Yes, just add their contact address to your contact list.
If that fails try adding your account to the AIM Messenger first.
Check out pidgin and trillion. You can chat over multiple systems and even get email updates form one client.
instant messenger and gmail can not chat between them yet h
There are instant message programs that you can use like Windows Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo instant messenger if you are talking about that sort of thing. If you are looking for chat rooms, etc. I can't help with that.
Yes, you can. You can use the Windows Live Messenger to "instant message" other people.
for friendship
There is Yahoo messenger, MySpaceIM, Trillion, Miranda IM, AOL Instant Messenger, Google Talk and many more. Skype can also be used as a free messenger.
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)
An instant messenger on your iPhone means that you are able to message people only by either Yahoo, Gtalk, Facebook Chat or other web based chats.
Windows Live is used to connect people to people in a more then Instant Messenger way. Such as for Gaming, or Video Chat/Voice Chat, or file Sharing. MSN Messenger Now uses the same technologies as Windows Live without the Next-Gen Gaming Connectivity I PERSONALLY HAVE TO SAY WINDOWS LIVE MESSENGER
yes it can be used like that but there are some instant messaging that you do not need to enter in a chat room to be able to use. Like Yahoo Messenger. you just need to have the Yahoo ID of a person and you can use the instant messenger. even in Facebook there's a feature where in you can instant message a friend that is online at the moment you are online.
IM stands for instant message. There are a lot of instant messaging services online including Yahoo Instant Messenger and Google chat.
AIM is AOL Instant Messenger, a chat program on the internet. A screen name is the ID you use for this chat feature.
Online chat programs has been around since the internet was made public; message boards and IRC were the first methods of instant communication online. Yahoo Messenger and AOL Messenger were two of the first mainstream programs dedicated to providing instant chat messaging between users.