Remember back when everyone was speculating about the launch of Google Messenger? Yep. That day is here. I downloaded Google Talk but haven’t installed it yet. I think it’d have the most impact for me personally as part of a multi-service application like Trillian. Unfortunately, it only works with Trillian Pro. Darn.
Whether I splurge for the Pro upgrade will totally depend on how many friends/contacts adopt Talk as a primary IM client. Google is super late to the game and there doesn’t seem to be any compelling reason to switch, from what I’ve read on various blog reviews. But it’s a mistake to count Google out. We’ll see…