When I select New IM, apparently the only contacts that come up for me are IM contacts, these are just googletalk and MSN contacts.

If I receive an SMS from GV I am able to reply to the SMS easily through GV.

I am unable however to access phone contacts, and therefore unable to initiate SMSes through GV. The only way I can initiate an SMS is to
>select the Conversations main drop down menu,
>select "Send IM to"
>select the "USE account" Google voice option
> write in the phone number by hand.

Is this normal or am I having an issue?

Thanks

**EDIT** also, if I receive an SMS through my phone, is there a way to reply to the SMS through the GV account? Maybe this is just a feature that has yet to be implemented.