Galaxy Tab: The Missing Manual

Responding to a Chat Invitation

When someone sends you a chat message, a notification pops up from the Tab’s Notifications Panel. It shows you the first few words of the message, and also indicates whether the message is the first one in a chat, or the second, third, and so on. Tap the notification, and you get sent to Google Talk, with the full message showing. You can type a response at that point.

If you don’t immediately see the notification, or decide not to respond to it for the moment, the notification goes away, but a Google Talk icon remains in the Notification Panel. Tap that icon to see the first few words of the chat in the pop-up panel, and then tap it again to open the message in Google Talk. You can then type a response.

If you’re invited to a video or audio chat, when you tap the notification, you see an invitation instead of a message. Tap Accept to start the video or audio chat; tap Decline to cancel it.

Tip

You have another way to chat using Google Talk—right in your browser. If you use iGoogle as your home page, then Google Talk is right there on the page—no need to run a separate app. It’s a stripped-down version of the Google Talk app, but if all you want is simple ...