Just learned from Markku’s site that Google now has its own messenger called Google Talk. Of course, I excitedly downloaded it and immediately invited my friends.
Here’s my first Google Talk conversation:

Here are mentions and reviews of Google Talk on other blogs around the world:
Just tested Google Talk: neat, still a bit basic, more open and as clear as Skype…
Google Talk live!
Google Talk Has Been Released
Google Talk, the next best IM?
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Google Talk has a great UI, though it’s perhaps not meant to compete with the current offerings, Yahoo! or MSN or AOL. Love it. I added only a few people in it so it can be used strictly for work 😉
I need someone to talk to using Google Talk. If you have a few minutes so I can test it out, I would appreciate it very much.
(One friend couldn’t log on to gmail and another’s microphone worked for about 2 seconds.)
Thanks
Jonathan
enge po talumpati plsss kht ano lng….kht maikli lng po…
busy kasi ako masyado ehh…
tnxxx….
Hey, thanks for the trackback. Would be curious to see if you think you will continue to use Google Talk versus Yahoo!, AIM, Skype, etc.
Sure, Apol. 🙂
nakadownload na rin ako. hehe! add kita ha?