This whole Google Voice/iPhone mess has caused enough consumer ire and FCC scrutiny to get AT&T to man up and allow cellular VoIP apps on their hottest smartphone. Services like Skype had made it into the App Store no problem, but were shackled to Wi-Fi use only, while third-party Google Voice apps were outright pulled from the shelves. Sure, AT&T deserved to have consumers up in arms about limiting their choice, but you can understand why the carrier would want to conserve bandwidth on a handset that’s already weighing heavily on their network, as well as prevent VoIP providers from undercutting their existing voice prices. In any case, openness won out this round – now it’s just a matter of seeing the apps getting updated with cellular support.
[via AT&T]