MobiK lets you send free SMS messages from your PC or your mobile to your friends. In addition it also lets you earn “K dollars” for every friend that you refer. You can exchange your K dollars for mobile services and a huge range of really cool mobile phones, music players etc.
The signup process is pretty simple and involves sending a verification code to your mobile phone. Once you complete the initial signup process your account has 100 K dollars by default. Then you can download the application to your mobile phone and use it to send SMS to your friends. In order to send SMS from your mobile phone , you need have a mobile phone which supports Java. A really nice thing is that your friends need not have the application installed on their cell phones in order to receive messages sent by you.
Every time you invite a new friend, MobiK gives you an additional 100K. Inviting friends is easy too, simple import your friends from the several social networking/email sites which they support and send an email invite. Future plans include surveys and contests, which bring in more K dollars to your account.
So what does MobiK get out of this? MobiK earns its revenue from small ads delivered along with the SMS message that you send. So if you don’t mind those, you can have a real fun time and save a lot of money too.
You can register for a MobiK account here.
MobiK - Free SMS from your PC or mobile phone
Fring - Free voice calls and more...
Fring is a really cool mobile VOIP application which lets you make voice calls, exchange instant messages and get real time presence information about friends, wherever you are.
It currently supports messaging and making calls to your Skype®, MSN® Messenger, Google Talk™ , Twitter and fringsters friends! The application setup is pretty simple. Fring supports EDGE, GPRS, 3G and Wifi and the call quality is decent even on EDGE data connections . The application is available for free from the fring site http://www.fring.com/.
Fring does not require any proprietary hardware or airtime, and works with phones purchased through any mobile operator. Fring also supports SkypeOut and hundreds of SIP-based services such as GizmoProject, VoipCheap, VoipStunt, Free World, even from non-SIP enabled handsets, enabling cheap local and international VoIP calls to contacts’ PCs, mobile phones and landline numbers.
Fring claims to use very little data over the network. The one for symbian phones consumes ~8MB for a 60 min mobile-VOIP call with just 0.05KB fring overhead per instant message and and ~10KB per hour connectivity.
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Once a connection is established it gives you detailed information about your phone’s battery power, firmware version, signal strength, missed calls details etc. All your phone’s content (inclusive of messages, games, themes, and images) are available easily in a familiar explorer like interface.
Transferring data to and from the phone is very easy too. You can talk to your callers using your computer headphones and microphone. It also allows you to send sms from your PC.
On your phone you are provided with a menu based interface with which you can control your PC. It allows you to control a wide range of applications such as Winamp, PowerPoint, Explorer, etc. And if all this isn’t enough, you can write your own scripts too! And this quality software comes for free!
Bluetooth provides an additional advantage over a cable connection as you can easily control you power point presentations from your phone , or control your music playlist from wherever you are (you should be within Bluetooth range of course :) )
All these features gives the SE phones a huge lead … at least in the low end category where Nokia phones come with hardly any good quality PC based software support.
