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Google Talk Comes to the iPhone

by Terrence O'Brien on July 6, 2008 at 09:06 AM

Google Talk Comes to the iPhone
Sure, the iPhone has had various ways of letting you chat with friends via just about any instant messaging network you want. And hey, there are even a number of solutions out there that will let you manage all your chats from one application, like eBuddy, Meebo, and Fring.

But what if you want to limit yourself to one instant messaging network. And one with as few people on it as possible? In that case, the official Google Talk gadget for the iPhone is here to answer your prayers.

Okay, maybe we're being a bit harsh. We actually really like Google Talk and its integration with Gmail, etc, but the iPhone version lacks AIM integration, so it looks like we'll still have to use more than one program to access all of our chat contgacts. Plus, to use the GoogleTalk for iPhone app, you have to have it constantly open in Safari and have Safari active. This means if you switch apps to check your calendar or contacts to share information with someone via Google Talk, you'll have to make yourself inactive on the service and you won't recieve instant messages until you bring the GoogleTalk page back up.

The whole thing seems only moderately useful to us. [Source: Official Google Blog]

Tags: chat, google talk, GoogleTalk, instant messaging, InstantMessaging, iphone apps, IphoneApps, mobile chat, MobileChat, summernews

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