Apple Rejects Google Voice App: Steve Jobs Suspected
The GV Mobile app which lets Google Voice service on users iPhone has been rejected by Apple and some are speculating that Steve Jobs himself is involved in this decision. The app is currently available on Android and Blackberry phones, though the service is currently invite only.
A Google spokesperson states, “We work hard to bring Google applications to a number of mobile platforms, including the iPhone. Apple did not approve the Google Voice application we submitted six weeks ago to the Apple App Store. We will continue to work to bring our services to iPhone users – for example, by taking advantage of advances in mobile browsers.”
Other bloggers are pointing at Apple’s exclusive iPhone carrier in the U.S., AT&T Inc., as the party responsible for the rejection. That’s because Google Voice offers for free some features that compete with services that AT&T charges for.
Earlier in the day, iPhone application developer Sean Kovacs, said his popular application GV Mobile iPhone, which lets users make calls and send SMS messages from a Google Voice number to any other number in a contact list was also removed from the App Store.
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