I’ve been using Google Talk for a while now, and very recently, I have more or less been using it as my primary online communication tool (with the exception of email). Since my move over to full-time web-based email through Gmail, I have found that using Google Talk is very useful productive. And since many of my usual contacts are using Gmail acocunts anyway, Google Talk just makes it that much easier to contact them and plan things (through Google Calendar).
Up until now however, Google Talk was kinda bare-bones, meaning that it was purely for chatting purposes only. It didn’t have some of the other features of other chat clients, like file transfer, for example. Well, the old Google Talk has come and gone, and the new Google Talk test version includes several new and useful features like file transfer (YES!) and a voicemail feature. It also has a way for you to include what you’re listening to at the moment in your profile, which is kinda pointless I guess, but it’s cool I guess.
Check out what’s new in the latest version of Google Talk, and then download it from here. When you install it, hit me up on it. Talk to you guys later!
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*EDIT: HOLY CRAP! The voicemail option is sooooooo awesome! The voicemail comes into your inbox as flash audio. There’s virtually no loading time whatsoever. Check out the image below to see what it looks like in your inbox. EVERYBODY MUST DOWNLOAD AND USE GOOGLE TALK NOW. I INSIST ON IT!!!!
*EDIT AGAIN: You can leave a voicemail up to 10 minutes long. HOLY MOLY. Google is going to take over the world! This is so fun!
