Beyond the most obvious shortcut on Android phones, the notification shade, lurk many ways to jump between tasks.
The notification shade pulls down from the top of all screens and jumps you to updated content pushed into apps.
Googe Talk is a quick way to reach people on your Gmail list in "real" time. It's the same chat that resides in the Gmail web interface and standalone Windows desktop application.
On an Android phone, Google Talk is integrated into the operating system.
You can reach a person by seeing their status from the contact list. (Here a green dot means they are available) or you can reach them via the green dot embedded in a Gmail.
Floating over the Gmail link to Google Talk will give you a slider of all available connections to that person, email address, facebook, etc. (Here the red dot means that the person is busy)
By sliding Google Chat windows side by side, you can scroll though people avalable for chat or multi-task between multiple conversations.
The first line of a new chat, like texts, will appear momentarily at the top in the phone's status bar before a notification icon appears and stays until the chat is responded to.
Need more chat on Android? Check out the Android Market for apps for Yahoo, AIM, and others.
Cool tip. Didn't know google talk was integrated into Android. Can't wait to get my new HTC Android phone and start playing with it.
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