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My IM Predictions for 2007:
Google Talk plus AIM will happen, and Yahoo and Microsoft will gain even more features with each other to compete back. One of those features will be webcam, making Yahoo/Microsoft all the better and almost leaving Google Talk/AIM in the dust with their only supporting text and buddy icons.
Skype will stay so nothing else can connect to it, while other VoIP companies will allow more connectivity and eventually have something that seriously makes people think "Is Skype worth it?" Those features will include FREE voicemail and connection to other IM services. I know there have been some implimentations of that already, but this will have just some quality that makes it so great.
The messengers that help you find people based on where you live I feel will slowly die out. What will come of that though, is the compaines like AOL, Yahoo, and Microsoft implimenting that feature into their own products as an addon for AOL and Yahoo, and an actual feature for Microsoft.
Web Messengers will start to become as numerous as the multiprotocal IMs, with Meebo always leading the way.
And of course, Google Talk for Mac will come around the time of GT + AIM.
So there ya have it, that's what Eggy thinks will happen.
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