iPhone Gets VoIP, Thanks to Fring
As of yesterday, the iPhone natively supports VoIP calls without jailbreaking thanks to fring, a multi-client instant messaging application with Skype, Skype-out, fring and other SIP support for voice calling.
Fring has previously been available on Symbian and WinMo phones, and for jailbroken iPhones. It supports IM through fring, AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Skype, Twitter, and ICQ by all connections (EDGE, 3G, GPRS and WiFi). In order to use the VoIP functions, however, you must have an active WiFi connection. that limitation is in keeping with Steve Jobs’ earlier statement that “We’ll limit [VOIP applications] by the cellular network”, made when the iPhone SDK was originally
announced.I took fring for a brief pop quiz drive shortly after it was announced (although I had a nail-biting wait for it to seem in my iPhone’s App Store since I feared another NetShare type disappearing act). Though it needed a fring explanation sign-up (normally a pet peeve of mine when it comes to iPhone apps), the process was quick and painless and within seconds I was presented with an add-on selection screen with a list of supported IM and VoIP services.
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Orginal post by Darrell Etherington