Fring announced in its blog, that they have just added Yahoo!™ and
AOL’s AIM® instant messengers to their growing world of online
communities, joining Skype, Google Talk, MSN, ICQ, and Twitter to
provide fringsters ways of staying connected
with all of their online buddies.
Users of a Yahoo! or AIM account and a
fring-enabled handset will be able to take all of their buddies mobile and benefit from fring’s IM-style chat and live
presence features, enabling them to bring y IM and mobile phone
contacts into one easy-to-use list on your handset. Users will be able see
whether they’re on, offline or away and enjoy rich chat sessions from
your mobile or whenever you’re away from your PC.
NOTE: Yahoo! & AIM are currently available for Symbian and UIQ handsets; voice calls are not yet enabled.
Fring’s mobile VoIP application enables users to make voice calls,
chat and check out who’s online before dialing (real-time presence), no
matter where they are, using lower cost data plans and free Wi-Fi.