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Official Google Voice App Approved For iOS

Posted by timothy on from the do-they-need-a-killer-app? dept.

silverpig writes "Apple has finally approved the official Google Voice app for iOS. After 16 months of being in app-review limbo, the app is finally here, but only for users in the US, and not for iPod Touch users. An interesting use for the app would be to use it as a dialing front end on an iPod touch in concert with a VOIP service, but it seems like this isn't an option for now. It seems like non-US users can get the app if they have a US iTunes account. You can create a US iTunes account without a credit card by following this Apple article."

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  1. Examples are different by chrb · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Does it bother you that you aren't allowed to log in as root on your dishwasher?

    Oh, but I am. I own my dishwasher - I can do whatever I want to it. There is no end user license agreement. I can write my own roms and I doubt anyone will ever care.

    I can do the same with all of the other examples you list. The manufacturers of my TV set don't include an EULA telling me that I can't modify it. They don't tell me that I would be breaking the law if I tried.

    This is the complete opposite of Apple's position - that it is illegal to modify the software on an iPhone