The online chat feature of Google is something that people tend to overlook, namely because there are bigger and better discreet chat clients out there; but don’t be so quick to dismiss it. If you work somewhere that has strict firewall rules, it can be a quick and easy way to fire of an IM. Now, Google has further sweetened the deal by allowing the sending of SMS messages to U.S. based cell phones.
While SMS should have been dead and buried years ago (cell-based email is vastly superior), its use persists in a lot of countries and while it does, it is a very nice addition to the Gmail arsenal. Note that Google even one-ups Skype on this one by allowing two-way communication. You can receive as well as send. [CNET via Gear Diary]
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2 responses
Nov 1, 2008 at 2:49 pm
I disagree that SMS “should have been dead and buried years ago.” Neither can one say conclusively that “cell-based email is vastly superior.”
One must always examine a technology from the perspective of those who wield it. Utility, practicality, and popularity aren’t always in the same boat together. And much less are they bedfellows, if at all.
Nov 3, 2008 at 3:59 am
Wow..it’s cool from Google services.
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