Google Buzz: Is Google too late to the game?

Google Buzz is the newest Google product that exists. It can easily be summed up by saying it's the same as Twitter -- but integrated with your Gmail inbox, and a couple extra built-in features that you can see in this video.

The question isn't whether Google's feature is good or not, but rather if it's going to take off quickly? Twitter has become pretty much the status quo as far as real-time updates go. Even if it's connected to Gmail and is pre-populated with your friends out of the box, it's not going to be easy for Google to compete with Twitter.

Google had purchased a company called Jaiku a long time ago, but failed to make anything of it. It had the potential to be a formidable competitor to Twitter, but instead, it was left to die. This is Google's attempt to get into the game, but I fear it may be a tad bit late.

What do you think?