Talkonaut Google Talk Client for Windows Mobile

Providing access to a range of voice chat networks (although notably not Skype), the wonderfully named Talkonaut is a free application that allows you to use your Windows Mobile device as the ultimate voice chat tool.

Featuring IM chat, calling to the popular GTalk, MSN, Yahoo, AIM and iChat networks and file sharing, Talkonaut also offers conference call/group chat functionality.

Available as a free download, Talkonaut is compatible with most Windows Mobile devices running version 5 and above, and doesn't require any additional software to run such as Microsoft's .NET Compact Framework 3.5 - its pretty much a case of download, install and talk!

Installing Talkonaut is simply a case of downloading the installer file directly to your phone and running, or downloadig to your PC and copying it to your Windows Mobile device via a USB connection

At 1.3 Mb it isn't a massive download so as long as your phone is on WiFi or a good data plan it should be easy to download quickly.

Once installed, a soft reset is recommended in order for the app to register correctly and run - if you run into any problems without a reset, this is the best thing to do.

If you have a GTalk account you can use your Google Mail account to login to Talkonaut straight away - however the app provides a signup screen so that you can get a Talkonaut chat account by entering a username, password and your mobile number.

Once all relevant information is entered, Talkonaut will then connect to the web and the relevant chat network in order to display you as online, and make you available to chat!

The software provides a list of your contacts as set by you, and you can link up Jabber, Google Talk, ICQ, MSN, AIM and Yahoo accounts to your Talkonaut login.