Google Voice for Apple iPhone might become a web app
August 8th, 2009 Leave a comment Visited 62 times, 1 so far today
Google Voice for Apple iPhone might become a web app
Apple might have rejected the Google Voice mobile app but they may soon find themselves helpless.
Google is apparently working on a web based version of this app which would be impossible for Apple to block.
It would work through the web browser on the iPhone just like any other website.
Incidentally, Google Latitude is also available only as a web application on the iPhone as Apple had rejected to software version.
Google has not yet revealed on how soon the web based version would be available for the Apple iPhone platform.
But it does prove that they are not taking Apple’s rejection lightly.
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August 9th, 2009 at 04:45 am
Time has changed. Apple is forbidding iPhone users to install Google Voice app on the device. They decided to take it off App Store. Why? Just because.
This smart phone is essentially a computer with operating system and an ability to install third party software like any other computer. When I called Apple, tech support representative informed me that Apple does not have to explain why they are forbidding me to install Google apps after I purchased device planning to use it with Google Voice. She also informed me that App Store is like any other store has right to choose what they put on their shelves.
Well, I respect their choice, but the last time I checked in my neighborhood mall none of their stores are FORBIDING me to use products from anywhere else but from their store. Does Apple respect my choice? Communist China government did not dare to make Lenovo give me a list of software I can install on my laptop. Lenovo respects my choice because they know what will happen with their laptops if they would try to deny this choice to people in free world.
Just imagine what would happen if Microsoft make an agreement with Comcast and set up a list of software you are allowed to install. What if they allow you to connect to internet only through Comcast? What if Comcast decides they not like some software and a week later Microsoft would FORBID using it without any meaningful explanation? That would definitely be considered mafia-like behavior and nobody would tolerate it.
We are not tolerating this behavior neither from China, US government, Microsoft, nor from Comcast. For how long are we going to tolerate this behavior from Apple? I erased my iPhone, I smashed it with hammer and I will send it on Monday to Steve Jobs, c/o Apple 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014
Time has changed.