Interested in the Fring for iPhone IM client? Fring for iPhone is a free iPhone IM client, offering users a feature-rich experience and access to AIM, Gtalk, ICQ, Twitter, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger, in addition to free voice and video calls. Only available for iOS3.
Price: Free
iTunes Rating: 4+ (no objectional material)
Seller: fringland Ltd.
With Fring for iPhone, users can:
- send, receive IMs
- maintain multiple accounts over 3G, WiFi, GPRS and Edge
- make free voice and video calls (3G and WiFi only)
- enjoy Push notification
- real time status messaging
Despite an otherwise enjoyable IM client, Fring for iPhone (at present) is extremely unstable and seems to have service which is accessible in the wee hours of the morning, if ever. Connecting to Fring for iPhone is often difficult, but I have been able to get in a few times during regular business hours.
The absence of landscape mode makes typing IMs difficult, and most of the time, even if you can get Fring to connect, the app seems sluggish. Efficiency is a real issue with Fring, unfortunately, for everything they advertise the app to be.
Fingers crossed that Fring gets fixed soon, and added to iOS4; the client could be a beautiful thing and a real competitor if only it worked every single time.
