welcome to the family
Sony Ericsson G 900 - welcome to fring
S E G-900 users, welcome to the fring family.
fring linux looks neat
new fring linux screenshot
This is a screenshot of the dial pad for fring’s new linux offering, namely fring for Linux version (1.2.1.63) . Another addition is a history TAB.
It’s a neat looking addition for a neat new tool.
two mobile phone population explosions
ITWIRE reports that there are now more mobile phones in use in the UK than there are people. With all those phones, luckily fring runs on over 50 different brands of mobile phones. There are about a thousand types of handsets that are fringing!
motion to energy
The Gigaom blog reports that a Boise company M2E Power will start selling a mobile phone charger “…that can convert six hours of everyday movement…into one hour of talk time..”
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The new technology is called “motion-harvesting” and should be able to convert walking, shopping and commuting time into talk time.
How’s this for an idea? A wi-fi smartphone with motion-harvesting, and fring. Maybe the lowest cost of operation phone setup of all!!
hitting the streets
The ‘Sydney Morning Herald‘ reports that Google ‘Street View’ has recently launched Australian street views. It’s interesting to note that some real estate sites have already added Google street views as part of their house listing services.
Here are two of my favourite Google street views applications. First there is the Streetview guide to the route of the Tour De France and StreetView Fun which collects unusual and fun sights seen in Streetview.
As you can see, you can customise and embed your GoogleMaps and StreetView to your blog or web site.
Give it a go!
A perfect partner for your fringME widget!
Add-ons a go go
‘Avi Shechter, co-founder and CEO of fring commented, “The release of fringAdd-ons represents a natural and exciting step in the evolution of fring, designed to bring the richest user experience possible and put all of the fringster’s communication and mobile Internet needs into one place with functionality and useful features that are fun, enjoyable and easy to use. We look forward to rolling out new fring Add-ons developed by third parties and independent developers to enrich the experience even further as soon as they become available.”‘
That’s a recent quote from some more news coverage in the trade press of the recent release of fring Add-Ons. You can read the whole story here.
fring Add-ons gets some interesting coverage here too.
fring tip of the day
Having trouble with your fring connection setup? Does fring seem to be connecting to the net too often?
Well this tip might be just the fix you need. See here.
Keep your eye on fring forums for more tips for improving your fring experience.