Thread: Googletalk
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ghoonk is offline ghoonk
2008-01-12 , 21:02
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Originally Posted by TA-t3 View Post
There's an applet at the home display which you can configure to permanently show a selection of shortnumber contacts. Those I have displayed are my gmail/gtalk contacts. To import contacts automatically from your gmail account you'll have to set them as 'Show in quick contacts always' in contacts (from your browser logged in at gmail). Then, if you've set up your google account in the IM on the N800, they'll be automatically imported into contacts on the N800. The applet will let you monitor who's online (and they will see you, if that little ball in the status bar is green).
Regarding the bit about only contacts that fall under "Always Show", this is not true. The contacts that are automatically imported are the ones which are shown in Chat. With contacts that are marked as 'Auto' in Show Options, if you chat with these contacts regularly, Gmail raises the status to Show but reflects it as Auto, so these frequently contacted contacts will appear in your list.

The easiest way to find out which contacts will appear in your N800's GoogleTalk list is to access your Gmail, tap on Contacts in the left sidebar and select Most Contacted. Contacts in this list will also appear in your N800.

If you still have not able to get your GoogleTalk account set up, you can either tap on the Presence status icon in the status bar and select Account Settings, or you can access the Account Settings applet from Settings -> Control Panel -> Accounts. From this applet, just add a new Account and you will be able to add a GoogleTalk account by providing your login name and password.

Hope this helps.
Last edited by ghoonk; 2008-01-12 at 21:05.