Google Talk on your mobile phone

O

onionpeel

Senior Member
Joined
Sep 22, 2003
Messages
515
http://www.mobiletechnews.com/info/2005/09/06/123724.html
Posted: 06-Sep-2005 [Source: MessageVine]
[MessageVine releases Mobile IM solution for Google Talk.]

Boston -- MessageVine released today the industry-first Mobile IM solution for Google Talk(R), the brand new IM and voice-communication service by Google.

MessageVine's Mobile IM client for Google Talk is an always-on, secure real-time communication application based on rich presence information. MessageVine's Mobile client offers the same friendly and intuitive user experience as offered by the Google Talk's PC client.

MessageVine's Mobile IM solution also offers connectivity to other public IM networks such as MSN, AIM, Yahoo! and ICQ. MessageVine's solution for Google Talk is available on a wide range of mobile platforms such as BlackBerry(TM), Palm OS, Symbian OS(TM), Windows Mobile, J2ME and BREW and offers advanced features such as integration with Gmail.
 
bwana

bwana

MyBroadband
Super Moderator
Joined
Feb 23, 2005
Messages
89,382
Ah to be stateside - while it would probably cost a fortune to run here considering that we have the holy-trinity - in the states they have real competition.
 
F

Flint

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jun 2, 2005
Messages
266
There's a free South African product that does something very similar (I just have not been able to get it working with google talk), MxIT. Have a look at www.mxit.co.za.
There are also a number of other IM solutions out there that work across a wide range of handsets (MxIt is J2ME based, so it runs on just about every phone released over the last 2 or 3 years)-and they can save a huge amount in messaging costs. Compare the cost of sending SMS's to sending the equivalent text over GPRS and you'll see what a difference it makes. The trick is just to get everyone you SMS regularly using one of these products as well ;)
 
B

bees

Well-Known Member
Joined
Oct 23, 2004
Messages
490
Flint said:
There's a free South African product that does something very similar (I just have not been able to get it working with google talk), MxIT. Have a look at www.mxit.co.za.
There are also a number of other IM solutions out there that work across a wide range of handsets (MxIt is J2ME based, so it runs on just about every phone released over the last 2 or 3 years)-and they can save a huge amount in messaging costs. Compare the cost of sending SMS's to sending the equivalent text over GPRS and you'll see what a difference it makes. The trick is just to get everyone you SMS regularly using one of these products as well ;)
Click to expand...

Or get Agile Messenger, and log in with your MSN account.

http://www.agilemobile.com/
 
TheRoDent

TheRoDent

Cool Ideas Rep
Joined
Aug 6, 2003
Messages
6,218
Wow. Someone that has a Java applet that understands the Jabber protocol releases it for J2ME on a phone and claim they're they first to do Google talk on a mobile? Hah.

Thank god we're not all fooled by crap like this. I mean, it's not like there hasn't been plenty of J2ME clients available (http://www.mjabber.com/, http://gryf.info/mobber, ) ALL THIS TIME!
 
Last edited:
qdada

qdada

Expert Member
Joined
Nov 19, 2003
Messages
1,416
Do these application threaten cell company's revenue model at all ?

If I understand the implications of this correctly, it means one should be able to "GoogleTalk" another user, 3G handset to 3Ghandset?
 
Last edited:
O

onionpeel

Senior Member
Joined
Sep 22, 2003
Messages
515
qDot, both parties need to have the application installed and both have to be online (connected) at the same time. Imagine if people had to launch an application to send OR receive a SMS. This would, in effect, be like the mobile chat programs, but seeing that SMS functionality is integrated into handsets and the mobile network, all subscribers are already 'online' so to speak.

With network enabled IM (Instant Messaging), PTT (Push To Talk) (also know as PoC - PTT over Cellular) or Presence Enabled Services, all compatible handsets are automatically online and communication can happen at either party's request, just like SMS.
 
S

sparklehorse

Senior Member
Joined
Jan 29, 2005
Messages
705
Yeah like TheRoDent said... it's nothing new. There are plenty of jabber/xmpp protocol clients. But GTalk requires TLS and you have to use their server. Not all clients support this.
All the jabber clients I tried on my phone did not work - but I only tried those that are freeware.
The whole IM thing is such a mess - I hope google is big enough to bring it all together.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top