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Fring introduces group video calling for mobile devices

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Friday, April 29th, 2011 at 5:22 PM PST

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Phone calls were a great way to keep in touch with friends from afar, and group or conference calling took it to a whole new level. Then video calling came around with apps like Fring, and it just raised the way we communicate another step. This time around, Fring is introducing a first for mobile video calling — group video calls.

Pocket-Lint reports:

Fring also lets you make free two-way video calls, voice calls and chat with friends, and is happy to work cross platform on Android and iPhone/iPod touch, as well as selected Nokia smartphones.

“Fring leap-frogs sluggish, expensive PC group video calling solutions by giving users the world’s first mobile Group Video service, free,” said Avi Shechter, co-founder and CEO of Fring.

“There is no reason why users need to run home to their PC in order to have a ‘spontaneous’ video call with their friends and family. Users love seeing all their friends at the same time, on one screen, but want to be able to do it, when and where they want.

It’s cool to have group video calling now that nearly every new smartphone is being equipped with front-facing cameras for video calls. The more, the merrier – right?

The app is available in the Android Market and the iTunes App Store and it’s totally free. To see more of the app in action with the new features, check out the video below.

[Via: Pocket-Lint]