fring

Cool idea, but doesn't work very well

By: Gordon142

Maybe one in 15 Skype calls actually go through, and they usually disconnect at some point during the call. Perfect wi-fi signal here, Skype from my mac works great.

Great backend!

By: Eumenhof

Worst ui possible for a im client. Pleeeease go look at pidgin for ideas. Then look at beejive. Pidgin has good grouping concepts. Beejive has better iphone concepts. Combine them and you gave a killer app. Love that its free. Youre almost there!

Frustrating to use

By: Kleinias

This app just doesn't work well with Skype (it is advertised as being compatible). I know that you must dial a "+1" (which is another odity), but 9/10 times, the application will just hang-up on me. It's a frustrating process to have to sign up with Fring and then sign up for a Skype account, only to not have the advertised features work properly. During the rare occasion that a skype connection actually goes through, you face a massive delay in the conversation. The delay is very pronounced, even when calling someone that lives only a few blocks away from me.

Adds an excellent feature to iPod Touch

By: MaestroJAL

VOIP works great with Fring on the iPod Touch with iPhone headphones. I added a Gizmo SIP account with a call in number and I can call out AND receive calls as long as I have Fring active and a WiFi connection. When I'm not connected, Gizmo sends my voicemail to my dedicated email address which allows me to play the messages via the iPod's Mail app. Not as good as having a cell phone, but it is cheaper. The quality of SIP is much better than Skype. For free, this can't be beat.

Incoming cell calls disconnects iPhone Fring calls

By: MacInfoSys.com

At this point using Fring on the iPhone is not really a worthwhile option unless you have NO cell signal and have WIFI. I have been testing using my SIP and Skype (Skype = having to add manually a +1 to all calls made from my contact list for it to work)

Doesn't run in the background!

By: Angryasmusic

I was waiting for this to come out! Glad to see it made it's way to the App Store. Personally, my main complaint is that fring doesn't keep you signed in when you have other things to do on your iPhone. It would make sense to have fring running in the background so that you can still receive IM's when you're not in the application; and have an 'exit' button when you want to sign out entirely. Hope to see this happen in the near future.

hmmm

By: it.is.not.funny

can not register, because my email include dots

Great but some issue exist

By: Onebulgar

Issue: Not all Skype users were recognized as "Not Available" and showed them as "Off-line"

Com'on now, no periods allowed in the email address field?

By: shunchu

Almost all my emails I use have a period in it before the @ symbol. But somehow this is a problem with fring's registration screen which constantly nags me about my email address not being in a valid format! What gives? Once they fix this bug and actually allows me to create an account with an email with a period in it, I will come back and revise my rating...

Finally

By: rudiki

Awesome and long awaited app. (waited for more than 1 year). Needs some work though, skypeout calls fail even when wifi connection is great and buddy list is messy, needs a grouping feature.

BB Curve's Headset works on Ipod Touch 2g

By: kanshu

My Blackberry Curve's headset and mic combo works with this app on my Ipod Touch 2g. woot!

Fring Hijacked my SIP account and made 600+ phone calls

By: Chaz Mangus

I have tracked this all down to be a problem with Fring i installed this app made a few phone calls using my Sip account next thing i know someone has used my account to make 600 + phone calls to Texas running some Orange County Savings Scam i never used an open wireless network so the problem has to be on there end must be one of there servers has been hacked or something. until i found out this i was loving the app but i don't trust it anymore...

SkypeOut Delay

By: milklee

I just download it today (10/3/08), and I am trying to use it with skypeout

It works!

By: dsstroud

Man I am loving this application. It seems to be working well. To the person that said their skype out call was failing, it was doing that with mine, but when I dialed the full number with the + sign, that did the trick. You have to dial out like you do with skype, not like you do on your cell phone. It even rings for skype in call. This is the perfect app if you travel and have access to wifi. I give it 4 stars as a first effort. Things I would like to see is ability to check skype voicemail and I would like to be able to use my bluetooth headset, though that might be a limitation imposed by apple.

Awesome

By: R^2

For all those people who have skype problem with fring. Let the application be open for 5 min. For phone contact calling using skype remember to put country code. Gtalk iphone to PC voip is pretty good in quality. It's a great free package.

Great app!!

By: Mizilan

Thanks for making fring available in the legit app store! The call quality is great, interface is easy to use, and excellent support for skype/gchat/and the rest.

Promising but not quite there

By: Texas Rocker

Test called people around the US on both cell phones and land lines and all report not being able to hear my voice clearly. There is a distortion and compression on voices and a couple of calls experienced severe latency characteristics. Hopefully they will get these issues ironed out soon! A good start, but not ready for primetime.

Skypeout doesn't work

By: thekingb

I've tried every combination of ways to make a skypeout call - +s, 1, 001, etc -and nothing works. Calls terminate immediately. I love the concept but that's pretty sad. How did this app make it into the wild with such a major bug?

Great

By: Kalima BG

Great app, finally there is a Skype for iPhone. I'm still waithing for the official Skype app though...Come on Skype....

Cute but...

By: Whatwhat08

Wayy too unorganized for me.

Can't make calls with skype

By: Dasonic2

I have unlimmited calls to US and Canada. But can't make calls with this app.

Good integration, but VOIP needs work

By: ndgunner

While you can make calls using SkypeOut, etc, it's cannot be used with teleconferencing numbers. Once you dial a number and press "Call", you cannot get back to the keypad to enter additional tones (work voicemail, dial by name, teleconferencing, etc). If you go back to start a new call, you no longer have an "END" button that you can access to terminate the call you are on. I think it's a good start, but needs some work.

Beware of "Sponsored" Messages

By: Machaira

I just downloaded this app yesterday. Today, I used it to contact my boss via MSN, and it started sending him random messages like, "This service sponsored by Fring", and "You can use this service for free too" (that one isn't a direct quote; but captures the essence). The ad messages would get tacked on to the end of my IMs, separated by carriage returns. Unfortunately, the line feeds would push my IM off the screen. My boss had to scroll up to see what I wrote. Meanwhile, I have no idea this is happening since Fring doesn't bother to notify me about it. The only reason I found out was because my boss said, "Hello Fring", and I thought, "How the hell does he know I'm using Fring?" That's when he said, "Your service is spamming me." This app may have some great features, as many other reviews indicate; but sending unsolicited spam IMs without notifying the sender is poor business and extremely unprofessional. I apologized to my boss when I got in for the incident. I shouldn't have to do that because of an IM client.

We should ask for Voip using Edge or 3G

By: wax0

We are paying AT&T 30$ per month for unlimited internet access, so, we should be able to use our internet acces for Voip too, this AT&T policy of banning this, is not fair and we should fight with them, they are getting our money for "unlimited internet" but they are actually limiting it, I am really disappointed with AT&T unfair practice, please lets do something, to make them respect our rights to use our internet connection as we wish.....

Good app, but a few bugs

By: reindeerhelmet

Fring is a great app. I finally have a way to get in touch with Skype contacts on my phone.

Using Skype on the 3g iPhone

By: Seto925

I was very excited when Fring was finally made available on the app store. I had a lot of problems getting this thing to work for the first time so here are a few tips to make set up and use a little easier: