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Zoho Chat 2.0 takes aim at Meebo, falls a bit short
But Meebo has some features that are still missing from Zoho Chat, including the ability to create aliases for contacts and recognize contact groups that you've already set up. Meebo also lets you send files to users no matter which IM network they're using, while Zoho Chat users can only share files with other Zoho users.
That doesn't mean Zoho Chat is useless. The service does show promise. And more importantly it ties into Zoho's impressive suite of online office apps. You can launch Zoho Chat from within other Zoho applications including Zoho Writer or Zoho Sheet. And you can click a "Share your desktop" button from any chat window to launch the Zoho Meeting web conferencing application.
[via ReadWriteWeb]
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Subscribe to commentsGirishApr 1st 2009 9:14PM
Zoho Chat need not (and does not) compete with Meebo. It is the integration with Zoho mail and other Zoho services which makes it useful and unique. It is kind of like the convergence of the phone, music player, camera etc. into a phone.
As a standalone Zoho Chat may miss some features of Meebo, but integrated with the rest of Zoho - it becomes immensely useful