Could I install the application googletalk on the N800? I have used it a bit on my laptop and think it is a bit nice..

What google thingy do not work on the N800? and do I have do make lot of linux stuff to make it work? ( Only linux I have tried is Ubuntu one time)

The N800 inbuilt client already supports the Googletalk protocol. So no need to install anything more.

So you have a built in message client that makes me possible to talk with Googletalk users?

yea when you set up an account in the IM software it asks googletalk or jabber. I have never used either so i did jabber to try it out.

Dave

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).

that helped, thanks!

The GoogleTalk integration with the N800 is very good, and I use it often. If only the PC app supported video...

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.

Looks like I may stand corrected on this one.

I added a good 50 contacts to the Always Show list late last night. Then I go tonline with my N800 and the contacts did not sync. I deleted the GoogleTalk account in Account Settings (knowing fully well that it would not delete my existing GoogleTalk contacts) and added the account again. This time, a few more contacts showed up (actually, 2), but I have no idea what criteria the built-in Contacts app uses to import the contacts (it certainly does not look like it synced, since all the info related to Phone and Email details were not reflected in Contacts as it was set up in Gmail Contacts)

I will be doing more testing tonight to try to unravel this perplexing behaviour.

When I first set up my N800 I only had 2 contacts showing in Chat, only one of them got imported - the one set up as 'Always Show'. The second one never got imported. I then set it to Always Show and it was immediately imported. Later I had to go through the same procedure for other contacts: Everything I set to Always Show gets imported immediately. I don't think I have had any other contact imported automatically, although I think I've seen reports from others about it.