According to the Fring website, it can work over WiFi as well. Kiran
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Geetha Shamanna Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 7:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] carry skype, msn, googleTalk on your mobile! Is it possible to use the WiFi connection to talk over Skype with this application instead of GPRS? Geetha ----- Original Message ----- From: "ruchir falodiya" <[email protected]> To: "accessindia" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 11:12 PM Subject: [AI] carry skype, msn, googleTalk on your mobile! > recently while looking around net, i've came across this very > wonderful, accessible, and free software called fring. > > with fring, you can stay online from your phone to skype, msn, google > talk, yahoo, ICQ, and much more. > > note: if you have unlimited gprs data plan on your phone, and you are > not a new user of talks and is aware of your phone settings, please > read this post thread in its entirety > > else, feel free to skip :) > > though i'm not sure about its accessibility with all the phones, but > since it is a .sys application( symbian oriented software) and not a > jawa based software, hopefully it will work on most of the talks > versions on most of the models. > > please note that since using fring means to keep your phone connected > to internet 24/7, i'd recommend this program to all the gprs > subscribers having unlimited data plan on their mobiles ( like me) > > > i'm just describing the steps i've taken to successfully go mobile > with fring. > > > at first, i went to > www.fring.com > then, found the download link and clicked on it. > > next, at download page, i chose my download method to download via pc. > > clicking on this link, another page opened, asking to select my brand > name and phone model. > this was in a combo box structure, so i hit enter to get into forms > mode of jaws, selected nokia as my brand, and n72 as my model. > > then i clicked on submit. > > at next page, i chose download link, and the file started to download. > the file size is different for different models, in my case, it was > around 400 KB's > > > after the file got downloaded, i installed it to my nokia's phone > memory ( just hit enter on saved file, and nokia pc Suite asks if you > want to install that aplication on to the phone? click yes, a promt > appears that says, please finish the installation on your phone > interface) > > agree on all certificate security warnings and install the application > in your phone memory. > > > right after the installation is completed, fring starts to load. > > it then asks for your access point to connect to internet. select your > access point in my case ( airtel mobile office) > > then the fring screen appears which asks if you are an existing user > or a new user. > > select new user, and another screen appears where, enter your > username, then arrow down to enter your nick name. > > arrow down and enter your password. > then hit okay. > > > fring will try and sign in. > and create your new account. > > after which, fring shows couple of services such as skype, msn, google > talk, etc. just select the service you want to use from your phone, > and enter its username and password. > > you can also later on subscribe or unsubscribe to these services from > going to options>settings>services. > > > note: 1 change you mite want to make is, hide your phone contacts from > appearing inside fring application. > to do this, go to options>settings and select on hide phone contacts. > > after everything is ready you will see 2 tab sheets at fring's main > screen, the first tab sheet contains all your internet contacts, and > the second tab sheet contains call history. > > periodically at the second tab sheet, please go to options and select > on clear list so that your history doesn't gets over loaded. > > > depending on your gprs signals, your conversations may have varied > quality. > > also, please note that chat is not at all accessible and only voice > calls are possible at least with talks 3.0.0.5 > > this application loads every time your phone starts, but this can > also be turned off from options>settings > > at first tab sheet, if you hit key 2 ( hide), the application gets > minimized and you have to hold long the menu key, select fring to get > back into the application. > over all, you have to play and learn with this program, but if we > leave text chats apart, in terms of accessibility and easy interface, > i'd say you can give this application a try. > > with regards, > > ruchir. > > -- > As long as forever, > I will stay by your side, > I'll be your companion, > Your friend and your guide!!! > > www.ruchir89.wordpress.com > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org > .in To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. 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