People don't even realize how much they can save and how EASY it is to install Skype for their phones!Usually when you are traveling, the most urgent things are handled by calling but otherwise with email. But nowdays, you can use Fring as a mobile Skype over wlan (as well as on 3G). I'll tell you a bit more about that later on, but it's really really simple.
In fact it's a very beautiful system, I'll guarantee
you that! Usually the biggest problem is that people don't want to hassle with anything new, but I think if you calculate your yearly savings with using Fring/Skype, it's definitely an eyebrows-rising-effect. But first I'd buy the most updated and the fastest phone there is for that; the Nokia E71, and don't worry about the cost, it'll be payed back in no time. (Also it's good to add to the bunch the Mail for Exchange for a real-time email, don't ask me why, just do it, it's comparable with the Blackberry experience, plus you'll get the Fring... Also make sure you have an unlimited data-plan, so you are charged only a fixed amount on a monthly basis for that.)So, after purchasing the phone, download the Fring, it's super-easy! Just go to: http://www.fring.com/download/
and go from there accordingly.
And here comes the best part, the Fring doesn't need you to update anything, e.g. you are chatting at the office using the wireless internet (wlan) and then when you change your location, the Fring automatically uses the second fastest option you have, such as 3,5G or 3G. Voice conversations (Skype) need to have at least 3G in order to transfer the data for the conversation. Text chatting on the other hand can be done with a slower connection (edge and gprs). When you have a Fring to Fring conversation on the E71 in a wlan area, it's really clear and fast. You can't tell if it's a Fring or just a "normal" telephone-call. It becomes the norm pretty fast and you start to ask people can we change the conversation using the Skype instead and then you'd want even some more, like Fring supporting videocall, Fring receiving links you can open with your phone-internet-browser...etc. Using Fring is really fun and easy!So whenever you've subscribed into a wireless network, may that be provided by your local Starbucks or for example the Union Square San Francisco, the Fring then onwards automatically switches to the network that is available in the preference-order you've selected. The preset is to find wlan, then 3G, etc.. but you wouldn't have to worry about this at all.
When I'm at the office the Fring automatically connects me to use the office wlan, then when I'm off to a lunch, it is being automatically switched into using 3G and I still get Skype-calls in and text-chats for sure, but you really need to have a good connection for the 3G-call though. Usually it's just fine. So all this for a fixed price when you have an unlimited data-plan! So there's no charge for making nor receiving the call.
p.s. I'm always curious about the radiation values, the SAR-values as they call it. The lowest SAR-value for the Nokia E71 is: 1.33 W/kg and the highest is: 1.53 W/kg. As a comment those can be actually quite alot when the highest should be only 2.00 W/kg in Europe. I don't know the regulations on the actual measurement but if the new ip-phone-protocol is being also implemented on this measurement, it might mean that the wlan-function radiates the highest. And usually it's the one that drains the battery the most in any case, so... But if you have a better view on this, please send me an email, I'm always curious about SAR-values:
paulallenthethird@hotmail.com
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