iPhone + fring = winner

Posted by Disruptive Wireless on April 20th, 2008 - 11:04 pm

Based on my questioning a very small sample of 2 ardent iPhone users (my cousin and my father), the new early-release fring VoIP client is looking like a major winner. I had a play with it yesterday, and the interface looks impressive, and the voice quality & ease of use on SIP seemed pretty good, although my dad was having glitches getting his SkypeOut working on it.

The downside is that at the moment it's only working on jail-broken iPhones, but given the apparent fervour among Apple-istas for it, I'd hope that Cupertino sees sense and makes sure it gets certified as an official app through its developer programme ASAP.

Apart from a very early Truphone demo last year, this appears to be the first major VoIP release for the iPhone. Will be interesting to see what the other players - Truphone, Skype, the enterprise players like Cisco & Divitas etc - do in response.

Original Source: Dean Bubley's Disruptive Wireless

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Dean Bubley is the Founder of Disruptive Analysis, an independent technology industry analyst and consulting firm, and the author of the Disruptive Wireless blog. An analyst with over 14 years’ experience, he specialises in wireless, networking, and telecoms fields. His present focus is on wireless technology, especially the evolution of mobile device architecture & software, fixed-mobile convergence, IMS, SIP, wVoIP, shifts in service provider value chains, enterprise mobility, in-building technologies, wireless broadband, and the integration of cellular and WLAN. He was formerly an equity analyst, covering communications and software stocks with Granville Baird, the UK arm of US-based investment bank Robert W. Baird. Mr Bubley has extensive experience in both published analytical research and bespoke consultancy, and speaks regularly at industry conferences and vendor events. He holds a BA in Physics from Keble College, Oxford University.