Google Gets Its iPhone Voice

snydeq writes "Google has found a way to let iPhone owners use Google Voice, launching a Google Voice Web app that runs on iPhone 3.0 OS devices, as well as on Palm WebOS devices. The Google Voice application leverages HTML 5's functionality for running sophisticated Web applications on a browser at speeds matching those of native applications, Google said. The Google Voice-iPhone conflict is one of several issues putting the companies on a collision course, the latest of which involves Apple potentially courting Microsoft to tap Bing as the iPhone's default search."

Comments

Google getting a bit too cocky.

[X-Power]

Is it just me or does Google have this disgusting sense of righteousness that makes them think they are always right and can do whatever they want.
Apple told you No, stop trying to circumvent it.

Re:Google getting a bit too cocky.

[michaelhood]

Is it just me or does Google have this disgusting sense of righteousness that makes them think they are always right and can do whatever they want.

Apple told you No, stop trying to circumvent it.

Hi Steve,

I think Google is trying to increase the visibility, for the average user, of Apple's strong handed walled garden approach. Most people outside of Slashdot don't know how ridiculous Apple's policies are with the iPhone, so Google is helping Apple make an ass of themselves in a way Google can publicize.

Re:Google getting a bit too cocky.

[Anonymous Coward]

The reason apple disallowed the commodore emulator is that they don't want unauthorized code running on the iPhone. *any* code that can be compiled directly on the iPhone can be used to jailbreak their sandbox and do bad things. Notice how all the exploits and hacks for the iphone only work on jailbroken phones? Theres a reason. Notice how nexus one/gphone has already had spyware apps running that harvest user data? No vetting process, no one reviews the code, shitty software gets posted. Sure the "bad" apps get pulled when they are discovered, but that doesn't help the idiots running the trojans for the last 3 weeks letting it collect their bank passwords before it was discovered.

When that story broke, suddenly we had news sites saying "well, maybe a little code review is a good thing.." You can't have it both ways. Either all code is reviewed, and people are kept from running unauthorized code, or you open everything up and deal with the bad PR and publicity from every third app on the store harvesting your users data. Apple made their choice, and to be quite honest, I really don't think they give a flying fuck about the VERY small, VERY vocal slashdot population that has a problem with it. Not many other people do, from their sales numbers...

Personally, I LIKE Apple's review process. I LIKE not having to worry about my phone gathering my call data and sending my contacts out via some virus or trojan or something. I LIKE having a phone that "just works" even with Apple's limitations. I LIKE the fact that when some idiot developer ships an app with 200 bugs, Apple sends the shit back to them and makes them fix it before releasing the app on the store.

As far as the endless complaining on Slashdot goes, it comes down to this. Don't like it? BUY SOMETHING ELSE. we don't care... I made my choice, go make your own and stop trying to convince other people that your choice is better.

I don't think so

[jollyreaper]

"Google has found a way to let iPhone owners use Google Voice."

Really? There's a patch for that.

Re:Kind of scary that it works....

[nschubach]

If you stopped reading, how did you get here?

Re:iPod Touch Fails

[Anonymous Coward]

but only to other gizmo subscribers as PC to PC communication.

I have Gizmo5 setup to use my gvoice account. You can have google ring your gizmo and then dial a POTS line and do free pc->US/Canada phonecalls.

Re:Oh Apple, let the Apps through already!

[mattack2]

Yes, but you're on the train to Microsoft.