Reviews aren't very good, otherwise I would be all over this.

I don't know too much about competition of Google Talk and IM apps on iOS, but http://imo.im has been good. One of Google's first 10 employees is behind the app. It seems to be the only iOS multi-IM app to support Skype text chat (including group text chat which is good for me).

Though can't deny Verbs is beautiful.

imo.im is alright, but I found it to be a battery drain and to, for some strange reason, just straight-out refuses to stay disconnected (which is really annoying for stuff like Yahoo IM, which can only be signed in on one computer at a time). The latter is also a problem on Android, though I haven't seen the battery drain problems there.

I love it on the desktop, though - I try to avoid installing distractions on my writing netbook, so when I really need to talk to somebody I just go to imo instead of starting up an app.

Ah, the not staying disconnected issue is a pain. I've gotten so used to it being an annoyance that I don't even think about it anymore, haha.

Battery drain is a bummer.