EQO: mobile instant messenger and cheap VoIP calls on symbian

Yet another mobile VoIP service provider with Instant messenger for mobile phones. EQO is with Symbian Beta Program for Nokia S60 3rd edition phones. With this application you can connect with your friends on GoogleTalk, Yahoo!, AOL, MSN, ICQ instant messengers using your mobile. Symbian Beta Program supports following Nokia smartphone models: 3250, 5500, 5700, 6110 Navigator, 6120, 6121 classic, 6290, E50, E51, E60, E61, E61i, E62, E65, N71, N73, N75, N76, N77, N80, N81, N82, N91, N92, N93, N93i, N95.

Other than Symbian EQO VoIP and IM application is available on Windows Mobile, Motorolla, Blackberry, Palm, Sanyo, Sony Ericsson too!

Download EQO instant messenger and get connected!

YouTube released mobile application for smartphone users.

Last time we checked for the emTube and TCPMP player with FLVplug to run YouTube on your handset. This time YouTube itself released its own application for mobile. This is a J2ME application which supports MIDP 2 devices. This application is currently compatible with few Nokia models of S60 series, 6110, 6120, E65, N73, and N95; and some Sony Ericsson smartphones, including the k800 and w880.


Download this application from m.youtube.com/app site from your mobile.

Earlier, YouTube released a mobile version of beta website and working pretty good on iPhones.

No need to learn foreign language ..your mobile will speak and translate for you!

Sounds interesting? Yeah, now your mobile will translate and speak for you.

Coolgorilla, mobile and ipod software providing site have the software to download. Go tocoolgorilla.com and
check for Mobile Phone Talking Phrasebook. If you are surfing from mobile then click for coolgorilla.mobi. This is talking phrasebook which you can install on your mobile. It currently supports French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese and Greek. It will be very useful application while traveling in those countries. Right now Talking Phrasebook available for Nokia and Sony Ericsson handsets. Hope they will release J2ME and window mobile version (cab)!

Google Talk now has bots for translation. You can try it, just add en2fr@bot.talk.google.com bot in your friend list. Talk to bot. whatever you will write for this bot in English, it will be translated to French and displayed as a reply message. And there are total 23 translation bots. ar2en, de2en, de2fr, el2en, en2ar, en2de, en2el, en2es, en2fr, en2it, en2ja, en2ko, en2nl, en2ru, en2zh, es2en, fr2de, fr2en, it2en, ja2en, ko2en, nl2en, ru2en, zh2en. What you need to add ‘@bot.talk.google.com’ after these bot names. Rule is "[from language]2[to language]@bot.talk.google.com"

Now, how can you use it with mobile? Simple, use fring. Add those bots in gtalk buddy list and subscribe/login to gtalk using fring on your mobile. Now, you have them on your mobile.

Cool! Isn’t it?

Running You Tube, FLV videos on Windows mobile and Nokia Symbian.

I was searching for running youtube videos on windows mobile from long back. But whenever I was pressing run video link on youtube TCPMP player was not supporting with showing error in format. Grrr.. what to do?

Then, while searching for flv player for windows mobile, I came across TCPMP FLV Plugin , an open source plug-in developed for TCPMP player. Download this TCPMP with its FLV plug-in and start using the YouTube. One thing you need to make sure that you have an unlimited internet data plan on your mobile, because these videos will take lot of bandwidth.

TCPMP player supports multiple audio and video format supported, however this is closed open source project. Commercial version for this is available as CorePlayer. TCPMP player is only for windows based systems only.

Now, if you have other than windows mobile how you can surf and view videos on your Nokia mobiles?

Yes, it has a solution. emTube is freeware application for Symbian based mobiles. It is written by Sebastian Jedruszkiewicz. If you like this application, you can donate the author.

Fring added Yahoo! And AOL IM for Windows Mobile.

Earlier Yahoo and AOL IM supported for Symbiam OS and UIQ handsets. Now it’s supported for Windows Mobiles too! Yeee, now I can talk with my disconnected yahoo friends too after a long time and it will work on my htc s710 ;)

Do follow steps to run this new Fring service
1. Go to Download link for fring http://www.fring.com/download.
2. Download and Install Fring on your Windows Mobile
3. Log into to your account
4. Click Options > Settings > Configure Services > Scroll down and subscribe for the service you would like to use

Enjoy your wide VoIP connectivity now!

Mobile VoIP: How you can make use of your handset to make VoIP calls (Voice over Internet Protocal)?

What will you need?

1. Handset with internet connectivity, at least EDGE or Wi-Fi enabled.
Even if you don’t have 3G handset, don’t worry. You just need to take care that your handset should be EDGE or Wi-Fi enabled. Then for Wi-Fi, you need to search for hotspots and call within the range of WiFi network. For EDGE (Extended GPRS), You need to activate service from your operator.

2. Application installation provision on handset.
Better to have Symbian OS, Windows Mobile, Blackberry phones or Android OS (yeah, it's not yet launched ;)) These OS will allow user to install applications and many applications are already developed considering these OS. Install those to avail VoIP calling facility on phone.

3. If you have greater connectivity on handset with 3G (W-CDMA etc) or WiMAX network that will be the best.
W-CDMA is a replacement for EDGE with greater bandwidth. As per the report from the research firm Disruptive Analysis, 3G VoIP will draw more than 250 million users by 2021, as compared to less than 100 million voice users on Wi-Fi. Wireless internet access will improve soon with WiMAX technologies, which has greater range than wi-fi. For scalability, try to buy to 3G handsets.

Current problems in VoIP -
1. Many basic handsets doesn't have provision to install VoIP application

2. Even if handset has provision, Telecom operator have control over VoIP call, like they will not allow those calls from server or they will keep high price for the Internet connectivity using handset. T-mobile warns their customer that if they found customers making VoIP calls using their 3G handsets to truphone VoIP numbers, they will restrict the internet access for them.

3. There is no standardization among VoIP providers. From operator to operators they will charge for VoIP calls. In fact they allow making VoIP calls freely on their own network.

Things are changing in VoIP
Fring like mobile applications are the revolutionary step in mobile VoIP platform. It is not only creating common layer for Instant Messaging but also enabling VoIP call from Fring network to IM buddies. For Fring, you just need to log in and subscribe for Gtalk, Skype, Yahoo, AOL IMs.

Google and NTTDoCoMo will work together in Japan, Yahoo is concern!

Google and NTTDoCoMo are about to sign a deal.

NTTDoCoMo is the Japan’s leading mobile phone operator. i-mode, NTTDoCoMo’s wireless internet service is very popular in Japan and gradually increasing popularity worldwide. It has almost 48 million customers in Japan and over 5 million in the rest of the world.

This deal will be an exposure to Google search and Google App services on its handsets of all customers who are using i-mode service. Using Google apps NTT DoCoMo will give the provision of the email to its customers.

This deal is really gonna affect Yahoo search the most. Japan is one of the Yahoo’s search market where it is leading Google search by more than 35%.

Fring with Yahoo IM & AOL IM now! Twitter made easy!

The coolest mobile application ‘Fring’ is now with Yahoo Messenger and AOL’s AIM. Right now only chat is enabled for Yahoo IM and AIM, no voice calls yet! Hope soon they will implement that too! Download it from fring. After downloading and installing new fring on your, if you are wondering why fring is not showing you Yahoo IM and AIM in its service subscriptions option then you must be using other handset than Symbian and UIQ. I tried with HTC S710 and its not yet started.

However, fring started supporting on Nokia N81, 82 and N95 8GB handsets recently.

Twitter on fring is the ultimate use of twitter. Fring will add Twitter as friend in friend list. As any of your folks write some mocro-blog, it will update you with one instance of IM. As you will write a text chat for the Twitter, it will be updated as a post. So, now onwards write blogs as you move.. ;)

Micro-blogging everywhere anytime! Download Tinytwitter on your mobile now, Free!

A micro-blogging website with social networking features, which allows you to write blog for 140 characters on its website using SMS, IM, emails. You can also use some applications like Twitterrific for writing micro-blogs on Twitter.

Recently, It tinytwitter.com have a application for your mobile which will allow you to post a micro-blog on the Twitter. Versions are available Freely are

1. Older Java enabled phones (MIDP 1.0)
2. Windows Mobile Pocket PC
3. Recent Java enabled phones (MIDP 2.0)
4. Windows Mobile Smartphone

Now, keep blogging and let friend know what are you doing while mobile.

Fring! Now, more Nokia handset supported.

Fring, Internet VoIP based telephony company is making good impact in Social Mobiling by providing their application on various Symbian and Windows Mobile handsets.

Fring basically works on Symbian OS version 8, 9.1, 9.2, and Windows mobile 5 & 6. Nokia & Sony Ericsson handsets have Symbiam and HTC, HP & Motorola have Windows mobiles OS. Most handsets are compatible with Fring using these OS. Yet some handsets are facing some issues.

Recently, Fring made compatible with some of the Nokia phones.

With Symbiam OS 9.1: Nokia 3250, Nokia 5500 Sport, Nokia E50
With Symbiam OS 9.2: Nokia 6120, Nokia 6121, Nokia 6110 Navigator, Nokia 6290, Nokia N76, Nokia E90

You can check here if your handset is compatible with Fring by selecting handset from the list. If not then send Fring team a request!

So, if your friends having those handsets and are not on Fring, then ping them now. Install Fring and enjoy Free Internet telephony!

Fring Me! Cause, your friends want to know, where are you?

Social Networking is now spreading on mobile users. Fring, a leading VoIP based internet telephony network expanding their products base with some innovative ideas.

FringME enables your friends in social networking websites, visitor coming to your blogs to reach and find you on your fring-enabled mobile from anywhere on the web. Now, It doesn’t need to have fring on their mobile to connect with you. They can simply know it from web.

What you need to do is to use the FringME widget in your blog or in online community or on your website. It is just a few line HTML code to paste in there. This will enable visitors to know whether you are online, offline or busy on call using Fring. If you have GPS enabled handset, they people will come to know your location too on Google Maps. Off course there are privacy settings in Fring application for the same.

Where ever you are now, you will be connected with your pals and they will be connected to you using Fring and FringME. And it’s Free!

Fring! Make free VoIP calls all over the world, Connect to Google Talk, Skype, ICQ over your handset

Making Internet calls and chatting was never before so easy and free on mobile.

By enabling Internet on your handset, you can make VoIP calls all over world and can use text chat with your Gtalk, MSN, Skype and ICQ friends. And this can be done by only installing 'Fring' on your mobile!

Fring is a mobile application uses your mobile Internet connection. It works in Wi-Fi and 3G networks seamlessly. Even, you can use it if you have enabled GPRS or EDGE connection on your handset. Fring is compatible with Symbian 8, 9.1, 9.2, Windows Mobile 5 & 6 and UIQ handsets.

Fring is peer-to-peer (P2P) Mobile VoIP based internet telephony network, using which we can make VoIP calls to other Fring users for free. If you are subscribed to Gtalk, Skype using Fring then it is also possible to call over PC-based messenger. Fring enables mobile to mobile calls, mobile to landline calls, and mobile to PC calls including integration into major instant messengers. Check Fring’s cost saving and data consumption here. It is also possible to make a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) calls using Fring even if your handset doesn’t support SIP. You just need to have account with SIP providers

Fring is nominated for the Productive Mobility category in the Sony Ericsson Content Awards.

Check some good new stuff on fring.com.

Happy fringing!