Apple’s FCC comment full of lies
By Will Park on Monday, August 24th, 2009 at 7:25 PM PST In AT&T, Apple, FCC, iPhone, iPhone OS
Remember Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)’s seemingly reasonable answers to the FCC’s probe into why Apple kicked certain Google Voice apps from the AppStore? Right, well, TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington has posted his own analysis of the Apple commentary, and it’s a doozy. In his post, Arrington breaks down Apple’s answers to various FCC questions, saying that Apple is straight out lying. In fact, Apple’s own attempt to defend their position on Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Voice might very well force their hand in approving Google’s own Google Voice app for AppStore duty.
The biggest issue here is Apple’s denial in rejecting Google’s Google Voice iPhone app. Apple says they are still reviewing the app. Arrington cites comments from Google and Apple (although indirectly through a third-party iPhone app developer) as evidence that Apple has indeed already rejected the Google Voice app.
Apple: “Contrary to published reports, Apple has not rejected the Google Voice application, and continues to study it.”
Reality: One third party Google Voice app developer disclosed to us in July that Apple SVP Phil Schiller told them that Google’s own app would be or already was rejected. Google also confirmed this to us later. There is overwhelming evidence that Apple did in fact reject the application.
To be fair, TechCrunch had blamed AT&T (NYSE: T) for forcing Apple to reject the official Google Voice app, but now believes that Apple’s concern over having too many Google services on the iPhone is the reason behind Apple’s rejection of Google Voice.
In the end, we may very well see Apple approving the Google Voice app in the near future. Which is just fine by us!
Read the rest of Arrington’s analysis here.
[Via: TechCrunch]
“Contrary to published reports, Apple has not rejected the Google Voice application, and continues to study it. The application has not been approved because, as submitted for review, it appears to alter the iPhone’s distinctive user experience by replacing the iPhone’s core mobile telephone functionality and Apple user interface with its own user interface for telephone calls, text messaging and voicemail,”
Who cares!! It is none of apples business what I do with my hardware even if it does the same thing the phone does natively. I have two stock apps on the phone Apples and Bloomberg I don’t see the difference. This is my device, the fact that I am branded as a “terrorist” if I jail break my iphone is appalling. Apple and their lawyers need to recognize that it is there myopia that is keeping apples market share in the teens. As a share holder and apple user I wish they would pull the heads out of Steve’s ass.
I use Google voice (Grand Central) for business, it is a fantastic technology. It gives me the ability to keep my company small and mobile and at the same time have the feel and scalability of a large organization. The ability to control access to my phones to a person or a group is critical for my organization and frankly my sanity. Transcripts of Voice mail is not only a huge time saver but always adds a little humor to the day, computer sometime make the translation read like my own crazy personal Mad Libs. If you don’t have Google voice and want to see Google Voice in action call this number and yell at their Google Voice Mail. http://www.gvrants.com (408) 372-6871) they will put it on their site for you to read and hear.
I don’t much faith in the Gov. Frankly I feel there job is to make people’s lives harder but if the FCC can do something to getting apple to give me Google voice on my iPhone I may just show up at my local town hall meeting about health care.