Robert, to my knowledge & experience, Skype has ALWAYS had chat/IM.
Scott
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On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Robert Citek <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:16 PM, amycsj <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I am on google voice. But it's not computer to landline, it simply
>> bridges your existing phones to other phones.
>
> There are four possibilities:
>
> 1) phone to phone
> 2) phone to computer
> 3) computer to phone
> 4) computer to computer
>
> Skype started with 4 then gradually added 2 and 3, and eventually chat
> and video. Google's path seems very similar to Skype's. Google Talk
> is 4. Google Chat is 4 with video and IM (and SMS). Google Voice is
> a combination of 2 and 3, with the computer acting as an intermediary
> between two phones. What Google did yesterday is add 3. All that's
> missing for Google to become Skype is 2.
>
> Now if Google could only polish the integration between its services.
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
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