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GTalk (standlone) - Windows, Blackberry GTalk (Gmail) - Windows, Linux, Unix, BSD,Mac OS X,Windows Mobile
Windows, Windows Mobile, S60 on Symbian OS
Operating systems not supported:
GTalk Standalone app - Mac OS X, Linux, BSD, UNIX
Blackberry, Mac OS X, Linux, BSD, UNIX
Encryption:
No
No
Built-in games:
No
Yes
Third party add-ons:
Yes
Yes
Unicode (UTF-8):
Yes
Yes
Voice messaging and Mail:
Yes
Yes
Web cam Support:
Third party add-on
Yes
Themes / skins:
Yes
Yes
Multi-account support:
No
Yes (with Yahoo! IDs)
Latest version available:
1.0.0.104 (January 1, 2007)
8.5.1302 (Windows XP/Vista),1.0.6141 (Windows Live for Nokia S60)
Toolkits or SDKs:
W32
W32
File transfer:
Yes
Yes
Message logging:
Yes
Yes
Google Talk, also known as GTalk, is a Windows and web-based application for voice over internet (VOIP) and instant messaging, offered by Google Inc. It was released on August 24, 2005. It uses an open protocol, XMPP, allowing users of other XMPP clients to communicate with Google Talk users. VoIP in Google Talk is based around the Jingle protocol. Many other XMPP clients are compatible with Google Talk, and support a variety of other platforms.
MSN Messenger is a freeware instant messaging client.it currently ranks 2 after AIM/ICQ. It was developed by Microsoft in July 1999. It was renamed Windows Live Messenger in February 2006 as part of Microsoft's Windows Live series of online services and software. MSN Messenger is often used to refer to the .NET Messenger Service (the protocols and server that allow the system to operate) rather than any particular client.
