Yes.Chatting on gmail or gtalk is free.
Absolutly! It is required though to have a free gmail account. the people you chat with also must have free gmail accounts. there is also a ton of new features to use such as group chat and emotions.
Voice chat costs in Gmail your credits. You can add credits worth money to your account. Video chat can be free of cost.
Gmail chat invitations were past things. Now you do not want to send invitations. It is available to all and is free of cost.
Gmail graphic icon are in gmail chat.
you can chat in emails or free websites like facebook hotmail youtube gmail and lots
Gmail Chat history is stored by Gmail. It is present in the individual chats of person. You can click on the contact to view the chat you had.
instant messenger and gmail can not chat between them yet h
No, you can't see facebook Chat text in Gmail. Gmail is a mailing service only. Thus it cannot link Facebook chat with it.
Gmail has no chat rooms like yahoo did. It can have simple group chat only. The group chat is also created by a single person.
You cant do animals on gmail chat but if you just send a message you can by clicking the face
Call phone is a feature to enable voice calling. It can be done via Gmail left pane. Gmail voice calling is not free and costs you money.
You cannot record Gtalk video chat automatically. It is not a feature introduced in Gmail. However third party software can do that.