iPhone/Windows Mobile/Android/Symbian: Fring, the app that means to let anyone make free Skype, Google Talk, MSN, or SIP calls from any phone, has hit Android. It works just as expected, over EDGE, 3G, or Wi-Fi.


Making free Skype calls from a Wi-Fi connection on your handset is a pretty neat feature in itself, but Fring aims to be a universal call and chat coordinator. It pulls in your phone's contacts and matches up names with the add-on services you plug in, making it easy to call someone on Skype, and then chat them over AIM if they don't pick up. If you give up on free services and just want to call that person, you can do that too.

The full list of supported services is AIM, MSN, Google Talk, Yahoo, ICQ, Twitter, and Skype, along with specialized SIP setups. A Fring honcho here touts and screencasts the app's debut on Android phones:

Fring is a free download, now for Android along with iPhone, Windows Mobile, and Symbian phones.


Fring on Android [Fring via Android and Me]