Google Talk for the iPhone

Google has just announced Google Talk for the iPhone (and iPod touch). You won't have to wait for the App Store to use it, since this is a web app designed for the iPhone's browser (remember when Apple wanted us to believe that web apps were just as good as fully native apps? My how times have changed).

All you have to do is point your iPhone to www.google.com/talk and soon you'll be chatting away with your Gmail contacts. Since this is a web app, Google Talk for the iPhone only works when it is the active window in Mobile Safari. Close the web broswer, or switch to a different window and you'll show up as unavailable in Google Talk.

[via Lifehacker]

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bugga

My favorite of the web apps for AIM/Yahoo/ICQ/Jabber/GoogleTalk/MSN/ is BeeJive.. it's a free to use web app for the iPhone/iPod Touch. They also have commercial apps for Blackberry and WinMo phohes.

I've tried Meebo and was underwhelmed by it.

http://www.beejive.com
http://iphone.beejive.com

July 03 2008 at 3:10 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

tevetorbes

Now we just need gTalk to support SMS like AIM does and we'll be set!

July 03 2008 at 2:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Chad Zeluff

uh...

meebo.com???

Supports MSN, Gmail, AOL, ICQ (gawd, besides pedophiles who uses ICQ, honestly? :P)

July 03 2008 at 2:23 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

eTron

If your iPhone is unlocked just use the new Agile Messenger. Has AIM, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber and I think more. Great interface too! Crashed on me once or twice, but its a very nice app.

July 03 2008 at 12:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Nash Deshpande

Fring rocks.... Been using it on my jailbroken phone for a month now and it totally is the best IM solution out there I've seen. Lets you do VoIP over WiFi and it lets u chat with ur google talk people as well. Also, Skype, Yahoo, MSN, AIM, etc. They should probably do a notification one in the AppStore sometime later.

July 03 2008 at 12:42 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Scott Gardner

Does not appear to work with Google Apps...yet.

July 03 2008 at 11:37 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Dave

Seems pretty responsive. Doesn't work with Google Apps accounts thought. :(

July 03 2008 at 11:27 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

nickdrj

I wonder what a drain it is on battery life, the activity indicator is running non-stop, it must be refreshing constantly because you get messages right away.

July 03 2008 at 10:51 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Semisans

Very nice, looks & works fine.
But i think i'll stay with iChabber, it stays connected in the background.

http://code.google.com/p/ichabber/

July 03 2008 at 9:57 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Stu J

roll on september to the availability of the notification system.

With that in mind - is it worth signing up to MobileMe with the basis of push email, or would you hold off until the push notifications became available for third-parties and then hope gmail provide a push option?

July 03 2008 at 9:53 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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sleepyfox

I missed that - where was the date of September mentioned for the delivery of the notification system?

July 03 2008 at 10:09 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Stu J

In the keynote speech

July 10 2008 at 5:45 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply