I have a simple question for you.
Do you use Google Talk for BlackBerry?
Google Talk is on my list of 5 Must Have Free BlackBerry Downlaods and it seems like lately more and more people are talking about how great Google Talk for BlackBerry is. I wonder how many BlackBerry users out there are using it?
If you are a Google Talk for BlackBerry user, drop us a comment and let us know.
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Sam 03.15.07 at 1:26 am
It doesn’t seem that there’s a googletalk client for blackberry 8800 .. the site lists pretty much every model of blackberry except the 8800 ..??
carwashi 03.15.07 at 1:30 am
I use Google talk for my blackberry 8700 just about every day.
Derek 03.15.07 at 1:37 am
I use Google Talk religiously. Coupled with imified, I manage all of my tasks, contacts… the entire day.
Steve (BBCool) 03.15.07 at 2:26 am
It’s pretty great.
braz 03.15.07 at 7:26 am
Does anyone know of a way to sync google calendar with my 8703 without being on a BES?
To answer the question I also use gtalk everyday I had it on my 7290 and now my 8703e.
Matt 03.15.07 at 7:55 am
I love using Google Talk on my 7100. I like the fact that chats are saved in your GMail account. Someone can message me a piece of important information, I get it on my Blackberry and I know it’s archived in my GMail account.
Stac 03.15.07 at 8:28 am
I used GTalk on my 8800… and IM+ from time to time as well. Have all of my MSN, Y! and AIM contacts imported to GTalk so it’s fully functional as a multi-IM client for me. The BB integration is quite good - as if someone with a clue about how BBs work designed it…
-Stac
Tony Zaki 03.15.07 at 8:47 am
Yes, I use it on my 8100 pearl.. I’ve been using it since it first came out.
I just wish they’d start enabling the VOIP on their mobile version. Their desktop version works like a charm.
AF 03.15.07 at 9:41 am
I actually use BB Messenger. I don’t really use GTalk unless I need to reach a contact I have on there when not near a PC. Is it just me or does GTalk drain the battery pretty quickly? Much more than BB Messenger does.
Jason 03.15.07 at 11:48 am
@Stac - It’s integrated with BB well because RIM wrote it
Can’t get much better than that.
I love GTalk on my 8800, and I use it everyday too!
Kris 03.15.07 at 12:04 pm
I sign on via my BBPearl right after I leave work, with it I maintain an almost 24/7 login to GGTalk.
Nick Starr 03.15.07 at 1:37 pm
I switched to the Blackberry (started with the 7290) simply because of Google Talk for BB. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t use it.
sTen (bbworld) 03.15.07 at 4:17 pm
I use GTALK in my 8700g … great!
UJ 03.15.07 at 4:26 pm
I use Google Talk religiously on my blackberry, but unfortunately not enough of my friends are Google users, so I still keep Ramble around for my AIM contacts. When, oh when, will Google Talk integrate AOL users?!
Dan 03.15.07 at 7:54 pm
It’s only the most used app I have installed on my pearl.
Matt Briney 03.16.07 at 9:58 am
The Google Talk client fantastic, very reliable and even integrates your conversations into the message window.
Stinsonddog 03.16.07 at 1:01 pm
GT does work on the 8800 and it works quite well. Only thing that BBM has as an advantage is much better smileys.
Dave 03.16.07 at 5:34 pm
I’d love to use GTalk more on my BlackBerry, but I don’t know enough people on the IM network to chat with. It is integrated very nicely, almost perfectly… but it would be supremely perfect if it talked to all the other IM networks (Yahoo, AIM, MSN, etc.).
Get going on this Google/RIM!!!
Kenneth 03.16.07 at 8:40 pm
All the time. I love the gmail archiving.
Jeremy 04.22.07 at 8:17 pm
i downloaded it but i have no idea where to find it or how to use it. any help?
Chris 04.24.07 at 12:37 pm
Dave, check this out. http://www.bigblueball.com/forums/google-talk-news/33739-connect-google-talk-aim-msn-yahoo.html
Anand 09.08.07 at 3:25 pm
I have 8830 with Verizon and i have installed Google Talk… does using google talk will charge as one SMS per message or its unlimited data will do??
David 09.12.07 at 8:36 am
Anand,
how did you get Gtalk on your 8830? Everytime I try to download it, it says it’s not avalible for the 8830
Kimberly 09.12.07 at 9:26 pm
Must not be doing something right here. New blackberry user, on BES server & downloaded gtalk for BB; however, unable to add my daughter who is an MSN user for IMing. Advice????
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#7. March 15th, 2007, at 8:28 AM.
I used GTalk on my 8800… and IM+ from time to time as well. Have all of my MSN, Y! and AIM contacts imported to GTalk so it’s fully functional as a multi-IM client for me. The BB integration is quite good - as if someone with a clue about how BBs work designed it…
-Stac
Kimberly 09.12.07 at 9:27 pm
Forgot to mention that I am using a BB 8830 World Edition/Smart Phone.
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#24. September 12th, 2007, at 9:26 PM.
Must not be doing something right here. New blackberry user, on BES server & downloaded gtalk for BB; however, unable to add my daughter who is an MSN user for IMing. Advice????
Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Stac
#7. March 15th, 2007, at 8:28 AM.
I used GTalk on my 8800… and IM+ from time to time as well. Have all of my MSN, Y! and AIM contacts imported to GTalk so it’s fully functional as a multi-IM client for me. The BB integration is quite good - as if someone with a clue about how BBs work designed it…
-Stac
Rush 04.24.08 at 11:44 am
I use Gtalk on my BBPearl religiously but I think it tends to use the battery prettty quickly, and this is a brand new Pearl~
BBUser 05.13.08 at 10:29 am
Is there a final answer to Anand’s question?
“I have 8830 with Verizon and i have installed Google Talk… does using google talk will charge as one SMS per message or its unlimited data will do??”
BWS 06.27.08 at 12:58 pm
I have Google Talk intalled on my Blackberry 8703 but whenever someone clicks my chat badge on the website, upon clicking the link sent to my blackberry to join the chat, which is very long, goes to a page that hangs and I can never initiate or join the chat with guest from blackberry. Any ideas?
http://www.bravoweb.com (badge is here)