Is it possible to have iChat buddies who have iChat but use a gmail account

My friend and I both just got out macs but she got her iChat through her gmail account and I used AIM. Is it possible for her to add me and for us to ichat? This is all so new to us.. HELP!

Hi,
Welcome to the  Discussions
An AIM Buddy List (Also read for Apple IDs used in iChat) to a Jabber Buddy List (Also read Googletalk here) is not possible in the every day set up of iChat.
A ) AIM logins are from:-
AIM Screen Names
Apple Names Ending @mac.com
and MobileMe names ending in @me.com
B) Jabber logins are split between:-
Any Jabber server
And GoogleTalk (the server Naming method is different from regular Jabber servers so the software in iChat has been set up to deal with this)
Any Variant of the A) section can be added to any Buddy list in the A) section
Any Jabber B) can be added to any other B) type login Buddy list
But ...
Some Jabber servers also run Transports for linking to other major IM services
Instructions for MSN Buddies but the process is the same for AIM Buddies to be placed in a Jabber Buddy list.
This list of Jabber servers also lists the Services that can also be registered for.
You will notice there are not many that do AIM. (AIM transports seem to be the ones most likely to fail).
Once having set a Jabber account that has a Coloured Icon for the Transport and registering with that as well (this is using a third Party Jabber app that Can Register) - then you can use the naming convention for that Server in your Google Buddy list as the coloured Transports can be accessed from any other Jabber account. (See the first set of Instructions)
Summary.
Simple answer is No (either get an AIM name or an @mac.com name for Free or a GoogleTalk Name.
Long answer.
Is for Text Chatting only, and there is a work around using Jabber Transports (Links to Other IM Service) which involves registering with a server that does Transports to AIM - then registering with the Transport - then adding your AIM (Or another IM service Buddies) to your Buddy list, in a way that does not use two @ symbols
5:06 PM Thursday; September 2, 2010
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