Google's instant messaging

[priyanka]

Hi guys,
One more new product from Google. Looks like google is going to cover each and every area of Internet giving a tough comeptition to Microsoft,Yaho,AOL :rolleyes2 .
It will be a combination of keyword chat with voice capabilities.
For more details check out:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationw...191504.story?coll=la-tot-promo&track=morenews

It's getting launched on wednesday.

 

[notnamed]

It was available for download for a short period of time. Download Squad got ahold of it... 900k! Man, talk about beating the bloat.

 

[striker]

It alrdy is available for download right now. www.google.com/talk/

 

[Bruce]

http://talk.google.com

I probably won't bother with it myself though... haven't even really gotten around to using Google Mail yet.

 

[striker]

True dat, I don't see this replacing MSN Messenger or AIM anytime soon as they alrdy have such big user bases. Unless there is a huge incentive to switch....

 

[MBCassie]

It looks pretty interesting. I doubt I can find anyone to talk to on it though.

 

[Corazu]

It's pretty cool.. I've got my friends on it.. I like it..could use a few more features ;ike grouping..

Regards,

 

[Blank Verse]

I've said it before, I'll say it again. My friends use MSN. Therefore, I use MSN. Why would I use AIM or Yahoo or this new Google thing when no one I talk to has any of these? I couldn't even tell you the last time I (or anyone) used ICQ.

 

[Corazu]

I use MSN mainly..but a lot of my friends are switching to Google now..I like it myself..

Regards,

 

[Matt8]

I just don't see any of my friends except my "geeky" ones moving to Google Talk. Therefore, I see little use to. Maybe it can be added in Trillian though, like they mention on the FAQ page, then I can use it easily.

 

[uzzer]

i think it would be better if it connected msn, yahoo and ICQ users together, if you knoiw what i mean

 

[Space Ghost]

I can't login

 

[Robert]

When trillian adds it to their program, then I will use it.

 

[Bruce]

When trillian adds it to their program, then I will use it.

Google Talk uses the Jabber protocol so Trillian (Pro) already supports it.

 

[niv]

I wonder what else Google has up its sleeves. They sure know how to do PR, that's for sure.

 

[Mandrake]

When trillian adds it to their program, then I will use it.

If/when Miranda supports it, then I'll use it.

 

[leatherchair]

i can log on. who cares, its not like 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 use it any way.

 

[foo2thabar]

I wonder what else Google has up its sleeves. They sure know how to do PR, that's for sure.

Cheese graters with penguins drawn on them.

You know it'll sell.

 

[stabme]

anything that supports jabber supports google talk.

this is what caught my eye, though...

Another big feature they're working on is "joint search," which would allow two or more Google Talk buddies using Google and surfing the web together.

 

[aggiedude]

I am a google supportor. I hope to try this out. Maybe swtich some ppl to it so I can use it. But until then I am stuck with AIM. But it is not that bad. Just not the most featured!