One of the easiest ways to keep in touch with multiple social network contacts without changing services.
Free A must-have for the social butterfly
his excellent app is designed I multiple social networks (and that's most of us) stay in touch with their contacts without having to flit from one service to another.
So if you have friends on GoogleTalk, MSN Messenger, AIM, ICO, Facebook, Yahoo! Buddies and Twitter, you can see their details and updates from the Fring interface, as well as the contacts in your phone's address book.
On top of that, if offers free video and voice-calling to other 'fringsters' viaVOIP The interface is a joy to use, and we had no trouble getting the hang of it.
although it is another example of an Android app with a love-it-or- hate-it quirky logo and styling. You may prefer the more staid design of rival service Nimbuzz.
Fring works well. Once installed, you set up an account and import your contacts into your Fring friendlist (we tested it with Twitter and Messenger and didn't hit any stumbling blocks).
This becomes the first page you'll see when you boot it up. From here you can keep up with status updates, chat live and make calls.
The 'Switch' feature means you can keep abreast of multiple friends at a touch of the screen.
Real social butterflies can set Fring to automatically load when they turn on their phone. Of course, the app has to use your device's web connectivity to work, but its engineers have thoughtfully included the option to connect by 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi. So, find a Wi-Fi hotspot and you can make calls for free.
There are a couple of chinks in its armour, however. At the time of writing the Facebook add-on that iPhone users can install is absent from the Android platform.
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