Google reecently announced that their flagship Instant Messenger - Google Talk, is now available for anyone to try. It is no more necessary to have a Gmail account to try Google Talk. All you need is an email address; you can login to Google Talk with any non Google accounts too (of course with some limitations compared to google account).

Mike Jazayeri, Product Manager, Google Talk, listed the reasons for
giving the service a try, besides the easier sign-up process:

*  free and crystal clear voice calls to your friends and family
   anywhere in the world
*  transfer files and folders to others
*  free voicemail messages
*  IM from your BlackBerry

“There are, however, still some features including chat histories and mail notifications that will only work if you sign into Google Talk with a Gmail account,” Jazayeri wrote.

The Google Talk client is lightweight when compared to their competitor’s bloated IMs. Also its just so minimalistic and up to the task. I can’t wait for the day when MSN and Yahoo contacts can also be imported/collaborated with Google Talk. Microsoft have recently made a tie-up with Yahoo to collaborate MSN Messenger with Yahoo Messenger. Can they do the same with Google as well so that all 3 major IMs are collaborated to make the users life a lot easier?

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