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Google Talk Optimized for iPhone

Thursday July 3, 2008 9:57 am PDT by Arnold Kim
Google announced a new version of Google Talk optimized for the iPhone. The web-based chat client allows you to instant message with others.

- Chat with your Google Talk contacts in real time. Send and receive instant messages in chat sessions with your contacts.
- View and search for your Google Talk contacts. See the availability and status message of your contacts and change your own status on the go.
- Go off the record if you don't want to store your chats. Off the record chats are not stored on Gmail.

iPhone users can visit www.google.com/talk in Safari.

The appeal of these web-based clients, however, are coming to a close. With the release of the App Store next week, we expect to see multiple versions of instant messaging to become available as native applications for the iPhone.
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avigalante
Posted: 47 months ago
Just checked it out -

Done nicely and very neat, just as the GMail web-application offered from Google. That said, as the web-app stands, it is difficult to tell when a chat is selected in Google Talk (e.g. the blue highlight bar in the iPod).
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jhkaplan
Posted: 47 months ago
Just tried this, it's really nice, but nothing that JiveTalk cant do. Looking forward to somethign like this in the app store, with audio notifications.
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SkippyThorson
Posted: 47 months ago
Yup, just gave it a shot as well. Personally, I think it is very nicely done - but not exactly what I'm looking for - I never really used Google Talk. I may give it a chance again here. Good job Google!
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wakerider017
Posted: 47 months ago
Kind of late to the game...

I would imagine most people will be moving away from web-based messaging apps in the next few days.
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dark-saito
Posted: 47 months ago
I checked the Link to see if it may be compatible with the iPod Touch... It seems not but I would gladly appreciate if someone can prove me wrong! -crosses fingers in hope-
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iPhoneDave
Posted: 47 months ago

I checked the Link to see if it may be compatible with the iPod Touch... It seems not but I would gladly appreciate if someone can prove me wrong! -crosses fingers in hope-


Try browsing to this from the touch:

http://talkgadget.google.com/talkgadget/m
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dark-saito
Posted: 47 months ago
Thanks for the link, but I don't have an iPod Touch yet :( I get it tommorrow but anyone with one who visits that site please let me know if it works!
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aethelbert
Posted: 47 months ago

Thanks for the link, but I don't have an iPod Touch yet :( I get it tommorrow but anyone with one who visits that site please let me know if it works!

It's the same browser... If it works on one, it works on the other.
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WPB2
Posted: 47 months ago
Anybody planning on using the VoIP app by iCall on there new 3G iphone. I sure will.
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roland.g
Posted: 47 months ago

The appeal of these web-based clients, however, are coming to a close. With the release of the App Store next week, we expect to see multiple versions of instant messaging to become available as native applications for the iPhone.


I think this is the real story here. SMS is now not included in the data package of the iPhone 3G but soon IMing will be a reality. Sure not everyone out there will have phone based IMing but most have SMS, but maybe this will be the beginning of the end for SMS.
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