Google Says Apple Did Reject the Google Voice App
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From a post at Apple Insider today:
Google’s letter directly contradicts Apple’s own claim that the Google Voice application was not outright rejected from the App Store. Apple, in its own note to the FCC, said it simply had not accepted the software, essentially leaving it in a state of limbo. Google, however, opted to use different language to describe the application’s status.
"Apple’s representatives informed Google that the Google Voice application was rejected because Apple believed the application duplicated the core dialer functionality of the iPhone," the letter said. "The Apple representatives indicated that the company did not want applications that could potentially replace such functionality."
So pretty much two completely different versions of events on the whole Google Voice app rejection issue from Apple and Google. The Google version still seems much more plausible to me. How about you all? Who do you believe, or do you even care?
Please, Google, Post the actual letter/email that Apple sent you. Lets shed some light on this publicly.
PLEASE?
I think this is plain crazy! I love my iPhone & I also love Google Voice. Why can't they just get along? The whole idea that Google Voice or Latitude will confuse us mere users is ridiculous. I am tired of Apple thinking we are a bunch of dumb users and we couldn't figure out the difference. I am just hoping Google is working on an updated web app for the iPhone SOON!!!!
I don't think Apple's problem with Google Voice is with any potential confusion. It is that it 'duplicates functionality' provided by core apps on the phone – i.e. the phone app. They had the same issue with Google Latitiude, with Maps being the 'duplicated' app. Of course there are 101 examples of other apps that duplicate built-in apps functionality and have been in the App Store happily for ages. Another great example of the fascinating inconsistency in the store.