First Google Voice App Hits the App Store

silverpig writes "The first Google Voice app has hit the app store, and it's called GV Connect. Providing a front end to the Google Voice service, GV Connect allows users of devices running Apple iOS platform to have a native app with which to interact with Google Voice. What will be interesting to note is the order that these apps are approved in. I know Sean Kovacs was first out with GV Mobile back before Apple banned Google Voice, and while he is in the approval pipeline, this other app has some first mover advantage. I wonder what it means when Google gets their app officially approved, as surely it'll be free."

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Fail? On what planet?

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You do know that Android being open means you can choose the least fucked wireless provider, right? Android is common less than a year, so less than half of the people on contract who might choose it have done so, given that the standard contract is two years. Android is open. Google doesn't force the wireless providers to do the right thing and keep it open. Google trusts us to choose the wireless providers that let Android be the most open. They give, and though they don't require anything back it's permissible that they hope we will see that it is better to be free.

I like that. I like that Google isn't trying to force my choice - they're trying to be the best choice and attract me to choose them. That's not evil.

Microsoft paying Verizon to cripple all their Android phones with Bing that can't be removed and depriving their customers of choice, that's evil.