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August 24, 2005

Google Talk: Another Quick Look

During a long day of being in transit from London back to New York, I had a chance to take another look at Google Talk and I have used it for a number of IM chats and voice conversations with friends.

My quick take aways:

- Googlesq in design. Lightweight, Simple.
- Integrated into Gmail and Gmail Address book. Nice.
- Signal Strength meter. Interesting.
- Free form Presence Status (like Yahoo!)
- Still missing some very basic IM/Voice features.
- Don't like seeing the ads.

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it is good,but all my friends using the ICQ or MSN,how can i use it,google talk?

Posted by: skyper at August 26, 2005 06:39 PM

What Ads??? From the Google Talk "About" page:

11. Do I see ads when I use Google Talk?

We aren't showing any ads on Google Talk. There are no pop-ups or clutter—just a clean and simple interface to make it easy for you to communicate instantly with your friends

Posted by: Richard at August 24, 2005 09:51 PM

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