The Gtalk client on Android doesn't use XMPP. It uses a custom
protocol to talk to the Google servers.

JBQ

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Anders Aagaard <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Has anything been done with the IM client?  It's my biggest annoyance
> with the android right now, it's not hard to download a seperate IM
> client, but since gtalk uses XMPP and doesn't have gateways to other
> networks I should be able to use my own jabber server atleast.
>
> On Apr 17, 5:00 am, gf <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Based on the SDK 1.5 pre-release, UI looks good and the apps written
>> using SDK 1.1 works without any modification.
>>
>> On Apr 16, 7:35 pm, Ed <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > I think it's an amazing improvement, leaps and bounds ahead of the
>> > original release. I think that the horde of ho-hum reviews for the G1
>> > would have been entirely different had Cupcake been available back in
>> > November and December. Many of the hacks that people created for
>> > rooted phones are no longer necessary, since they are built in to the
>> > OS. The soft keyboard is very nice, but it takes some getting used to
>> > (I keep missing the desired keys because I am not accurate enough at
>> > putting my fingers in the right place--I have the same problem on the
>> > iPhone).
>>
>> > The good news is that Cupcake exists and is still being improved as we
>> > speak. This bodes well for the future of Android and phones that run
>> > it. The bad news is that the main players--T-Mobile and Google--still
>> > really suck when it comes to marketing.
>>
>> > On Apr 16, 9:04 am, "[email protected]"
>>
>> > <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > > ok I don't have enough time right now or the courage to root my phone
>> > > and try to install the Cupcake SDK.
>>
>> > > I know people are finding and reporting a few bugs, etc. but what are
>> > > people's general impressions who have actually got it installed and
>> > > have had time to play around with it?
> >
>



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