OrangeSoul Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Buried in this NYT story by John Markoff, which touched on Google Sidebar launch (covered in the post below): it plans to unveil on Wednesday a "communications tool" that is potentially a clear step beyond the company's search-related business focus. While executives would not disclose what the new software tool might be, Google has long been expected to introduce an IM service to compete with services offered by AOL, Yahoo and MSN. Last year some rumors arose that Google's IM platform and client would be based on the open source Jabber protocol. And then, Markoff raises his pet speculation: a Google phone, based on the acquisition of Android and a Google-branded smart phone has long been a pet project of founder Larry Page, and earlier this year Google invested $2 million in a project by Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the M.I.T. Media Laboratory, to develop a $100 wireless laptop. Google IM Google Phone Google Laptop :wacko: http://www.paidcontent.org/pc/arch/2005_08_22.shtml#015451 http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/22/technology/22google.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soham Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 lol nice find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeSoul Posted August 22, 2005 Author Share Posted August 22, 2005 lol nice find 586416042[/snapback] found it on DiggNation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Tablas Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Google is starting to turn into the next MS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumy Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 nooo...its going to be the next ms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xp1ode Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Google is starting to turn into the next MS 586416100[/snapback] Which would be a great thing for customers, just in case they also ever decide to make their own OS, then it means more choices for the consumer. Also we would have another company competing to make consumer computing all around better. Let's see what google decides to bring out for us now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Tablas Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Yeah I guess you're right.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Don't forget Google Wi-Fi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bawx Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 They should honestly stick to the search engine. Won't they start slacking and Google will start sucking? I don't want to use MSN. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuBar. Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 It's a free country, they can do whatever they want, which follows the law and regulations of business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigurd Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 I would definatley use Google IM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhav Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 competition with MS is great. i mean look at how many new and innovative (albeit similar) features MS, Google and Yahoo have come out with since google started becoming really popular. the more pressure google puts on MS, the more MS has to do to stay competitive, and the more it'll do for free :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 looking forward to trying it out, just hope it's not another google security/privacy problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
505 Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 I would definatley use Google IM 586416134[/snapback] Why??? You already know it's that good. And besides, it a messanger, it's only usefull if other people use it. Otherwise you're just an island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigurd Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Why??? You already know it's that good. And besides, it a messanger, it's only usefull if other people use it. Otherwise you're just an island. 586416184[/snapback] I guess i am what you would call a Google FanBoy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajputwarrior Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 i remember when people used to say AOL was going to be the next M$, definitely google now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lare2 Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 I guess i am what you would call a Google FanBoy? 586416335[/snapback] Brutally honest (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glowstick Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Here's hoping that Google does indeed use XMPP. I'd like to see ICQ, YIM and MSN die finally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted August 22, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 22, 2005 id love to see Google make an OS that should bring down the MS OS prices a bit :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Mantia Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Why??? You already know it's that good. And besides, it a messanger, it's only usefull if other people use it. Otherwise you're just an island. 586416184[/snapback] tons of people jumped on the gmail bandwagon, and you know what, google's instant messenger might just use those addresses/names and it'll be easier, already a user base. you never know. that's why. people used gmail as soon as they could, what makes you think people wont use google's instant messenger like that? // Lou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Blue01 Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 We don't need another IM! What would their OS be based on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathiasdm Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 We don't need another IM!What would their OS be based on? 586416463[/snapback] Linux, of course :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
505 Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 tons of people jumped on the gmail bandwagon, and you know what, google's instant messenger might just use those addresses/names and it'll be easier, already a user base. you never know. that's why. people used gmail as soon as they could, what makes you think people wont use google's instant messenger like that?// Lou 586416453[/snapback] It's called the 'network effect' Some technologies are only usefull when a certain critical mass is using it. GMail is still e-mail, and there were already billions of users using it - there was already and critical mass. A Google IM system will need to have a critical mass first before it can be successfull. Without any other users to chat with it is completelu useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoop Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 It might be just my computer that does this but when i type http://whatever.google.com it says it doesn't exist, but if i type http://talk.google.com it redirects me to googles own 404 page saying google.com/talk/ was no found on this server :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sn00pie Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Google is the bestest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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