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Apple Re-Approving Google Voice Apps

Sep 18, 2010, 8:33 AM by Eric M. Zeman

Apple recently revised the guidelines developers need to adhere to in order gain app store approval. Since then, developers of apps that were previously rejected, such as third-party applications for Google Voice, have tweaked and resubmitted their applications to Apple. On Friday, Apple approved of the first re-submitted iPhone application for Google Voice, GV Connect. GV Connect, which costs $3, allows iPhone users to make/receive phone calls from their Google Voice number, send SMS/MMS messages from their Google Voice number, as well as check voicemails, compose notes, sync with Google, and more. A second Google Voice application, called GV Mobile + has also been approved but has yet to appear in the iPhone App Store. During the summer of 2009, Apple yanked a handful of Google Voice applications from the iPhone App Store, which spurred an FCC investigation.

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Slammer

Sep 18, 2010, 11:09 AM

Not Sure I Agree With This...

We know Google and Apple are competitors. Each having their own offerings to consumers. Both also having similar offerings but in different forms.

We know that Google users sometimes want an app that Apple may have and VisaVersa. This is what creates the competitive movement in choice. We also know the value of business and wanting to grab marketshare and can understand a certain logic in offering services to an abundance.

However, I'm not so sure I am in agreement with Google having pushed so hard to sharing their content of offerings with Apple. Google Voice in particular. Isn't this what distinguishes the two apart from one another? If you like what Apple offers, you purchase Apple. If you like what Android offers, you purchase And...
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Caucasian

Google is an advertising company that uses a search engine, a mobile OS, a web browser and other elements to reach more people more often. They make them extremely useful so you want to use it, and they get tons of ad revenue.

Not getting their app...
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bluecoyote

Google doesn't make money off of Android in and of itself- they make money off of the ads they run. They make the same money off of those ads whether it is on iOS or Android, so Google's financial motives are the exact opposite of Apple's, whose goal ...
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KriisCDW

Android and iOS are platforms.

GVoice is an app/service.

This would be no different than Apple making an iTunes app for Android users to download.

Or Microsoft making Office available for OSx. They'd rather you have it on Windows, obviously...
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Menno

Google wants you to use their products. Yes, android is preferable for them, but they understand that not everyone wants android. So they create the app for other platforms.

The thing is that it still is integrated the best on android though (jus...
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JeffdaBeat

Sep 18, 2010, 9:36 AM

The change is with AT&T...

You know, it seems like ever since AT&T rolled out its finite data plans, there have been a lot more freedom in apps. I remember when you couldn't stream video over the network at all and when you could, it looked crappy (YouTube). Now, not only can you watch Netflix, but you can stream at pretty high quality on 3G. I'm sure there are more apps out there that I don't know about, but it seems like there is a bit more freedom since consumers will now have to pay for using that freedom too much...

Menno

It's just a call forewarding service, still using plan minutes.

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