[asterisk-users] Fring: Open VPN client to be installed on the mobile, which mobile?

[Jerry Jones]

On Oct 27, 2008, at 3:01 PM, Andrew Kohlsmith (lists) wrote:

> On October 27, 2008 02:01:43 pm Jeff LaCoursiere wrote:
>> Speaking of fring, I just got my brand new iphone 3G. Anyone have any
>> comments on how well fring or any other sip client (siphon?) works on
>> iphone?
>
> I do not like fring.  It's buggy, it's unstable, it looks "goofy" --  
> but I
> have to say that yes, the SIP client appears to work.  It won't  
> reinvite off
> of their servers, though, so your audio path goes through them all  
> the time.
>
> I need to learn how to write iphone apps and just write a simple
> straightforward SIP phone for it.
>
> -A.

I second this.

Yes it is difficult to find a plain SIP client not tied to a service.
siphon is the best I have found so far.