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Google, Apple Joust Over Rejected Voice App

Posted by Soulskill on from the somebody's-in-trouble dept.

ZipK writes with an update to last month's FCC inquiry that landed Apple and AT&T in hot water over the apparent rejection of a Google Voice app for the iPhone. All three companies submitted statements to the FCC — Apple claimed the app hadn't been rejected at all, that they were simply "studying" it further. The public version of Google's statement contained a redacted section, which they politely referred to as "sensitive," but after seeing Apple's comments, they decided to reveal the entire document. Google's FCC filing directly contradicts what Apple said: "Apple's representatives informed Google that the Google Voice application was rejected because Apple believed the application duplicated the core dialer functionality of the iPhone. The Apple representatives indicated that the company did not want applications that could potentially replace such functionality." (PDF, page 4.) Apple quickly released a statement reiterating that they did not reject the app.

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  1. Easy fix by supernes · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just remove the dialer and you're set, Google! You're the paragon of innovation, you'll find a way to, you know, call people without actually dialling them!

  2. Easy by XPeter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apple: I'm sorry, but we don't want your voice app in our store, it threatens business.
    Google: Oh yeah? We'll see how well you do without our maps.

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    "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits" - Albert Einstein
    1. Re:Easy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Why the hell did I read that as "Yahoo! I just got an erection." ?

  3. Why does google even play?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Disable Google Map from the iPhone and see what happens...

  4. Follow the leader by brownsteve · · Score: 5, Funny

    *sniff*
    Oh, it's so cute. First they were just Baby Apple, playing nice with the other kiddies and corporations. Then they took their first steps - their first lock-in schemes, their first anticompetitive business practices. It was sooo adorable!

    Now they just did the darndest thing - they're finally lying to government investigators. Awww. They're growing up to be just like their big brother Microsoft!

  5. Re:Cellphone platform monoculture by daveime · · Score: 2, Funny

    Until they either explode or the battery fails ...

  6. Re:Corporate Culture by Ash-Fox · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're a big fucking idiot, since you apparently don't know that the NeXT machines were based on Motorola 68k processors

    NexT was initially developed for the Motorola 88000 RISC, then later ported to 68k due to issues with hardware demand.

    and won't look it up

    I don't need to. I already know. Besides, what reliable source did you get this from? I talked with some of the original people who developed the system which where I found out what I know.

    They took ADB keyboards and mice

    What does this have to do with anything?

    That's two things you have no fucking clue about that you learned today.

    If you say so.

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    Change is certain; progress is not obligatory.