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24th August, 2005 at 17:03:24 -

okay google starts taking over the world
at least over the internet world which i am pretty fine with
first there was gmail and now there is google's very first instant messnger (i am rather sure many of you already know so but i couldnt find a thread on tdc)
so yeh http://www.google.com/talk/ go ahead and check it out
if you feel like adding me or something (ha) mr.michael.paul

 
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24th August, 2005 at 17:56:42 -

I found out about it yesterday, but until more people I know start using it, I'll stick with AIM. Till then though, my names GoldenSonic3000, so if you want to message 'me', there you go.

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24th August, 2005 at 18:05:24 -

Who's going to migrate way from their current IM software to use this? All my friends use MSN and I don't envisage a max exodus to Google Talk any time soon. I don't know what Google are aiming to do with this. Everyone is cemented into their current software: if you download and use this one, it'll just be because it's a gimmick. I'd use it if it let me sign in and talk to people on the MSN protocol, until then, I don't see the point.

 
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24th August, 2005 at 18:11:14 -

Thats exactly how I see it, because Yahoo Messenger doesnt seem to be doing any good againced AIM or MSN either, so like you said Pete, I dont see why Google even tries. These 2 messengers (MSN & AIM) are already near, if not already at the top of messager service, so I doubt anyone's going to jump down to a lower level if new people are all at AIM & MSN, & people using MSN & AIM arent going to jump down to anything else unless all there friends do as well.

 
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24th August, 2005 at 18:29:06 -

I actually wouldn't be surprised if GoogleTalk caught on. Gmail seems to have created a buzz amoung some of my friends and other things Google related seem to be "cool" for some reason (maybe because they are, such as the GoogleEarth program). And Google is such a popular portal, if they promoted something like that on thier homepage and it was actually a good messenger I bet a lot of people would switch to it. Also I'm always reading about new google services in major news magazines for some reason.

 
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24th August, 2005 at 18:44:19 -

tonybritton@gmail.com here

and yes, its definately going to catch on. its google.

 
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24th August, 2005 at 19:00:54 -

All the other stuff Google has done has had a unique selling point. Gmail gave 1 GB of space, for example. In fact, what else have they done that isn't somehow search related? Not a lot is the answer. Google Maps provides an interface for local business search, and Picasa and Blogger were around before Google bought them. What's unique about Google Talk? It being Google isn't enough. If it were VERY good, the best IM program ever created, then sure, that's unique, but I don't see how they can re-invent the wheel the same way they did with search. Time will tell, of course.

 
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25th August, 2005 at 00:26:27 -

This isn't a new instant messenger, it's just a Jabber frontend that lets you use your GMail login. I already use AIM and MSN, and since Trillian supports Jabber anyway, I'd use Google Talk as well if it were able to sign in over my proxy.

 
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25th August, 2005 at 03:03:52 -

I go with the flow, and since AIM seems to be the regional favorite in Hawaii, I wont be switching soon.

 
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25th August, 2005 at 05:48:05 -

I heard on the news yesterday that if you have a Gmail account you can make free phone calls and send free text messages to anyone in the world.

 
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25th August, 2005 at 21:20:43 -

isn't there an instant message program that is compatable with all of the individual messegers?

 
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25th August, 2005 at 22:19:52 -

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25th August, 2005 at 22:52:08 -

If it works with TizzleTalk then I'm happy.

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25th August, 2005 at 23:01:23 -

tizzletalk sucks shit

 
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26th August, 2005 at 02:18:15 -

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