better stability as well as a smoother installation process.

Currently this version is available to Nokia S60 users. A version for Samsung Symbian handsets should be available in the next couple of weeks.

As always, please feel free to try it out and send us your thoughts - we’re always here to listen.

While iPhone and Nokia have been busy getting their iPhone 3.0 software and Nokia N97 ready for the shelves, we’ve been busy making sure fring supports them as they hit the market so you get the biggest bang for your buck from day one!

fring now supports Apple’s latest iPhone 3.0 software update

Following Apple’s last week release of the iPhone 3.0 software update, we’re happy to announce that fring now supports the brand new iPhone 3.0 firmware , including the new iPhone 3Gs. What does it require of you!? Absolutely nothing! The version is already on your phone, ready for you to enjoy, with Apple’s latest and bestest yet.

For these of you who don’t have fring’s latest iPhone version yet, get yours today!

The brand new Nokia N97 is avaialble in stores now

Originally announced last December, Nokia’s just announced the official retail release of its much- anticipated N97 device, available in their flagship stores; fring is proud to support this cool, new device with its most recent and most social version to date- the 3.40 version.

The Nokia N97 flagship phone boasts a large 640×360 sliding/angling touch screen display, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, Symbian S60 5th Edition, 5 megapixel camera, and 32GB of internal memory.

Those of you who are lucky enough to get your hands on this new device are welcome to download fring today!

We are looking forward to hearing your feedback on the fring experience on the slick, new N97.

The fringTEAM

Had complaints about the call connectivity time-out or call quality issues, well that should all be past tense now. Today we are proud to announce that fring has installed new servers in India. Yes! fring does care and wants each and every individual using our service to have a great experience. This setup will if not enhance will surely provide us Indian fringsters with a much better fringing experince. fringing smiles I’m sure on the faces of my fellow Indian fringsters as is on mine on hearing this news.

As usual we welcome your feedback as it will help us provide you with a better fringing experience. So hope to hear from you guys about your refreshing fringing experiences.

Regards,

The fring Team.

The guys over at Crunchgear are reporting on this amazing hack or hoax that surfaced on the weekend. Apparently “Some intrepid hackers have run what appears to be iPhone OS 2.x on a “multi-touch” monitor with accelerometer support.”

A Swedish design firm called Dreamfield has accepted responsibility for the video claiming the device is something out of their “labs”. People everywhere are calling this a hoax. All said-n-done I’m sure we’d all want to have something like this. Thanks Simon, of our South-African fring blog for the cool find.

We’ve just received word that a video about fring, posted back in October 2008, is still very much active and still doing very well. Stats include over 629,444 views, 1,276 ratings & 3389 text comment, it’s one of fring’s most successful videos to date. From all of us fringsters & the fring team Cheers to youtube user huskermania. Hats off to you our fringing buddy.

The flagship phone from Nokia the N97 will be released in India around the end of this month. The expected pricing of the device is around Rs.35,000. Follow this link to read a complete review of the handset. The phone is available for a pre-order facility in the Nokia Priority Dealers and be the first few to own the device.

Last week at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) the new improved iPhone was revealed; the iPhone 3G S. The 3rd generation of the iPhone is expected to hit India in month of August as announced at the WWDC. This time again it will be the operators Bharati and Vodafone to bring the new iPhone to India.

Well the next bit is the pricing and to that there is no confirmed nor estimated price disclosed. The currently available iPhone in India, iPhone 3G has dropped to $99 while the new iPhone 3G S has been priced at $199 in the US. For more info. on the features of the iPhone 3G S, click here.

We’ve been listening to what users of social media really want, and especially our community of fringsters and we came up with some new solutions mashing up all your separate communities of friends into one manageable, mobile interface via fring. It’s all happening in our new version 3.40 launching today.

A lot of people now have several social circles developing in parallel. From now on, fring lets you easily create one rich, dynamic profile for each of your contacts so you can see what anyone is up to at a glance, and interact via all your mutual social networks/services directly from one combined profile. It’s all happening on fring!

So what does it mean?
• No more multiple listings for the same friend!
• Viewing a fringster’s profile, you can see whether he’s currently available via fring, Skype or MSN, and other IM services.
• We “hint” you when a friend from your regular phone book or another social network like Skype, AIM etc is also a fringster so you can add them to your fring friend list and complete their personal profile.
• You can control how your fring world sees you! You can update your own fring profile photo, mood status and nick name

How do you do it?
• To merge together multiple contacts, follow these steps: In buddy list, select the user you want to merge > Go to “Manage buddies” –> “Merge buddies” –> it will take you to your buddy list. Scroll down to other names for the same contact that you’d like to merge –> Click OK to check the box next to each –> Hit Save. You’re done
• To update your profile click on Options–> Edit my profile–> Options–> and choose Update picture/ Update mood text/ Change nickname.
• When initially registering to fring, you will be alerted of all your GSM and social community friends who are already fringsters. Once you start using fring, we’ll let you know when other friends become fringsters by clicking Options –> Manage buddies –> Friend finder.

These new features currently work on all Symbian devices; Windows Mobile and iPhone are coming soon. Get your new version today.

A full feature- list for the new version can be found here.

Official press release is available here.

Have fun - and as always, let us know how the new unifying fring works for you!

fring Team