Comments on: Fring In-Depth: VoIP, Skype, IM Application Available in the App Store http://www.macblogz.com/2008/10/04/fring-in-depth-voip-skype-im-application-available-in-the-app-store/ Bridging the Apple Community and Keeping Tabs on the Rumor Mill. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:04:36 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Aviv http://www.macblogz.com/2008/10/04/fring-in-depth-voip-skype-im-application-available-in-the-app-store/comment-page-1/#comment-890 Aviv Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:21:20 +0000 http://www.macblogz.com/?p=815#comment-890 Didn't you know DCGOD? Everything is free these days. Money comes later. Besides, being in the mobile space and having such a strong product, Fring shouldn't have much trouble rolling in a revenue model (or a bigger and better one). They've gotten two rounds of VC funding. Series A: $10M and Series B: $10M So, they're definitely well funded. Didn’t you know DCGOD? Everything is free these days. Money comes later. Besides, being in the mobile space and having such a strong product, Fring shouldn’t have much trouble rolling in a revenue model (or a bigger and better one).

They’ve gotten two rounds of VC funding. Series A: $10M and Series B: $10M

So, they’re definitely well funded.

]]> By: Aviv http://www.macblogz.com/2008/10/04/fring-in-depth-voip-skype-im-application-available-in-the-app-store/comment-page-1/#comment-889 Aviv Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:19:52 +0000 http://www.macblogz.com/?p=815#comment-889 I did in fact test the product. I even had it on my jailbroken iPhone pre app store. And the product works great entirely depending on your connection/reception level. I have been able to use it with moderately strong 3G and low wi-fi, and I've been able to chat fine while on EDGE. But not much more. Chatting is a breeze when on 3G and the UI seems more stable than other competing applications. I did in fact test the product. I even had it on my jailbroken iPhone pre app store. And the product works great entirely depending on your connection/reception level. I have been able to use it with moderately strong 3G and low wi-fi, and I’ve been able to chat fine while on EDGE. But not much more. Chatting is a breeze when on 3G and the UI seems more stable than other competing applications.

]]> By: DCGOD http://www.macblogz.com/2008/10/04/fring-in-depth-voip-skype-im-application-available-in-the-app-store/comment-page-1/#comment-888 DCGOD Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:01:43 +0000 http://www.macblogz.com/?p=815#comment-888 I know this is a great product. But where's the business model? How are they making money right now? If at all. I know this is a great product. But where’s the business model? How are they making money right now? If at all.

]]> By: MelB http://www.macblogz.com/2008/10/04/fring-in-depth-voip-skype-im-application-available-in-the-app-store/comment-page-1/#comment-887 MelB Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:54:23 +0000 http://www.macblogz.com/?p=815#comment-887 It works for me on a moderately strong 3G signal. And I have been pretty lucky with being able to chat on the go with Fring. Maybe your iPhone is dynamically switching between 3G and Edge in places that you're trying to use the device so you're not picking up signal. Otherwise, it should work on most connections (and worse on EDGE, understandably). It works for me on a moderately strong 3G signal. And I have been pretty lucky with being able to chat on the go with Fring. Maybe your iPhone is dynamically switching between 3G and Edge in places that you’re trying to use the device so you’re not picking up signal. Otherwise, it should work on most connections (and worse on EDGE, understandably).

]]> By: Someone http://www.macblogz.com/2008/10/04/fring-in-depth-voip-skype-im-application-available-in-the-app-store/comment-page-1/#comment-886 Someone Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:45:09 +0000 http://www.macblogz.com/?p=815#comment-886 IF you had bothered to test the product you would know that its impossible to use VoIP while on anything but Wi-Fi. This has nothing to do with Fring (who do a great job) but with Apple who, as part of their dark-dealings with the cellular companies, agreed to block VoIP usage while on standard cell networks to block the competition. IF you had bothered to test the product you would know that its impossible to use VoIP while on anything but Wi-Fi. This has nothing to do with Fring (who do a great job) but with Apple who, as part of their dark-dealings with the cellular companies, agreed to block VoIP usage while on standard cell networks to block the competition.

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