GOOGLE TALK REVIEW : | | FAQ
 
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

username, password for forums login
search for : Google Custom Search
home windows linux mac os x software how-to features tech & tests downloads videos forums blogs mail
web 2.0 newsletter signup youtube channel mail signup        
HOME REVIEWS TIPS & GUIDES FORUMS BLOGS  

Google Talk Review

We review one of best available VoIP software on internet. We will also tell you how you can use Google Talk without Gmail account. Find our impressions and information’s by reading Google Talk Review

Sep 01, 2007 02:05 AM

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Google continues to diversify its activities. Launched in 2005, Google Talk is software of transport and voice on IP (VoIP) which is posed in direct competitor of MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and Skype.

It could have been called Google Messenger, but Google preferred to mark the difference by naming its software of instantaneous transport Google Talk. The goal of Google Talk is to attack the software which dominates today the market such those of Yahoo, MSN and AOL. But it is not all, since Google Talk proposes functionalities of VoIP you are able to speak easily on Internet with your friends. This time, it is famous Skype which is aimed.

google talk interface from our google talk review
Google Talk main interface

Size of Google talk is small (900Kb) and installation is very fast and easy so you will not have any kind of problems even if you are beginner in this kind of installation. After installation is finish you sign in with your Gmail account (you need to have Gmail account to use Gmail) and are immediately presented with your buddy list. As you can see from above image there's an Add Friend button and “Search all Contacts” field which searches both your Google Talk and Gmail contacts, and a drop-down under your name that lets you set your available/unavailable status and messages. You can also find Inbox button which takes you to Gmail, Helps and Settings.

If you still don’t have Gmail account you do not have to worry because you can also sign up to our Google Apps account where you will be able to download Google Talk and start with your chat.

Just like for its software of diffusion of videos to the request, which was based on Videolan, Google chose for Google Talk to use an already existing system and which more is free. Indeed, Google Talk exploits protocol XMPP, created and used by the free software Jabber. In fact, Google Talk is immediately compatible with the software Trillian, Gaim, Pidgin, Miranda, but not ICQ, MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. As regards VoIP, Google on the other hand uses a protocol made house derived from XMPP.

Google seems ready to open this protocol to allow an interworking with other software, which will remain to be proven. In addition, Google envisages to establish protocol SIP and the possibility of quantifying the communications from here the final version.

It still misses many functionalities with Google Talk, which is usable besides only if one has a Gmail account (that curiously points out times not so remote where one needed a Hotmail account to use MSN Messenger). When Google Talk proposes the emoticons and other smiley like MSN Messenger, or the call towards fixed telephones like Skype, one will then have complete software able to make much lay with his competitors.

 

Bookmark del.icio.us digg google talk review Digg this! Share on Facebook

 


advertisement

  Latest Web Forums Discusses
question Web 2.0 competitors
August 12, 2007, 12:10:02 AM by burnout
There is a huge number of web 2.0 website like dig.com, del.icio.us, youtube.com etc… Mostly I use these three but what...
2 comments | Write Comment

xx spyware doctor vs. msn virus
June 25, 2007, 12:15:40 PM by dave
Hello

I makes this topic for those which are to annoy with a small awkward virus which this propagates via...
0 comments | Write Comment
 

  Google Product Reviews
Google Earth Review
Software developed by Google, allowing traversing the Earth by images satellite, in 2D or 3D. It is also possible to carry out research (restaurants, hotels, etc. and to consult road routes.
Google Desktop Search Review
Google Desktop Search, the tool of research on hard disk published by the famous search engine Google. Indeed, you can download, free of course, the final version of the software. Google Desktop Search is a software which indexes (a little with the manner of a search engine) the documents, but also the emails, present on your computer. It then makes it possible to very quickly carry out research locally.
Similar reviews
Windows Live Messenger Review 29.10.2007
Yahoo Messenger 8.0 Review 20.07.2007
Skype 3.2 for Windows Review 19.05.2007
 
search web for : Google Custom Search
home | forums | blog | web mail | windows | mac | linux | software spotlight | how-to features | techs & tests | web 2.0 reviews
Google Talk Review at SoftwareTipsPalace.com
About Us | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Advertising Info | Contacts | FAQ's | SiteMap   Software Tips and tricks rss
Copyright © 2008 SoftwareTipsPalace.com. All rights reserved.