google to launch IM system

Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:16 pm

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/08/23/google.messaging.reut/index.html

Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:31 pm

GIM has some really nice features. One of the best media sharing mods in the IM field. Wonder however, if the will release the P2P features found in some alphas?

Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:31 pm

Ugh.. Just what we need... Another im

Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:34 pm

google is going to take over the world

Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:29 pm

Originally posted by Ldsmith104
google is going to take over the world

sure looks like it

Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:32 am

Funny, I read this thread, did a search for it on google news, and CNN.com has an article saying it has been released and it even has a link to the page.

http://google.com/talk/

download it bitches!

Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:35 am

woops...thats a lie...it wasnt CNN, it was Search Engine Watch

Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:19 am

googlesoft

Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:55 pm

Yeah, we need another one so we all can't talk to each other.

Wed Aug 24, 2005 7:23 pm

I can't wait for GoogleOS.

Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:45 am

I don't have a gmail account :mad:

Thu Aug 25, 2005 2:30 am

Originally posted by Ldsmith104
I don't have a gmail account

would you like one?

Thu Aug 25, 2005 3:00 am

I can invite anyone who wants one just PM me or email me at paulhinrichsen@gmail.com

Thu Aug 25, 2005 4:19 am

Tons of invites here also. Just pm me your email address.

Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:46 am

I have a gmail account but rarely check it since most people I know are already familiar with the 400 other email accounts I have. Even after using gmail, I guess I don't understand what the hub-bub is. What's the advantage to using it over anything else (like say, an account through an ISP that I use Outlook with)?

Anyone try out GoogleTalk yet? Any plusses or minuses compared to AIM or any other messenger? Hell, for voice chat I've been using Skype or a personal TS server with my gamer buds. Google's any better for one-on-one voice chat?