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Nadeem Unuth

Make Calls from Facebook with TringMe's New App

By , About.com Guide   October 21, 2009

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Using voice on Facebook is a means to make communication more fluid between you and your buddies or business contacts, and also to save on cost. TringMe is a rich VoIP service that has the particularity of offering Internet calls through a softphone that is web-based; meaning that you don't need to download and install any application. It is loaded in a web page, over Flash. This makes it easy to integrate into Facebook.

The application is rather rich with features that are quite handy for a place like Facebook: it lets you make and receive phone calls, send SMS, allows callers to leave voicemails, and gives you TringMe widgets to place on your profile page on which your contacts can click to call or SMS you. These widgets are commonly referred to as click-to-call widgets.

How to set up TringMe for Facebook? It is rather simple. Go to this page. It first asks you to log in your Facebook account if you are not logged in yet, then on your request, it rather automatically configures the Call and SMS service. You first need credit, for buying which a direct link if offered. You can buy for as low as $5 and pay via PayPal. The TringMe page on your Facebook account has all the features on it, with the softphone and SMS interface. Share your views with us on how best to use voice on Facebook.

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