can't setup a GTalk account
 

I decided to look into gtalk on my nokia 770. I guess I need a gmail account to start it, so it asks me to set one up. Great, I click "Create new account". This starts the browser which then appears to go to a nokia site, tableteer.nokia.com, at which point the browser crashes.

Ok, any help?

rebooting the Nokia 770 stopped the crashing issue.

Now google is refusing to setup the account claiming either:
--A google account has already been created with your nokia device
--Your located in a country where goole talk service is not authorized...

I am in the USA

I am doing this at work behind a firewall..will check it at home later.

Ok...managed to setup an gmail account. I think it was our wireless authentication server that was giving me problems.

Gtalk won't start because I am behind the firewall. I will have to speak to our IS department about that.

And they will probably laugh

However you should be able to set up an ssh tunnel to a box at home, and tunnel the gtalk traffic over that. lifehacker.com had a walk through a month or so back to do it with firefox, should be able to pull it off with gtalk on the 770

Hello Kbellve,

I followed the set up procedure, but crashed. I went to PC and was able to set up my Google account, but my 770 won't work. Could you please post what you did so I can follow your foot step? Here's what I did so far...

In Mail, under tools, mailbox settings for default

Screen 1 Mailbox name: Mailbox
Mailbox type: POP3

Screen 2 Name: xxxx@gmail.com
User name: xxxx@gmail.com
Password: ********
Email address: xxxx@gmail.com

Screen 3 Incoming server (POP3): pop.gmail.com
Outgoing server (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com

Screen 4 Advanced button e-mail settings

Retrieval Retrieve: Headers only
Leave e-mail on server: checked
E-mail size limit (kB): 1000
Password authentication: Normal

Sending Default e-mail format: Formatted text (HTML)
Send e-mail: Immediately
Include original in reply: checked
Request read report: Not checked

SMTP server SMTP authentication: Login
User name: xxxx@gmail.com
Password: **********

Other Security: None
Incoming e-mail port: 995
Security: SSL
Outgoing e-mail port: 465
Use specific connection: Not checked

Security Nothing checked


So, what did I do wrong? Thank you for your time.