As a lot of my friends might already know that I use Fring too often. Yes, you could say that am addicted to it. But it’s really cool and let’s me stay connected with everyone - anytime over cellphone. I just updated my Fring version on my cellphone and now even my Y! messenger contacts can IM me (whenever am online on Fring)

For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about - Fring is a free Instant Messenger that I use on my cellphone to connect to the Live (MSN) Messenger, Google Talk, Y! Messenger, Skype and Twitter. AOL or ICQ users can also use Fring but since I don’t have any friends on those I don’t use it for any of those services. And am sure that my account must have been deactivated since ages!

Most of all, this post would be incomplete if I didn’t write why there’s such a hoopla for Fring, even when there are other IM apps available on the web. It’s because it allows you to call any of your IM contacts for FREE - directly from your phone. Sounds amazing isn’t it? But all you Indian users (or atleast for those who use Vodafone GPRS in India) should know that your ‘Vodafone Connect’ network’s bandwidth is too low to support this without any major time-lags! So expect it to work as a walkie-talkie for sure :P

Anywho - this post is also to let my blog visitors know that you can now instantly  message me if you see that am online on the widget I installed on the sidebar of this blog. (Please  comment on the blog though)

You need a GPRS connectivity on your cellular phone to use this application. Different telecom providers have different GPRS plans that may or may not allow you to use Fring and other high-bandwidth consuming applications. If you have the GPRS plan which allows you to surf the web on your laptop, you should  probably be able to use Fring.