Google Mobile App for iPhone Coming on Monday?
By James Falconer on Sunday, November 16th, 2008 at 2:01 PM PST In Android, Apple, Applications, GPhone, iPhone
Google has been working on a new voice-recognition search app for the iPhone (Google Mobile App) for some time now. Rumor had it that the new app would have launched this past Friday, but sometime on Friday Google found out that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) wouldn’t be pushing it out… despite getting the thumbs up for Friday earlier in the week. When it didn’t appear in the App Store, some questions were raised.
The good news for Google and all that were eagerly awaiting this app, is it will likely become available come Monday. This news comes from a source with insider knowledge of the situation (according to a report at TechCrunch). Google has apparently had little contact with Apple during this period, and have been getting updates on the situation via the iPhone developer tool which has had a status of ‘in review’ for the last few days.
Lets hope the rumors are true and this new app makes an appearance in the App Store on Monday. I can’t wait to try it out. In the meantime make sure you check out the video I’ve posted above which gives you a great overview of the new Google Mobile App for the iPhone.
Note: Kudos to Google for the decision to launch this new App on the iPhone. They had the choice of launching on the iPhone or their own Android device, yet they decided to embrace the iPhone and launch in the App Store. Surely pushing out the app for Android would have boosted Android G1 sales, but they opted for what is best for the user at this point in time.
[Via: TechCrunch]
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and how is it bad for the user to release on the G1 app store? Explain.
Dont you think it would have been better for the user to release on multiple platforms so they can reach a majority audience?
I think this will be the most amazing app to come done the pike in ages. The power of Google mixed with voice recognition will be sheer wow. I will be first on line to get this one. Here is my take on it
Agreed (To bazza), they didnt do the right thing, they should have relseased it to both iPhone and the G1
It’s too bad the next gen iphone won’t have high quality optics and a high megapixel cam or I would totally buy it
Whether or not this wonder will appear on Monday or not, or is it a big deal it’s on the iPhone first instead of the G1 are not the right questions. The question is—–who cares? If Google can make a voice recognition system that actually works well under all–or even most–normal conditions, it will be the first one on the planet. Seriously.
So, your life partner (google) sleeps with your friend (iphone) and you (G1) are left out. KIND OF POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE……….
Well even though google did them a favour, Apple are still not approving the app for their store. Google would have bypassed all that hassle and rleased first on their own stor.
and Jim K, its not the first on the planet, its only the first to use google’s app. similar voice recognition software for mobiles have been around for a while.