VoIP company fring has announced what it’s calling the world’s first publicly available mobile VoIP app for the iPhone, putting the beta version out for download. That means they’ve beaten rival Jajah - who recently announced their intention to release an iPhone VoIP client over the Summer - although Jajah are using the official SDK to develop their software whereas fring currently requires a Jailbroken or otherwise hacked “open” handset. The client uses WiFi for VoIP calls, rather than the EDGE data connection, in response to AT&T’s classification of VoIP as a “conference call service” contrary to their contract.
Developed in conjunction with the Holon Institute of Technology academic research labs in Israel, calls between fring clients (which are already available for handsets running Symbian 8 or 9, Windows Mobile 5 or 6, or UIQ) are free while those to landlines and mobiles are apparently priced competitively compared to AT&T’s own tariffs. Instant Messaging has also been included, and the fring client is compatible with Skype, MSN, Google Talk, ICQ, Twitter, AIM and Yahoo! contacts. Obviously since this is still a R&D app there could be some bugs present, so fring are looking for feedback and suggestions.
You can install the fring VoIP client through Installer on your iPhone. Add http://fring.com/iphone.xml as a source and the app should show up among the options. As ever, if you do try it out, let us know how you get on on in the comments!
[via SlashPhone]
Written by Chris Davies on April 15th, 2008 with no comments.
Read more articles on iPhone and Software and VoIP and jailbreak and iPhone archive.
Back in 2007 there was a lot of talk about VoIP company Jajah and their attempts to bring a client to the iPhone; in the end, AT&T’s definition of “conference call services” scuppered those plans and Jajah instead launched an iPhone-formated web interface for their ring-back service. With the arrival of the official Apple SDK, however, Jajah are now apparently working on a native VoIP client for the iPhone, thanks to Cupertino’s blessing that software which routes voice calls over the internet will be permitted on the handset as long as it uses WiFi, not EDGE, for their connection.Â
(more…)
Written by Chris Davies on April 2nd, 2008 with no comments.
Read more articles on Software and VoIP and wifi and iPhone SDK and iPhone archive.
A glimmer of hope for those iPhone owners who want a SIP-compatible VoIP client for their cellphones, as a collaboration between iPod Touch fan-site Touchmods.net and French ADSL ISP Free.fr results in a software client that allows their subscribers to make free phonecalls via their Apple device. Called Siphon, the app is currently locked to the Free.fr network (the ISP ‘paid’ Touchmods to develop the software by donating an iPhone to them) but apparently a commercial release that will operate with multiple SIP providers is set to launch at an unspecified point in the future.
(more…)
Share This
Written by Chris Davies on February 8th, 2008 with no comments.
Read more articles on Apple iPhone and Apple iPhone Hacks and VoIP and Apple and iPod Touch.
Over at Apple-Touch.com, our iPod Touch obsessed sister-site, we’ve been gleefully watching the work of some VoIP-loving hackers as they not only developed a SIP-compatible app for the PMP but a plug-in microphone attachment to go with it. Now they’re turning their attentions to the iPhone, which has long been pretty much at the mercy of whichever carrier has exclusivity in your country. To try to accelerate the porting process they’ve thrown open their code cupboard and invited hackers, developers and tinkerers alike to experiment with the same software that enabled low-level recording on the iPod Touch, which turned out to be the lynch-pin of the VoIP application.
 
(more…)
Share This
Written by Chris Davies on January 3rd, 2008 with no comments.
Read more articles on Apple iPhone and Apple iPhone Hacks and VoIP and iPod Touch.
It’s looking more and more likely that OS X Leopard is a biting cat rather than a petting one; while many are reporting that general system stability is improved with the Mac upgrade, others are finding that its over-enthusastic firewall is breaking VoIP and other network-dependent software.
 
(more…)
Share This
Written by Chris Davies on November 7th, 2007 with no comments.
Read more articles on VoIP and Apple and Skype.
« Older articles
No newer articles
