This is a great phone: an amazingly crystal clear screen, a super-responsive keyboard, and that awesome Swype text entry, the 4G network is rocket fast… which makes video calling an absolute pleasure.

We were at the Epic launch party with some of friends and test drove fring on the Epic. Let’s just say – fring it’s fast!

Video call your friends on Sprint’s lightning fast network to any other Android, iPhone, Nokia phone.

So, Epic friends, be the first. Get it early next week at www.fring.com/android.

Fred sent the world a tweet inviting folks to video call him at 10,000 feet.

We couldn’t resist. So here is Fred and his daughter on his Delta flight from Miami to New York. Mind the turbulence!

Thanks to our new fring friend Fred (try saying that 10 times straight)!

If you are sky high and have a video call clip, submit a comment with your video link.
Safe travels!

If you want to be 1st to try the latest and greatest features, keep reading.

fring is hosting an exclusive preview for its new fringOut service (sorry, the preview version 4.4.10 is only available on Nokia, other users stay tuned). fringOut lets you call any landline or mobile in the world for almost free all from your mobile phone.

So, now you can call your friends who are not yet on fring. Call Abbey in Atlanta, Bob in Berlin, Clara in Cambodia or David in Dehli, for ‘almost-free’.

As always, chatting, calls and video calls to other fringsters and other internet friends is still completely FREE.

If you have questions about fringOut, you can check out our FAQ, our TOS see ouruser guide or drop us a line.

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note: charges apply

We couldn’t wait. You couldn’t wait… we had to show you this….

As you can see, fring is 1st to bring our wicked-awesome-cool video calling to Nokia’s latest Smartphone – the N8!

But if you are one of the lucky ones to already have an N8, you can experience fring on the N8 yourself.
Just fill out this early access form to put fring’s N8’s video calling to work for you.

fring your friends on the mountain tops, fring your friends in the valley, on the beaches and in the air.

Important note: the N8 does not yet have the final Nokia firmware so there are still a few kinks to be worked out.

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On August 16th, twitter will introduce a new services API. As a result, the current twitter add-on on our Android version will no longer be supported. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Of course, you can keep up with your friends with free video calling, calling and chat and stay tuned for new, rich communication experiences.

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The newest fring for iPhone has high-resolution graphics for iPhone 4’s retina display. Wow! Ain’t that pretty? That means that your fring app comes alive as you video call Victor, chat with Chad and scan your buddy list for Bart.

The version also includes many quality improvements and stability fixes. Get the latest fring for iPhone here.

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Lots of folks are talking about jail-breaking their phones nowadays. Of course, when people start breaking things (like phones), they are just looking for more freedom… And rightfully so.

In iPhone’s case, people are looking for the freedom to use their phones in more ways like video calling anyone from anywhere. So, fring is happy to oblige them – without jail-breaking.

Take note – to get unlimited video calls, on 3G and WiFi, to other iPhones and Android and Nokia phones, just download fring. Its easy and it doesn’t hurt your warranty

So don’t break your phone to get that face-to-face call experience. Just fring it!

The fring football contest drew entries from around the world and after a very close finish we are proud to announce the fring football winners.
While, every fringster that entered is a winner, thanks to our friends at Ovi, we have 3 winners that will get a brand new N97 mini handset.
Drum roll please…
1. Agustin Jose Garcia from Spain (474 votes)
2. Dana Paz from Chile (437 votes)
3. Craig Ross from South Africa (Check out his Blog)

A huge thanks to all who participated and voted and to our good friends at Ovi for the cool handsets.

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UPDATE: Glad to see the feedback on the contest. Just to refresh the rules..

The deadline for the fring football contest was 14 July 2010. The winner was determined by “The fringster with the most likes wins” as votes were counted on July 14th (when the contest ended) the winner below had the most – to be fair to those who followed the rules, entries + likes that came in after the cut off were not counted.

The follow up blog post encouraged folks to “Tag your tweets with #fringFootballContest and who knows maybe you are our next winner.” For other questions, folks are invited to check out the terms. Again, congrats to everyone who won. To those who did not, you can always try again next time – and please note the contest terms – they are there so people have fun and know the rules of the game.