Rumors abound that Google is gunning for the Instant Messenger market, dubbed Google Talk. I won’t be surprised if the rumors are true. Google’s market share is so large that they can penetrate just about anything related (sometimes even remotely related) to the internet quite easily.
The bigger question here is how IM users would welcome this new service? There are quite a lot of them already — ICQ, AOL IM, Yahoo! Messenger and MSN. There are also 3rd-party clients (multi-protocol) which supports mulitple sessions of these IMs — Jabber, Trillian, and Gaim are the more prominent ones.
The very first IM I used was ICQ back in the late 1990’s. Then, I moved to YM and MSN, both of which I simultaneously use now. What will make me move to Google Talk or open up a 3rd IM on my task bar? What other new features are we looking for?
We’ll see how this goes when it launches this Thursday (Wednesday in the US) as speculated.
On a related note, Google Sidebar is out and available with Google Desktop. Complete review here by Technoogle.
Update: And so the rumors were true! Full review with screenshots can be found at Download Squad.
P.S.
Add me to your GTalk: abeolandres
P.P.S.
Please add my friend to your Gtalk: teweesa ;)
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mr nice ash says:
if GTalks will not be as bad as YM, then i will surely go on with it.
YM, as it continously enhance its features, more entertaining, is also throwing more downsides. Uses a lot of memory, hangs once in a while, and more issues on UI as I experiences.
AIM is faster, well, realiable for Instant Messages.
MSN is a way similar to YM.
Jaypee says:
while we expected it to be out Thursday, Google released it today. I’ve downloaded and installed it already. :)
Jaypee says:
added you up sir! :)
minor says:
too bad hindi ako maka connect maybe im just using dial-up connection.. :(
mr nice ash says:
@minor
Please double check your connection settings.
minor says:
hmmm detect proxy automatically.. kasi 50.5 kbps lang connection ko, gagana po ba yun?
minor says:
ei add me up, rrul****@****.***
Prem says:
If Google Talk will seriously implement the Jabber protocol, it will be a revolutionary step in instant messaging. Google Talk will allow gateways to its network and to other networks, independent servers. This will make instant messaging uncentralized, distributed, and open.