Google Voice iPhone App Rejected by Apple
Apple rejected the Google mobile software program Google Voice from the iTunes App Store. News of the banned iPhone app comes from the Website TechCrunch which published an article Monday quoting a Google spokesperson that said the Google Voice mobile application was submitted to Apple six weeks ago and was rejected. "Apple did not approve the Google Voice application," the Google spokesperson told TechCrunch. According to the report Apple went one step further and pulled a non-Google iPhone app from iTunes called GV Mobile on the basis of duplicate functionality of the Google Mobile app.The move stirs the ongoing debate about the openness of the App Store. It also brings into question AT&T's influence on Apple. AT&T has the most to lose if the Google Voice mobile application was available to AT&T customers with iPhones. The Google Voice mobile app would have allowed you to send and receive text messages via your Google Voice phone number via your iPhone - circumventing AT&T text messaging charges.
29 / 7 / 2009
