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Fring, the popular VoIP and multi-network IM client, has updated its Android client. The new version of the application comes with a revamped user interface, featuring updated buddy list that effectively makes your contacts more accessible. Your friends’ pictures along with their mood lines are now displayed on the call screen.
The second new item in this version is personalized profile, allowing you to upload a picture and edit your mood, email address and phone number.
Then, there’s a dialer screen (including DTMF), so you can dial in numbers during a call.
Finally, Fring says voice quality is improved, Links are now visible as such in the chat screen, while some of the known bugs have been fixed.
To grab the latest version of Fring, search for it in the Android Market or scan barcode on the left.
And in case you don’t know, in addition to chatting with your Skype buddies, you can use Fring to actually call and accept calls from them.
[Via: Fring Blog]
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
