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Apple Kills Google Voice Apps On the iPhone

Posted by kdawson on from the hey-wait-isn't-he-on-our-board dept.

molnarcs writes "Apple pulls Google Voice-enabled applications from its App Store, citing duplication of functionality. The move affects both Google's official Google Voice and third party apps like Voice Central. Sean Kovacs, main developer of GV Mobile, says that he had personal approval for his app from Phil Shiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, last April. TechCrunch's Jason Kincaid suspects AT&T behind the move."

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  1. It was AT&T by vertigoCiel · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to Jon Gruber, who has reliable sources inside Apple, AT&T pulled their weight to make this happen.

  2. fear mongering by SuperKendall · · Score: 5, Informative

    jailbroken iPhone with no official warranty or support

    Who are you, the writer for "Reefer Madness"?

    If you need warranty work done, you simply un-jailbreak it (or restore it from scratch). And not even that is necessary for an obvious hardware flaw.

    It doesn't void your warranty.

    Unlocking is a different matter - but that also has zero to do with Cydia and alternate App Stores.

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  3. Re:Coming to Cydia by dunkelfalke · · Score: 5, Informative

    Crappy hardware coming from HTC? Are you nuts?

    Let's compare my HTC Touch HD (which is an older device) to the newest iPhone 3GS:

    Size: 115 x 62.8 x 12 mm vs 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm - no real difference
    Weight: 133 grams vs 146 grams - iPhone wins
    Display size: 3.8" vs 3.5" - Touch HD wins
    Display resolution: 480x800 vs 480x320 - Touch HD wins big time
    RAM: 288 MB vs 256 MB - Touch HD wins
    Internal memory: 512 MB vs 8GB or 16GB: iPhone wins
    Memory card: microSDHC up to 32GB vs none at all - Touch HD wins big time again (and you get a 8GB or 16GB card with every new Touch HD)
    Camera: 5 MP with video and 1.5 MP forward camera vs 3 MP with video - Touch HD wins
    Battery: 1350 mAh removable battary vs 1219 mAh non-removable battery - Touch HD wins big time

    HTC has managed to put a bigger, higher resolution screen, microSDHC drive, a bigger, removable battery, a 3.5mm headphone jack and a higher resolution camera into a package of same size and nearly same weight as iPhone 3GS (thus negating the arguments that a removable battery and a memory card drive add so much to the device size). How is it crappy now?

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