fring Mashes Up Users Social Circles

fring has announced the launch of a new version of its social community and communication service that combines each contact’s separate online social communities into one profile on the users’ mobile phone.

fring enables users to talk and chat with their Internet instant-message buddies on Skype, GTalk, etc., and experience their favorite online communities like Facebook and Twitter, among other services, from one integrated, searchable fring contact list. The new fring version combines a user’s multiple IM contacts into one dynamic profile, which shows each friend’s current availability at a glance and enables interaction, all directly from this combined mobile profile.

fring also now offers hints to alert users when a friend from their regular phone book or Internet community contacts is also a fringster, so they can add them easily to their fring friend list.

The new version is currently available for Symbian users; Windows Mobile and iPhone support is coming soon.