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August 24, 2005

Waiting to Talk

Google Talk is no longer a rumor. Here my brief early morning review.

Google Talk only provides a Windows client at the moment but you can connect to the service using other Jabber/XMPP capable IM clients on operating systems such as Mac and Linux. Google is planning on bringing the client out on other operating systems in the future. Installing and setting up the client (Windows) was as easy as expected. After entering my Google account details, the Google client automatically detected my proxy and connected up to the service. The client also acts as an email-checker and notifies you of any email in your Gmail account. A click on the "inbox" link automatically opens the browser and takes you to your email. The settings dialog reveals the abitility to monitor connections and settings for audio (input and output). Unfortunately I don't have a microphone connected, so I won't be able to use that bit at the moment.

Voice calling would seem to be limited to those people on Google Talk at the moment - but Google has more planned - as noted in the developer document.

We do not have details at this time on when federation will be enabled. But we are working closely with Earthlink and Sipphone to federate EarthLink's Vling service and Sipphone's Gizmo Project with the Google Talk service as quickly as possible, while offering the best possible user experience.

We are using the federation opportunity with EarthLink and Sipphone to develop a set of guidelines by which all members of the federated network can work together to ensure that we protect our users while maximizing the reach of the network.

Now I need someone to talk to :-) - I'm "mlangham" in case you're online.

Posted by Matthew at August 24, 2005 09:17 AM

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Posted by: Adrian Sutton at August 25, 2005 12:36 AM