Google Talk

[karenlyn]

Has anybody here tried the free calling now available with Google Talk? I make a lot of long-distance calls, so I was wondering how well this works for people.

[kadhal]

you mean to phone ? I have used google talk for voice chat and it is bad. I prefer skype or yahoo anytime.

[proxops-pete]

for phone calls?? that's a news to me!

[palefrost]

Do you mean skype? http://www.skype.com/?utm_source=google/US/search&utm_medium=ppc&utm_campaign=brandusxx/usbrande&utm_term=skype/exact&utm_content=644545324&cm_mmc=google/search-_-brandusxx/usbrande-_-skype/exact-_-US/644545324

Ive heard about this and am watching it closely. so far i heard it can go in and out with sound. I also heard that alot of scammers are using it to call people and pretend to be credit card companies to get the account information. It does sound like a great idea and a great way to save money to talk to people long distance.

[karenlyn]

No, I don't think it's the same thing as skype... it's something new by google. Unless... are they the same thing? If so, sorry!

[tater03]

I have never heard of this. I will definetly have to look into it. I was thinking about looking into Skype. But I have heard good and bad things about them. Thanks for the information.

[ninikins]

Never heard of it either! I just use skype - it's reliabe and seems to work great for me.

[keith]

GoogleTalk can't be used to call landlines...
are you sure of that?

[Case]

GT does not call landlines does not have the feature at all.... Skype does have free callign to land lines for this year only

[palefrost]

I heard google just bought youtube. they are really branching out fast and i hope its not to fast. So many directions and none of them are related isnt a good thing for a business. I really hate when one company buys up everything around them.

[keith]

I read about that too.... it is really getting on my nerve.
I don't want to end up 10 years later, every single site is Google Trademarked.

[karenlyn]

So GoogleTalk doesn't allow calls to landlines? The article I read was a little misleading.

I like Google. I don't necessarily want everything to be Google Trademarked, either, but it's a company that I trust and respect.

[tater03]

I just heard this morning that down the road Google could be sued because of copyright laws. There are alot of videos on youtube that did not get permission to put these utube. Never really even thought about that aspect of utube. I'm with you in the sense that I like Google but I don't want to see them buy up everything and then wherever you turn it will be all be Google related.

[jayadev]

Yes, I have tried Google's phone service. It's clear and very good. But like any Internet services you need high speed broadband service where the line is stable otherwise the call might drop and voice quality may suffer. But this is a cool feature.

[heena]

I have used google talk for voice chat,Google Talk is a Windows application for Voice over IP and instant messaging,Instant messaging between the Google Talk servers and its clients uses an open protocol,The Google Talk client is currently only available for Windows .

[brightparis]

It sounds interesting. I have heard of it but never tried it.

[elle08]

google talk is good only if both of you uses it.. you cant use it for long distance landline calls.. use skype instead.

[corporatebee]

I use Google talk for chat all the time but for phone conversations I've only used Skype and has been as clear as a bell, even though internet connection in NZ and in China leaves a lot to be desired. I've had a couple of strange calls/skype messages too but I guess if you don't know who they are it's best to ignore them.

[branorac]

Hi folks what is better now Gtalk or Skype ?