…and Nokia Ovi blog just named fring App of the Day!

Two great nods to fring today from two very respectful sources; Roy Furchgott of the New York Times has just picked fring as the paper’s App of the Week. According to Roy, fring’s recently released video is nothing less than “science fiction” coming into life, with fring’s 2-way mobile video over internet.

Nokia’s Ovi blog also just named fring App of the Day calling fring’s accomplishment in bringing video calls to Nokia devices “truly unique…truly awesome” and oh yea… a “big deal” !

If you one of the few who are yet to download fring’s recent video version for (selected) Nokia devices or for the iPhone & iPod touch, make sure you get fring video today- start seeing who you’re talking to, while on the go, like never before!

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A few weeks ago fring and Nokia Ovi announced a joint competition celebrating fring’s launch on the Ovi Store.

The response has been amazing- close to a thousand fringsters around the world have sent in their pictures with their old phones and a reason why THEY deserve to win Nokia’s slick new touch-screened N97 mini. Some stories were touching, some were purely amusing and at the end of the process- 3 winners were chosen!

And the winners areeeee… (drum roll)

Thank you all for taking part and congratulations to the winners. Runners up have been published on the competition’s wall of fame so check out if you’re there!

Keep following our blogs, Twitter, Facebook page and Newsletters for new product updates, details of future fring competitions and other interesting surprises coming very soon.

Happy holidays,
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The Nokia Calling All Innovators Africa challenge has come to an end and a HUGE fringing shoutout to the winners.

Nokia received over 125 submissions from Africa for the developer challenge and after much deliberation the top 10 winners have been announced this evening at the Mobile Monday event in Johannesburg.

As reported earlier, your local fring blogger submitted an application into the challenge and I am happy to say I took 4th place for the worlds first free mobi guide to snakes of South Africa.

Top ten winners and recipients of the Judge’s Choice Award:

1^st – Afridoctor by 20fourlabs

2^nd – That Roach Game by Breakdesign

3^rd – Sasol e.Birds by Coolideas

4^th – MrSNAKE by Simon Botes

5^th – Thumbtribe widget by Thumbtribe

6^th – LiveMobile by LiveMobile

7^th – Countdown 2010 by Christian Reeve

8^th – Surfing Safari by Aqua Online

9^th – Turn Left at the Barrel by Turn Left at the Giraffe

10^th – Mall-Buddy by Paul Hinrichsen

A big word of thanks to Nokia and Mobile Monday for pushing mobile development in Africa.

And what a new year’s gift this is… the world’s first video calls over internet on the iPhone and iPod Touch! fringsters with iPhones and iPod Touch (and selected Nokia devices as announced last week) can now see all their family and friends on fring and Skype this Holiday Season!

Right now iPhone and iPod touch users can receive and make fring and Skype video calls entirely over Internet connection (for free!) and see the person on the other end. When a front camera is placed on these, we’ll have two-way video calls available here too just as we do on all the supported Nokia devices.

Just download the new fring version now and see your family and friends on fring and Skype these holidays!

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Your feedback and comments are welcome, as always.

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