This is my first public release of an application that I made for Windows Mobile. I use Google Chat a lot, and felt the need of an application specific for that , which didn’t require third party registrations. There are a couple of them which connect directly to Google chat, but are paid. This is a restricted beta (for now), which I will provide on first come basis. Developers are welcome to share thoughts and help to improve this product. The aim is to develop a Windows Google Chat client replica for mobile platform.
Public Beta will be available shortly after the initial testing is complete.

(v0.1 Beta)

● Text messages
● Avatars
● Finger Touch/Scroll Friend List
● Marquee for long status messages
● New email notification
● Tab based Chatting
● Notification on new Message (sound + vibrate)
● Detect Invisible Users
● Friend list sorted just like Windows client (Gtalk) on basis of availabilty and name.
● Cool GUI

Features to be worked out for next release (in order)

1. Invisible mode support
2. Show/Hide Offline Contacts
3. Adding, removing and authorizing friends
4. Account Registration
5. Smilies in chat window
6. Better & Faster GUI (Designers, heartily welcome to submit ideas)
7. File Transfer (Jabber as well as Google’s implementation of Jingle, developers are welcome to work on this feature)
8. Automatic Updates
9. Search for a friend in list
10. Themes

● Call feature seems to be a distant addition. It is not well documented by Google, but it definitely will be added to NovoTalk.
● I have no plans to release the source code, until I feel that this application is out of Beta. So yeah, at the end it might be an open-sourced application, but it will definitely be free.

● NovoTalk requires .Net Compact Framework 3.5 to be installed on your Windows Mobile.

● This application works properly only on for QVGA devices(240×340), although later version might support other resolutions/smartphones
● Version 0.1 Beta, will collect the MD5 hashes of device IMEI’s to keep a track of the number of testers. No personal information will be collected.

   Login Screen                             Connecting Screen               Friend List with Available

Friend List Settings                  Friend List Busy Status            Multi Tab Chat Screen

Report Bug                     Suggest a feature                        Donate

You can request for a early BETA version in the comments below.

This application is written in C#, and hence will require the latest .net Framework to be installed on your machine. At present only windows version of Spotify is supported as official Gtalk application is not available for other platforms. Feel free to post bugs and improvements, although its a small application.:)