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looks a good service but you need a gmail account to use. If you need a gmail account PM and ill send you one over.

Anyone using this yet then? I feel like Billy No Mates at the moment.

Crumbs! Another chat client, as much as I like Google, I'll stick to MSN for the timebeing.

i tried google talk, it's fine, and google seem to be going for internet world domination or something so i'm sure it will improve quickly, but for the moment i'll stick to skype and msn.

I agree, it's a saturated market, and this doesn't seem to have got too many people excited with the 3 big players already there.

At least they are using an existing, open protocol (jabber).

Originally posted by tslogf74
Anyone using this yet then? I feel like Billy No Mates at the moment.

If you want to try it to talk to me, add sfrich@gmail.com.

That goes for anyone else who wants to try out Google talk as well :)

so what makes this 1 stand out from all the rest? i mean msn is so packed full of features i cant really see what is left to offer.

Originally posted by Craigy
so what makes this 1 stand out from all the rest? i mean msn is so packed full of features i cant really see what is left to offer.

MSN is crap for voice chat IMO, and not that good for webcams either..

Google Talk and Skype excel in both these areas.

well i have skype so i guess i have no reason to get google talk then....

I'll stick to Trillian for the minute i think.
I've not tried GoogleTalk yet but I'm told that it is pretty poor at this stage. No doubt it'll become much better in the next release :)

anyone tried the new yahoo messnger. Everythign that skype charges for it gives for free plus sms integration,looks good at first glacne