fringing twitter

Here’s one from the Philippines. See here. Cebu city journalist, and award winning tech blogger , Max Limpag tells about the synergy between fring and twitter.

“The ability to update from your phone means many of Twitter’s posts are personal. Many users update their accounts to tell friends what they’re up to, at the very moment when they’re keying in their 20th century haikus in their phones. It’s SMS escribitionism.

But when I started using Fring with my phone, I finally had a cheaper way of updating my Twitter account. Fring is a software that allows you to use your phone as an IM client for Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, AIM, ICQ, Skype etc. It also allows you to update your Twitter account.

What’s good about Fring is that it can use Wi-Fi to connect to the Internet whenever it is available or the mobile Internet when it’s not.

Using Fring, I could update my Twitter account without having to pay for an international SMS for each post. If Wi-Fi isn’t available, then I can just use Fring with Smart Internet and pay just P10 for every 30-minute block. For that time, I can send multiple Twitter updates at a fraction of the cost had I been sending it through SMS.

….With Fring, I’ve been using Twitter to update both my Twitter account and my blog on my ongoing efforts to map the Wi-Fi hotspots for Cebu. Anytime I go into a shop, I try to scan for free Wi-Fi and if I find one, log in to my Twitter account and then post a short update. “

This article isn’t Max’s first coverage of fring. Max has blogged about fring in the past.