Comments on: The Fact & Fiction of Google Voice's iPhone Rejection

By: Why You Want Google Voice on Your iPhone: Tech News «

Why You Want Google Voice on Your iPhone: Tech News « — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:46:34 +0000

[...] After over a year in limbo, Apple has reportedly approved Google’s Voice application for the iTunes App Store, [...]

By: There’s (Not) An App for That: 10 Apps Only Available for Jailbroken iPhones | The Apple Tech Blog

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:18:04 +0000

[...] does a wayward app go after being rejected by the Apple? Sometimes it valiantly tries to meet Apple’s approval, constantly guessing Apple’s whim and fancy. Other times, a developer doesn’t even try. [...]

By: There’s (Not) An App for That: 10 Apps Only Available for Jailbroken iPhones

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:02:00 +0000

[...] Where does a wayward app go after being rejected by the Apple? Sometimes it valiantly tries to meet Apple’s approval, constantly guessing Apple’s whim and fancy. Other times, a developer doesn’t even try. [...]

By: Apple Approves Another VoIP App, Rebtel – GigaOM

Apple Approves Another VoIP App, Rebtel – GigaOM — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:11:53 +0000

[...] Vonage. Given that Apple and AT&T are giving the nod to almost all VoIP applications, I wonder why exactly Google Voice isn’t getting the go-ahead? Any theories, people? (Press release from Rebtel below the fold.) It took nine months but [...]

By: FCC Eyes Apple’s Blockage of Google Voice | Broadband Breakfast

FCC Eyes Apple’s Blockage of Google Voice | Broadband Breakfast — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:09:25 +0000

[...] to a report by Om Malik on Gigaom, this allegation that AT&T is behind Apple’s blocking of Google Voice is “flat-out [...]

By: Technology Blogging » Blog Archive » Apple, AT&T say no to Google Voice iPhone App

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:37:59 +0000

[...] getting into the operator network. Some say it was the handy work of AT&T and other folks argue why would AT&T do that . It’s interesting to read different opinions and [...]

By: Google Links Up With Verizon to Fight Apple

Google Links Up With Verizon to Fight Apple — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:55:36 +0000

[...] as game-changing to the wireless world in terms of a form factor and experience. And if it helps Google gain mobile device market share at the expense of Apple, that’s probably worth teaming up with one of its carrier [...]

By: Apple Has Some Important Lessons to Learn » Apple, iPhone, Microsoft, Microsofts, Jobs, Apples » Mac OS X Fans

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:42:25 +0000

[...] hope Google Voicegate teaches Apple a sobering, but not too damaging, lesson about the importance of transparency and [...]

By: iPhone toglie la voce a Google di Claudio Tamburrino giovedì 30 luglio 2009 Roma – Apple ha ufficialmente bloccato Google Voice su App Store, con la motivazione che “duplica le funzioni già integrate nell’iPhone”. Dopo aver tolto

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:04:29 +0000

[...] intanto, è già disponibile da due settimane per Android e Blackberry (curiosamente anche questo distribuito con [...]

By: Speaking of tone — Sample the Web

Speaking of tone — Sample the Web — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:49:06 +0000

[...] Om Malik was much more on target than Gruber was, because he used logic instead of a single un-named source. That source has now been either proven unreliable or Gruber has been proven to be negligent in thoroughly questioning that source. Either way, Gruber’s strong-toned “But, trust me, it was AT&T’s decision” dismissal of Malik’s spot on analysis of the situation reveals him to be, just like his source, untrustworthy, as well as a blogger, a journalist, and a pundit who must be taken with a grain of salt and compared to multiple other sources. [...]

By: ★ How I Got the Google Voice/App Store Story Wrong «

★ How I Got the Google Voice/App Store Story Wrong « — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:32:47 +0000

[...] that day, I linked to a piece by Om Malik wherein he speculated — correctly it turns out — that AT&T had no role in [...]

By: ★ How I Got the Google Voice/App Store Story Wrong | Alex Kessinger

★ How I Got the Google Voice/App Store Story Wrong | Alex Kessinger — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:45:07 +0000

[...] that day, I linked to a piece by Om Malik wherein he speculated — correctly it turns out — that AT&T had no role in Apple’s [...]

By: WS

WS — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:41:44 +0000

Google a wolf in sheep’s clothing? I’m not so sure. Didn’t they lobby to get the 700 MHz spectrum up for auction on an open network, allowing subscribers to use any phone they like? That’s a big move considering that all carriers give you a subsidized for and gouge you for the next 2-3 years (the latter now being the standard in Canada)…

Google’s Summer of Code has impacted the OSS community, and has brought a much needed surge to things like GNOME, KDE, and other GPL software. Giving sizeable “purses” to developers in almost 100 countries.

Hey no one is arguing they are big… Gabby Hayes big. But they have always traditionally been founded on the maxim of “Do no evil.” To call them the biggest snake in the grass is bold.

And BB is not exclusive to AT&T, the iPhone is. That really puts a kink in the whole “My BB works just fine” theory. The latter phone is also AT&Ts most profitable and owns a sizeable chunk of the smartphone market.

And lastly, as others have said, GV gives the user one number that can be ported. That’s actually quite big. It may seem trivial but its not. Again as others have said above, it gives users the ability to shop for minutes. Get an unlocked phone, load up GV, and you can shop around for the cheapest packages… that’s not what the big bad carriers want. They want restrictions. A nightmare if you change service. The harder the better. Take a class in psychology 101… you’ll know that even the smallest hurdle can dissuade the masses…

If AT&T says they have nothing to do with this, then they are flat out lying. Talking to their PR is futile, much like resisting their iron grip…

By: ★ How I Got the Google Voice/App Store Story Wrong | reabilita.me

★ How I Got the Google Voice/App Store Story Wrong | reabilita.me — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:08:52 +0000

[...] that day, I linked to a piece by Om Malik wherein he speculated — correctly it turns out — that AT&T had no role in [...]

By: Apple Pulled Google Voice App, Not AT&T

Apple Pulled Google Voice App, Not AT&T — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:02:03 +0000

[...] App Store. Much of the Google Voice functionality is still accessible from the browser, however. Many blamed AT&T, citing the carrier’s reluctance to allow for VoIP minutes on its cellular network. AT&T [...]

By: J Bryan

J Bryan — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:04:59 +0000

Ok, I might be off on this one, but just added my bold as a data device and an iphone as a primary.
Interestingly enough, can’t find the google voice app in the blackberry app store, and for some reason when I point the browser to google.com/voice, suddenly I get the “unable to connect to the mobile data service” error, however every other weblink including google.com works fine.

I have a feeling this is will become a much bigger egg on the face of ATT