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Exclusives

GV Mobile 2.0 first look

By: |Dec 26th, 2009 at 04:09PM
Filed Under: Apple, Exclusives, Favorites, Featured, Handsets, iPhone OS / iPod OS
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It’s pretty simple: Apple’s iPhone OS is basically the only major smartphone operating system without an official or unofficial Google Voice client. We used to have GV Mobile and VoiceCentral, but as we all know, those were abruptly removed from the App Store and even Google’s official client was turned away. Well, at least Apple didn’t Amazon your iPhone and take away the Google Voice applications you already bought/downloaded, right? They might as well have as GV Mobile was rendered ...

FCC opens investigation into Apple’s rejection of Google Voice apps

By: |Jul 31st, 2009 at 08:37PM
Filed Under: Apple, AT&T, News, Services
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the FCC has begun investigating Apple’s rejection of Google’s official Google Voice application and the subsequent removal of similar third-party apps from the App Store. You know the story by now — Google submitted the app, it was rejected, third-party GV apps were then pulled, everyone was pissed, somehow heat was deflected on AT&T, AT&T called BS and so on. Well apparently the FCC has decided to step in. The WSJ reports that letters were s...

Apple rejects official Google Voice app, clears App Store of third-party offerings

By: |Jul 28th, 2009 at 10:48AM
Filed Under: Apple, Opinions, Software
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Ohhhh, Apple. In this latest chapter of the schizophrenic soap opera that is Apple’s relationship with iPhone developers, Apple has rejected Google’s Google Voice application. Here’s why, according to a Google spokesperson:We work hard to bring Google applications to a number of mobile platforms, including the iPhone. Apple did not approve the Google Voice application we submitted six weeks ago to the Apple App Store. We will continue to work to bring our services to iPhone users — for exa...