Yahoo, MSN, Skype WATCH OUT! .....Goggle is talking

Google Talk

Okay they are full of suprises...but this! Google talk? an IM and VOIP app.
I must say these guys are a true technology company.
This tool is all about simplicity the very trademark of Google. It doesn't have all the bells & whistles of the Yahoo and MSN messenger but yet delivers its promise- VOICE, IM & email
I tested it & GOD it is so so so smooth.
WHY?
coz its simple.....as in simple to the core
Comparing its stability to the other MSN, Yahoo and Skype is like comparing the stability of notepad to MS word.
Although MS word has lot more functions, the pay off is getting a couple of crashes from time to time....
well its so simple that you can't send a file to another gmail user theres an email function to take care of that. :(


My take on this is that this is the best way Google can guarantee the success of its web based email service still on beta testing: GMAIL.

As it is; the gmail notifier is integrated with Google talk and so seamless communications is guaranteed.

I don't know what other competitors are up to but news has it that Skype (with 51 million users) will open up its instant messaging for integration into web sites and software apps like music playing programs and multiplayer online games.

Yahoo has recently been very aggressive in advertising the voice capabilities of its messenger but this is still yet to impress me.

Google seems to be going the way of skype in terms perfection in technology, but at the same time it has the strategy of MSN and Yahoo in terms of integration of IM, email, search and VOIP which is the future.

My prediction is that GMAIL will be coming out of BETA very very soon. This is what will launch it.

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