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| 2007-11-02 16:09 |
| FREE IDD to talk to the world! |
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| active, afforable, call, cheap, contacts, data, email, file, internet, internet telephony, pfingo, push, remote, rss, skype, storage, sync, voip, webcam, wifi |
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pfingoTALK lets you use your computer and internet connection to communicate with anyone, anywhere in the world. pfingo delivers a suite of fixed mobile convergence services running on mobile, PC and the Internet.
Sign up now for your pfingo account to enjoy the following services:
1. Free-for-life pfingoMAIL account with basic 400mb storage 2. 3 months FREE trial subscription to pfingoTALK with unlimited free incoming calls and outgoing calls to pfingoTALK numbers 3. S$3 of free IDD and SMS credit 4. Your choice of a pfingoTALK number (worth up to S$100) that you can be reached on from any phone in the world! 5. 3 months free trial subscription to pfingoACTIVE [1] which includes free push email, push news and stock feeds, mobile instant messaging, contacts and calendar synchronization, 100mb remote storage and much more! 6. SMS to Singapore at only 5 cents per SMS. 7. myGlobal number 'Private' subscription waived for 12 months. So what are you waiting for? Click here to register now and free your life today!
Have a great day!
The pfingo Team
[1] pfingoACTIVE is now been replaced with pfingoMOBILE
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Congratulations to Elynn Xu of China on being the first of our monthly lucky winner of a brand new Nokia E65 mobile phone in our sign-up draw! Residing in China, Elynn signed up with pfingo to stay in touch with her boyfriend in Singapore without incurring expensive IDD charges (shown collecting the prize on her behalf).
There are still 2 more Nokia E65s to be won so sign up for pfingo today and keep your pfingers crossed!
You may just be the next lucky winner of a brand new Nokia E65 mobile phone!
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Today, pfingoTALK has achieved full interconnectivity to all of Singapore's major operators - SingTel, M1 and StarHub. What this means to you is that you can be reached on your pfingoTALK "3"-series number from any phone in Singapore, including M1 mobile lines! Also, when you call any SingTel, M1 or StarHub number, your pfingoTALK number will automatically show up on the recipients Caller-ID.
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We started trials of pfingo services one month ago and we want to thank you for providing us a lot of valuable feedback about what you liked and where you thought we could do better. So we have been hard at work at trying to incorporate as many of your suggestions as we could and we are glad to inform you that we are announcing the newest releases of our pfingoTALK and pfingoACTIVE [1] software today! What's new in pfingoTALK PC Softphone v2.4.2RC? - Corporate connectivity support Using pfingoTALK in the office? The pfingoTALK PC Softphone now provides initial support for firewalls and proxies.
  - Forgot your PIN? When you upgrade the pfingoTALK PC Softphone in the future, it will never forget your PIN again! In the meantime, we have put in a handy link to fire up the pfingoTALK web portal so that you can get the PIN resent to your email.
 - Incoming call alerts Have you been missing your calls because you have turned your PC speakers off? A pop-up window will alert you when you have an incoming call.
 - Calling from Call History View the list of people who you made calls to and who called you by clicking the Call History button. You can even easily make a call to any number on the list simply by double-clicking on it!
 - Tool tips What do all those buttons on the PC Softphone do? Get quick help when you mouse over the key pad for a quick tip on what that button is for. Download the NEW pfingoTALK PC Softphone v2.4.2RC from http://talk.pfingo.com/. What's new in pfingoACTIVE [1] Mobile Java Client v3.1.0RC? - Giant address book support and improved search Do you have thousands of contacts? No problem! We have improved support for large address books and search is now available immediately when you launch the contacts application. We have also reorganized the way search works to make it even more user-friendly! - Improved RSS support Want to read the full news article instead of just the headlines? Click Options and select Go to URL to have your phone's default browser launch automatically to view the entire article. - Improved power management The new pfingoACTIVE [1] Mobile Java Client now has improved power management to reduce battery consumption even while you are connected to pfingoACTIVE. [1] Now you never have to log off again! - Faster on your phone Some users have experienced sluggish response from the application on certain mobile phones like the Nokia N95. The new pfingoACTIVE [1] Mobile Java Client fixes these issues and just flies on these phones! Get it now! Download the NEW pfingoACTIVE [1] Mobile Java Client v3.1.0RC from http://active.pfingo.com/en.jar from your phone! What's new in pfingoACTIVE [1] PC Desktop Client v3.1.0RC? - High performance Microsoft Outlook support The pfingoACTIVE PC Desktop Client comes with a brand new Microsoft Outlook plug-in that support multiple profiles, enhanced security and improved performance for those of us with lots of contacts, tasks and calendar data. You will never be out-of-sync again!
 - Improved stability and user interface The new pfingoACTIVE [1] PC Desktop client fixes stability issues on some systems and is even more intuitive to use with improved user interface elements. Manage and share your files easily Along with your free upgrade of your online storage from 10mb to 100mb, you can now drag and drop multiple files you want to upload, manage and share your files easily and even pull their files down to your desktop. Don't miss this upgrade! Download the NEW pfingoACTIVE [1] PC Desktop Client v3.1.0RC from http://active.pfingo.com/activedesktop.exe. [1] pfingoACTIVE is now been replaced with pfingoMOBILE
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We've had lots of feedback from Mac users that the pfingo website did not work well with the Safari browsers.
Our developers have done the necessary to ensure that all the codes are accepted by Safari.
Next in line, we'll also look into ways of making the other pfingo applications work with the Mac as well!
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FEEDBACK
Responding to feedback from many of the pfingo trialists, pfingo has enhanced the mail consolidation features by giving users the option to enable and disable it on demand!
ACTION REQUIRED
For those users who have previously setup POP3 fetcher on the webmail interface, now they need to explicitly enable the service as this has been set to be an “Opt-in” option for users to select.
This allows users to setup and control when/which of their accounts will be AutoPOP’ed and thereby allow them to control the amount of mail “pushed” to them especially when they are leaving on overseas holidays etc.
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thanks for the informative article Gin!
Just a slight correction to let everyone know that pfingo works with Wireless@SG as well! :) Tech Tip: On your WiFi enabled phone, connect to Wireless@SG WLAN and login to your Wireless@SG account through the phone's web browser. After that you can attempt to make a pfingoTALK Internet call just like how you do so in office or home wireless network. More detail steps will be made available in your pfingo account soon!
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The New Paper, Singapore
Let your pfingo do the walking
March 30, 2007
THANKS to a new service by StarHub called pfingo, you will soon be 'pfingering' your phone a lot more. With pfingo, you can, among other things, chat on Windows Live Messenger, make unlimited local calls using an Internet connection (Voice Over Internet Protocol or VOIP) and even access files from your computer. It can be accessed on both the GPRS/3G networks as well as the Wi-Fi networks.
3G offers 'anywhere' access while Wi-Fi is a cheaper alternative if you already have an unlimited broadband line at home. However, it won't work with the nationwide free Wireless@SG service - at least not right now - or at any access point that requires user authentication. The service doesn't just work with StarHub devices, it is a universal service that works on all mobile networks worldwide. It's like a Blackberry or Google Calendar service. There are actually three pfingo services. pfingomail is a free web e-mail service. You have the option of paying for the ad-free version. pfingotalk is the VOIP service. I used the Nokia E65 trial handset to call a friend and the voice quality was very good, almost as good as your normal handphone calls. GET THE WORKS pfingoactive [1] is a software that you need to download into your handphone first. It's a suite of mobile applications which include push mail and Internet chat. pfingoactive [1] launches in a matter of seconds. But you also need to go to the pfingo portal to configure your e-mail accounts, Windows Live Messenger account (it works only with Windows Live for now) and RSS news feeds. The pfingoactive [1] desktop software will allow you to synchronise the details in Microsoft Outlook with that on your handphone. This is an 'over the air' synchronisation that used to be the exclusive feature of corporate networks. Now, anyone can do it. If that's not cool enough, check out its remote file access capability. Again, with the pfingoactive desktop running on your PC, you can access all the data on your PC from your phone. Navigating the folders and files on pfingoactive is just as fast as doing it on your PC. That's because only the file and folder structure is transmitted. Only when you choose to download a file does the entire file get transmitted to your phone over the Internet. If you aren't comfortable with exposing your hard disk drive, you can choose to upload the files you need to your personal 10MB online storage server and then access them using pfingoactive. It takes time to learn to use pfingo though and it is not for the impatient. But once you get the hang of it, it is amazingly cool. Right now, pfingo is still in the beta testing stage and you can sign up to be a trial participant at www.pfingo.com. - Oo Gin Lee [1] pfingoACTIVE is now been replaced with pfingoMOBILE
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just to leak a little bit to some of you who have been faithfully reading our developer's blog......
we know that a common past time that most of us have is watching TV.. so guess what?!!? we've incorporated a huge 600 pixel wide TV screen right smack in the middle of the monitor... it's going to double up as a super navigation as well. It'll be where you can get easy access to all the information that you need..
how do we know that you'll love our TV screen?
well, one of our colleagues dog LOVES the pfingo TV so much that he practically sat in front of the laptop and watched the TV screen busy playing all the animations away.... Check it out:
too bad this was not captured on video.
Coz you'll love the last bit where he couldn't take it anymore and tried to lick the monitor when he saw the chattering teeth...
haha.. stay tuned for more....
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Extracted from CNET Asia Review: http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/handhelds/ontheradar/0,39050970,61998899,00.htm
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Sure, we've had Pushmail, Internet telephony, instant messaging and remote file access services. But to house them all on a single client interface? That's something new and possibly one of the first to market.
StarHub Singapore has started a three-month closed trial for a select group of 30 users to test out its new mobile service concept and platform. The beauty of pfingo as we were told at today's press briefing is that it's not tied to any operator nor any phone, which means if you're on MobileOne or SingTel (in Singapore), you won't be left out when the service becomes commercially available.
Registering ourselves on the pfingo portal was a breeze and we get to pick the number we want. Before we continue, signing up for the service means you'll get a new eight-digit mobile number that begins with "3" instead of the current "9" and "8". This number forms the heart and soul of pfingoTALK which works regardless of your location; it allows you to talk for free (to any pfingoTALK number) when connected to a Wi-Fi network and any Singapore number for a monthly flat rate.
The two other services, pfingoACTIVE [1] and pfingoMAIL, activate Pushmail (up to five accounts), RSS feeds, instant messaging, remote file access and synchronizes with Microsoft Outlook for Contacts, Calendars and Tasks. Our main concern was with the data charges involved when we connect to either GPRS or 3G networks in the absence of Wi-Fi. To that, StarHub claims pfingo's services use a highly efficient data compression so the actual number of bits transferred is actually smaller. As to how that pans out in actual use, we'll update nearer to the end of the trial.
At press time, StarHub Singapore had no indication of the price plans involved, though users can expect the service to roll out over the next few weeks.
[1] pfingoACTIVE is now been replaced with pfingoMOBILE
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Want to be the 1st to know when pfingo is officially launched? Log into http://www.pfingo.com and leave us with your email address! Be the 1st to test drive pfingo!
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