I have a real problem with the way it doesn't sync with your desktop. When I'm logged into gmail, I get some chat messages on my phone, and some through the desktop application in gmail. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. Very annoying. Also, the mobile indicator doesn't work. Despite being signed in on my phone, gchat still shows me simply as "available" and doesn't indicate to people that I'm logged in on my cell phone, so I always have people sending me chats asking me why I'm up at 3 AM or whatever. I want to show up as logged in 24/7 on my phone so I can use it like BBM, I want to be invisible to my friends who view it on their computer.
I could solve all of this if Android would let me add a new gtalk account, so that way I could set up a gmail account that I only use for gtalk, and just give people that address, however it won't let you add accounts or change your default gtalk account. Is the only way to accomplish this to reset your phone and reinstall everything? What a hassle.
I could solve all of this if Android would let me add a new gtalk account, so that way I could set up a gmail account that I only use for gtalk, and just give people that address, however it won't let you add accounts or change your default gtalk account. Is the only way to accomplish this to reset your phone and reinstall everything? What a hassle.