Google Voice application GV Mobile getting reinstated by Apple?

By on Sep 10, 2010 at 8:35 AM
General September 10, 2010

There hasn’t been this much controversy about a ban since Pete Rose was ousted from baseball. Okay, maybe that was embellished a bit, but this is still a highly-debated topic. Sean Kovacs, developer of the exiled, iOS, Google Voice application GV Mobile, tweeted the following late yesterday:

Good news: I did get confirmation back from Apple that it will most likely get back in once I resubmit.

The news comes just one day after Apple announce less stringent iOS development mandates and published an application-approval guideline document. iPhone users have been without a native Google Voice app since Apple dropped the ban hammer on all such applications back in July of last year. Anyone out there — other than BG — dying to see a native GV application back in the App Store?

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  • guy

    Sorry to burst your bubble but that guys app is not the official Google voice app.

    • serpentor

      Because didn’t Apple put Google’s official voice app on indefinite review?

    • Marc Flores

      Official or not, it’s still a Google Voice application. And if it ultimately does get approved, which seems highly likely at this point, it’s only a matter of time that an official one is resubmitted by Google.

  • bringit
  • Thadd

    So excited to get this Google Voice app back on my iPhone.

    • MadSkillz

      Its a great app. I’m sure a lot of iPhone users that haven’t tried it will love it as well.

  • debbie barnes

    poor stevo, andy is eating his lunch.

  • http://www.timhaines.com Tim

    That will be cool. I’d like to see a return of a native GV app.

  • slammer

    @TedP.

    Let me clarify by saying Android allows you to do more out of the box than ios.

    Personally, I believe my point still remains. Why jailbreak to get what you want or need? It is counter-productive to making a stand on what a user’s experience should be about. Steve dictates what you are allowed or not allowed to get, and is getting extremely rich off of this practice. All the solid hardware or software should not sacrifice my dignity by being controlled. As you said, the carriers already lock features down. Why should my phone inhibit my experience further?

    John B.

  • Shelbz

    Too little way too late. I have been on Android for nearly a year now thanks to this debacle and don’t plan on going back.

    Good to know that other GV users out there will be able to get an app for it now though.

  • Max

    Ive been waiting for 4 years now. Its about time they did something. I even considered switching to Google OS phone just for that reason.

  • garry

    @slammer i agree with you. Iv had both phones i still do lol but my iphone 3gs is deactivated i went to verizon do to not great service from att. But anyways iso is locked down unless you jailbreak it. I like the android software iv installed nes emulator with games without rooting or hacking the droid x. Also with android you can install 3rd party apps not from the market if you want at your own risk. But with the iphone to do all this you need to hack it aka jailbreak. Best of all i didn’t void my warranty :) on the droid x.

  • slammer

    Thanks Garry for comprehending my point.

    Still, Apple makes a great product. It is only hampered by their present and historical practice of wanting to control the end users experience rather than the end user being allowed to choose what they would like on their device.

    Android is most commonly misunderstood by many iPhone users. Individuals such as my colleagues, have been living under the Apple bubble for the last 4 years. Only now are they realizing the reality of how prominently Android has evolved into the best all around experience for choice and customization. While Android may not be as polished as ios, history has proven that in the end, it really doesn’t matter.

    People want choices and the ability to download what they want. This trumps stability by a long shot. Accessibility is the largest attraction for Android at this juncture. Apple’s tenure on restricting many apps, is security in keeping the OS stable. There is nothing wrong with that until it starts controlling what the end users want.

    There is no way(in logical aspects), that an individual can justify complaining about having to jailbreak their iphones for certain apps or functions.

    I would argue that far more people jailbreak their iPhones than Android users. So my ongoing question is: Why? What is the point of doing this if Android is offering everything for the taking? I can never get a definitive answer to this. Jailbreaking an iphone voids the warranty and only has the potential to fragment its OS anyway. So why preach about ios’s stability, only to open it up to fragmentation by jailbreaking?

    So I guess what I’m saying, is a jailbroken iPhone is no more stable than an Android device in the end.

    John B.

    • John

      I think you used to be right, but I think the trend is for carriers to screw up Android by making their own versions. Motoblur, Touchwiz and to some extent even SenseUI has more and more people wanting to root their Android phones. Look at the recent Fascinate that had Bing and no obvious way to add Google. Talk about trying to control the end user’s experience! I used to agree with you, which is why I ditched my iPhone 3G for an Android phone. Now, I’m considering going back because I never had a problem jailbreaking my phone, and now I’m starting to see the same crappy control over the experience, although with Apple, I think as misguided as they are, they really are trying to make the experience better. In the case of Android, I think sometimes that is the case, (I guess I can imagine someone at Motorola thinks Motoblur is better) but now as I understand it, it can come from business deals. I read the Bing exclusivity on the Fascinate was due to a Verizon/MS deal. In short, I think the carriers are ruining the openness of Android, and at that point, it’s a toss up between Apple and Google, and I think Apple makes better lookin’ phones…

    • John

      Oh, and if there were not legitimate and compelling reasons to root an Android phone, why would there be such a thriving community such as you find at XDA developers?

  • CLYDE

    I just now moved to the iPhone from a Blackberry 9700 and have noticed no difference between having the app and being able to use GV directly through my browser

  • Adrian97c

    GV mobile on cydia is CRASH HAPPY! use the html5 site instead!

    GV mobile is almost usless on iOs4/iPhone4

    needs major work.

  • Ricky

    Check out G-Whizz! Pro for iPhone and iPad. It has Google Voice functionality with alerts for Voice (and Push via Prowl).

    http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/g-whizz/id368305725?mt=8

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