Google does IM

Just what I needed, another IM account. I use GAIM so I won't be privy to any Google-specific features until they update GAIM. Google usually does things pretty well (See Video and Maps as examples) so maybe I will download their client and see what all the hubbub is about. In the meantime I have been able to successfully get the Jabber client in GAIM to work with my GMAIL account:

Thanks Slashdot:

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday August 23, @07:22PMfrom the resourceful-users dept.smash writes "Google's new IM service is already live. All you need is a Jabber-compatible Instant Messaging client (such as Apple's iChat, or gaim), and a GMail address." This should answer, at least in part, all of the speculation that has been flying around the net over the last couple of days. Update: Many users have been eager to let us know that Google Talk in indeed live.