It’s been a long, long, looooong road — a submittal, removal, argument, and dry spell signaling there was no hope. But it appears that all is well in the world. Google announced via their blog that Apple has just released the official Google Voice app for iOS into the App Store. Features: Voicemail transcription Display your Google Voice number as caller ID when making calls. Free text messaging to U.S. users Cheap rates for international calls Push...
SMS rates are highway robbery/rape. Why put up with them when there are so many other alternatives to communicating? But I understand that having the option is something a lot of people want. On the iOS platform, however, Apple made it really difficult to circumnavigate AT&T’s official offerings. Although, the last couple of months have seen a drastic step back in regards to the heavy handed approach, causing countless devs behind previously rejected apps to...
If you’re one of the handful of people who haven’t managed to snag a Google Voice invite yet, your wait and frustration are now over. Google has officially taken the “invite-only” status off of Google Voice. You know what that means? STOP paying extra for visual voicemail add-ons from whatever US carrier you currently have (assuming you have a smartphone that is), since Google Voice is ultimately leaps and bounds ahead of said options as well as...
Score one big one for the consumer. It seems months of bitching from consumers and the FCC alike have finally gotten AT&T to open up. The ridiculous ban on VoIP apps is now no more. iPhone users should especially find this good news as several apps (including Google Voice) are now technically “legal” under AT&T’s new ToS. Yesterday we saw Vonage slip into the App Store which raised a few flags as it broke several previous rules of...
The Google Voice/Apple/iPhone drama has died down recently, though behind the scenes as far as the FCC is concerned, is still very much a pressing issue. Even though it isn’t as big of a deal currently in the mainstream media, this drama is far from over. The recent approvals on both the Vongae and Skype apps highlight one glaring problem: Apple (1) is a hypocrite and (2) support double standards. What do I mean? The Vonage and Skype apps are pretty much the same...
