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Nokia to Put Google Talk on its Linux Tablet

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the lots-of-things-to-like-here dept.

prostoalex writes "The next version of Nokia 770 Linux-based Internet tablet with WiFi support will feature Google Talk with VOIP in its next release, MSNBC reports. The device is priced to sell at $390, and both Google and Nokia agree that right now it might appeal only to niche markets. In related news, however, it means Google's GTalk client will be ported to Linux, even if it's Nokia 770-specific software architecture."

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  1. gtalk = jabber + voice by endx7 · · Score: 5, Informative

    The google talk protocol is little more than jabber with a few other goodies thrown in such as voice chat. So really, right now, the only thing you miss under linux with the google talk service is the voice chat since you can use a client such as gaim or any of the multitude of other jabber clients under linux.

    1. Re:gtalk = jabber + voice by mattyrobinson69 · · Score: 3, Informative

      Google Talk is jabber, with their voip extension to jabber. Their voip extension to jabber was released as an open standard, and is-being/has-been integrated with gaim.

    2. Re:gtalk = jabber + voice by michael186 · · Score: 5, Informative

      Kopete and Gaim are both working on voice support for Google Talk. Who's to say that Nokia aren't going to use one of these projects?

    3. Re:gtalk = jabber + voice by nurmr · · Score: 5, Informative

      And the Psi team have a working implementation of Jabber-Jingle (the standard evolved from what gtalk are using) running on Linux. They've successfully made calls from Psi to GTalk, etc.

    4. Re:gtalk = jabber + voice by Baloo+Ursidae · · Score: 2, Informative

      BZZT! Wrong! GTalk=Jabber - vCard support. Google's lack of user directory is what's preventing them from joining the IM Federation right now. Jabber has voice support, it's called Jingle. Google contributed it to the XMPP standard.

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    5. Re:gtalk = jabber + voice by ciroknight · · Score: 2, Informative

      Well you could have at least linked to Jingle, the library you are talking about. There are also standards available to implement your own version, if you don't like Google's code.

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  2. does it matter? by Walter+Carver · · Score: 4, Informative

    I don't think it's important. Since Gtalk uses the Jabber protocol, there are already good clients for Linux. Google even explains how to make Gaim work with Gtalk.

  3. Not necessarily GTalk... by Jussi+K.+Kojootti · · Score: 3, Informative
    it means Google's GTalk client will be ported to Linux
    Not necessarily. The maemo roadmap has said for some time that the next release will have Telepathy support -- which means a GoogleTalk client. That's not necessarily GTalk...

  4. Re:Great, but ... by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 3, Informative

    Regarding question 1,

    From the Nokia 770 site:
    The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet's software is upgradeable and currently runs on the Linux-based Internet Tablet 2005 software edition. There is a planned launch next year of an operating system upgrade - the Internet Tablet 2006 software edition - that will support additional services, including Internet telephony (VoIP) and Instant Messaging.

    As for your second question, I would think that a "normal" user couldn't do it, but since as you point out the protocol is open, its down to whatever can be built for it.

    I would imagine that the gTalk port won't need lots of private code, but to be sure find Chris DiBona and have a word.

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  5. Re:Will be ported to Linux... by catch23 · · Score: 3, Informative

    if you want to source, go to jabber.org and download one of the many existing clients.

  6. Re:Invite? by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 2, Informative

    You don't need an invite anymore for Gmail. My guess is because Google's engineers got sick of reading all the "can someone send me a Gmail invite?" posts while slacking off on Slashdot, Fark, et al. Honestly, the Gmail invite requests were almost as annoying as those free iPod links.

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  7. Re:In Related News... by ploss · · Score: 2, Informative

    But you cannot _speak_ to them, which is the real news. You can still chat using the Google Talk servers through gaim (which is what I do currently, see this article for setup information.)

    Lack of built-in VoIP was the only thing keeping me from seriously considering buying one of these cool little devices, as well as lack of a built-in keyboard, until it was pointed out that a bluetooth keyboard would work. This would be a very handy device to have, if not only for random web-browsing in-between classes and such, checking email, etc.

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  8. GPLTalk by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 2, Informative

    If Google releases a Linux GTalk under GPL, the rest of us can make it work on other hardware. Like a Treo running Linux.

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  9. Re:hmmm by Mad_Rain · · Score: 2, Informative

    I amend my previous statement. But like many users, I was holding out for a "it just works" solution. I find that Tapioca has "won the race" (at least for me) to incorporate VoIP functionality. To my knowledge, more popular IM clients have not managed to do this. Gaim has been working on incorporating this since October, and it's still not going to get done until after the 2.0 release, which has been in beta for about 6 months. Psi is a little closer, but requires some compiling to complete, as does the plugin for Kopete. Tapioca has debian/ubuntu packages and Fedora/Suse/Mandriva rpms ready to go.

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