Google Talk ReviewWe 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.
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.
|
|
| Latest Web Forums Discusses |
| You cannot specify a board that doesn't allow guests. Please check the board ID before trying again. |