Fred sent the world a tweet inviting folks to video call him at 10,000 feet. We couldn’t resist.  So here is Fred and his daughter on his Delta flight from Miami to New York.  Mind the turbulence!

Thanks to our new fring friend Fred (try saying that 10 times straight)!

If you are sky high and have a video call clip, submit a comment with your video link.
Safe travels!

If you want to be 1st to try the latest and greatest features, keep reading.

fring is hosting an exclusive preview for its new fringOut service (sorry, the preview version 4.4.10 is only available on Nokia, other users stay tuned). fringOut lets you call any landline or mobile in the world for almost free all from your mobile phone.

So, now you can call your friends who are not yet on fring. Call Abbey in Atlanta, Bob in Berlin, Clara in Cambodia or David in Dehli, for ‘almost-free’.
⇒ If you’d like to be the first to try this paid service and start saving, visit our fringOut preview site here and get calling.

As always, chatting, calls and video calls to other fringsters and other internet friends is still completely FREE.

If you have questions about fringOut, you can check out our FAQ, our TOS see our user guide or drop us a line.

The fring TEAM

note: charges apply

We couldn’t wait. You couldn’t wait… we had to show you this….

As you can see, fring is 1st to bring our wicked-awesome-cool video calling to Nokia’s latest Smartphone – the N8!

But if you are one of the lucky ones to already have an N8, you can experience fring on the N8 yourself.
Just fill out this early access form to put fring’s N8’s video calling to work for you.

fring your friends on the mountain tops, fring your friends in the valley, on the beaches and in the air.

Important note: the N8 does not yet have the final Nokia firmware so there are still a few kinks to be worked out.

The fringTEAM

For 4 years we have led mobile communication innovation, most recently with video calling on any advanced Smartphone and network.

Now that fring expanded capacity to support the huge demand for video calling for all users, Skype has blocked us from doing so.

They are afraid of open mobile communication. Cowards.

Needless to say, we are very disappointed that Skype, who once championed the cause of openness is now trying to muzzle competition, even at the expense of its own users.

We’re sorry for the inconvenience Skype has caused you.

As always, fring will continue to provide our users with the best mobile internet communication experiences that you deserve, with or without Skype.

The new fring version with free video calls, calls, live chat is available on any advanced smartphone, over any mobile operator, over your preferred internet connection (3G, 4G, WiFi) from the fring website here and app stores.

Let freedom fring!

In a few hours time Netherlands takes on Spain in an epic battle to see who will be crowned World Cup Champions.

Getting to the finals of the World Cup Soccer has been been no easy task and much blood, sweat and tears have been seen in South Africa over the last few weeks.  Who will it be on Sunday evening, Netherlands or Spain?  Paul the “psychic” octopus seems to know, as the video below shows.

The question on everyone’s lips though, is Paul correct or is he seeing the results of the fring football contest currently taking place on the fring facebook group? Only time will tell.

The competition is starting to heat up with Italy, Spain and the UK clocking in a record number of “likes”.  fringsters if you have not yet entered this contest, what are you waiting for? You only have a few days left to enter your fring-a-fied pictures to stand in line to win a Sexy Nokia N97 mini.

If editing pictures is not for you or if you are camera shy, then we have the solution.  You can also blog or Tweet about the contest and you will also stand in line to win.  So thats 3 ways to win in the fring football contest.

What are you waiting for, enter today. Click here for details of how to enter.

RT @fring Win a #Nokia #N97mini in the #fringFootballContest http://tinyurl.com/2uc5z27

With the new fring for iPhone you get lots of fring goodies including 2 way video-calling where you want and with whom you want!

• Face-to-face video calls with friends on their Droids, Nokia (Symbian S60) and other iPhones
• Video calls over 3G or Wi-Fi (Performance over 3G is subject to mobile operators’ 3G coverage & quality)

Use that fancy new front-facing camera for video calls from the beach or from the mountain top (on 3G or Wifi) to your friends on whatever mobile phone they have. So even if they don’t have an iPhone 4 yet, you can see their pretty faces.

So go ahead and video call Elizabeth on her Evo, Ivan on his iPhone, see Ned on his Nokia or Debra on her Droid.

Also, the latest fring for iOS4 on iPhone 3GS & 4 includes loads of improved features including:

• Multitasking so you can be always on and available with fring running in the background and alerting you to new video calls, voice calls or chat without proactively opening fring (just like on all other supported phones).

• New Social Stream: A chronological stream of all tweets, facebook updates, chats and calls, all in one place! Easy cross-community communication and simple sorting capabilities.

• A Smarter address book: simply manages your buddy list, merges contacts and more

Have fun and as always, feedback much appreciated!

The fringTEAM

fringsters listen up

This is your opportunity to shine and show us just how much you love football, your mobile phone and fring. In exchange we will give 3 fringsters shiny new Nokia N97 mini handsets courtesy of our freinds over at Nokia and Ovi Store. *

To this affect we have just lauched the fring football contest on our facebook.  We now invite you to upload your fring-a-fied football pictures to our wall and get your friends to “like” them.  The picture with the most “likes” wins.

We have made it easier for those who are not at the soccer to enter using cut and paste graphics as per the sample below.  However we encourage those of you lucky enough to be at the football to us your imagination, creativity and send us some way cool fring-a-fied football images.

As they say in the movies, may the best fring-a-fied picture win

1. Download this image

2. Using some nifty computer software paste the hardhat above over your other image.  As per the sample below. If you havn’t got such software get your friends to help you.

3. Upload your fring-a-fied picture to this facebook wall.

4. Get your friends, family and co-workers to upload their own pics and “like” your pictures.

5. To get extra coverage and more brownie points link to them from your facebook, twitter and other social spaces.

6. Thats it.  Now sit back and watch as the “likes” roll in and you may just be the next winner.

To see what others are uploading click here.  We look forward to seeing all your fring-a-fied images soon.

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