Google Talk

[mouser]

Anyone tried Google Talk yet?

http://www.google.com/talk/

Google Talk enables you to call or send instant messages to your friends for free–anytime, anywhere in the world. Google Talk offers you:
Choice: Get in touch how and when you want to–over email, IM or a call
Quality: Talk through your computer but hear your friends as if they were in the same room
Convenience: Your Gmail contacts are pre-loaded into Google Talk so inviting or talking to your friends is just a click away

[rbeeger]

Yeah, looks good. No bloat. Minimalistic, just comunication without file sharing and the other crap.
Do you need a gmail invitation? I have a whole bunch left.

[zridling]

I just loaded it, and it requires a Gmail account to chat. However, invitations are freely offered from within Google Talk. Cool.

I read somewhere, but could not confirm that Gmail is now open to the public.

[rbeeger]

I read somewhere, but could not confirm that Gmail is now open to the public.

-zridling (August 25, 2005, 08:16 AM)

Doesn't look like this to me. There is no "create account" button or something like that on http://www.gmail.com . Anyways I have 50 invitations left. Just PM me your e-mail-adress and you'll in.

[zridling]

Found it. Here's a BusinessWeek article on Google Talk, and at the bottom in the last paragraph:
"But starting today, invites are no longer needed to get a Gmail account."

Not sure if that only applies to users in the US and UK, though.