fring for Android Picks Up the Voice over IP Slack for That Platform

YouTube video courtesy of fringland

The Android smartphone ecosystem has changed a lot (and for the better) between my brief T-Mobile G1 ownership period in October 2008 and today. While the Android app population is nowhere near the size of the iPhone’s, it is big enough and rich enough to keep things interesting. One big hole, though, is the lack of a decent Skype VoIP client. And, don’t get me started on that Skype Lite thing for Android. I don’t even know what to make of it.

Fortunately, even though Skype appears to be ignoring Android, fring is not…

fring it on Android!

And, fring can apparently make VoIP calls over Skype, MSN, and Google Talk. It also works over 3G or WiFi and is free. Very nice!

I downloaded and installed a copy from the Android Market and plan to give it a test (and perhaps record one my mini-podcast sound sample episodes).

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