fringTM goes web!
The fringME! widget enables fringsters to take their favourite fring features and apply them to their various social network pages, blogs, online auctions, web sites and even email signatures - in fact pretty much anywhere the user has an internet presence, fringME! enhances communication and connectivity between the fringster and his/her online world. Once installed on a webpage, the fringME! widget allows internet community members and all other internet users the opportunity to access some of fring’s most popular functions, including the ability to view the fringster’s ‘availability’ (online, offline, or ’in a call’), and instantly begin a fring IM chat session, regardless of the fringster’s location. In addition to offering familiar fring features, the fringME! widget also includes a number of new innovations, the first of which is a real-time, location-based “find me” presence feature, which instantly opens a GoogleMapsTM window showing the fringster’s real time on the move whereabouts via his/her GPS-equipped handset. Privacy settings inside fring’sTM mobile software enable the service to be switched on or off, depending on the fringster’s desire to be locatable at any one time. Commenting on the impact of the launch of fringME! Avi Shechter, co-founder & CEO of fring said: “The fringME! widget represents a natural and important step in fring’s evolution. First we introduced our core offering: free fring to fring mobile VoIP, live IM-style chat and presence. Then we made it possible for fring members to communicate with users of different internet services and communities such as Skype, MSN and GoogleTalk. And now with the fringME! widget’s popular fring functionality, its location based services, and other features due to be announced in the near future, fring is truly opening up the web, further breaking down barriers of communication and giving every fringster and every internet user, even more options for making connections with each other.” “More and more, fring is expanding beyond mobile VoIP. It is becoming a valuable tool that enables users to take both their communications and online lives mobile.” The fringMe! widget is free to use and available via a quick process. Firstly, download the latest version of fring onto any supported mobile device by visiting www.fring.com. Then, visit the fringME! web page at www.fring.com/fun to choose a preferred widget design and paste a small piece of html code onto the chosen blog or web page destination. To a get first hand impression of fringME! in action, simply visit the fring blog at http://www.fring.com/blog/ which is already enhanced with the widget, with the real time availability indicator, live chat and real time location based presence. About fring fring is a mobile Voice over Internet Protocol (mVoIP) application that allows users to make free calls and live chat over cellular data networks or a Wi-Fi connection. Optimised for 3G over mobile phone networks with GPRS and Wi-Fi roaming, fring provides a continuous call connection. fring is 100% free with no subscription costs; consumers communicate over Wi-Fi or simply pay for the data they use under their existing line rental agreement. Completely PC-independent, it requires no additional hardware and is not dependent on Wi-Fi coverage. fring also integrates with the Skype, Google Talk, ICQ, Twitter & MSN Messenger networks and hundreds of SIP providers, allowing users to choose the carrier and network of preference for every call or chat session. For further information please visit www.fring.com. Notes to editors: • fring, fringsters, fring a friend and the fring logo are trademarks of fringland Ltd • Other trademarks are the trademarks of their respective owners fring is independent from, and not affiliated with, those trademarks owners • The “Symbian” trademark is a brand and asset of Symbian Software Ltd. • This product uses Skype™ but is not endorsed or certified by Skype For media enquiries please contact:
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