Fring rocks. I must have wanted to download it to my old Nokia 6151, but forgot about it… anyway, now I’ve got the Nokia E51. Anyway, they sent me an email to say it is ready for my device through some special Java port, but found its natively supported on the E51, so I downloaded it.
Now, I mentioned that Fring rocks, I should probably say why.
It replaces EQO in that it allows me my MSN, Yahoo, Google Talk, AIM etc on my mobile BUT, what makes it rock even more is that it also supports Skype: in and out. Now, given that I have a 2Mbit connection to my mobile with Elisa (and unlimited data), this means that I don’t even have to call my Skype to Go number anymore, unless I’m out in the middle of nowhere.
I can just use 3.5G data access, and it seems to handle SkypeIn nicely, which is great, since I have 3 SkypeIn numbers on my normal Skype account (Finland, New Zealand and Japan). It doesn’t yet replace Gizmo though, because Gizmo also allows a Tokyo local number, which, for people in Tokyo, is cheaper to call. I think. But the SkypeIn number for Japan is 050 (VOIP), so I guess it costs about the same as calling a mobile. But depending on my Audience for GoSuomi, I’m not sure if it is worth the extra cash for renting the phone number per year from Gizmo – unless, of course, I have one number in Japan for CNM Ltd and another for Seven Poles Ltd.
So then I would have 2 Japan numbers, an NZ number and a Finnish number (plus mobile). If I could be fucked working with US clients anymore, I would also get a US number, but since the US Dollar sucks, I don’t really have much motivation to work with them. Speaking of which, I should update my Japan number… but yeah. There is now NO excuse for people not to be able to contact me: All these phone numbers, IM, Skype, and IMAP to my phone for my main email accounts plus the Gmail app!
Now that I think about it, I should chain the phone to my person!! If you have a relatively new phone, seriously, check out Fring. I just got a 110€ phone bill from Elisa (I talked about 1000 minutes MORE than my plan is for, plus international calling… but it’s still far less than my bills from Sonera – I was paying about that much for FAR less usage. Just a pity that Sonera is the carrier for the iPhone in Finland :S)
Rock on… I’m going to see how Fring affects my battery usage – Jaiku had an apparent detrimental effect when I left it on one time a couple of weeks back, though I may also have spent quite a lot of time talking so… can’t be sure. Need a second battery. I’ll report back in the comments.
