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GV Mobile+ for Google Voice on the iPhone released

by TJ Luoma (Sep 18th, 2010)

GV Mobile + has returned to the App Store. If you live in the USA and therefore have access to Google Voice, grab a copy of GV Mobile + for $3 and celebrate the return of arguably the best Google Voice app for the iPhone. (We also reported that another app by the name of GV Connect is available for ...

Black Swan brings Google Voice back to the iPhone without the App Store

by TJ Luoma (Mar 9th, 2010)

Google Voice on the iPhone has been something of a sore subject for me. If you need a full-recap of the whole sordid iPhone/Google Voice story see this story from December or more of our coverage. I even started a little site devoted to waiting for Google Voice on the iPhone called ...

Is Google Voice available for the iPhone?

by TJ Luoma (Dec 25th, 2009)

Need a refresher on the Google Voice and Apple saga? Let's recap the story to date: Apple pulled all Google Voice related apps from the App Store back in July, which led to an FCC inquiry, which led Apple to claim they had not rejected but were "studying" Google Voice, which Google contradicted. ...

Should we continue using an app that Apple has rejected?

by Brett Kelly (Nov 16th, 2009)

It doesn't happen so much anymore, but not too long ago you'd hear about a new offering arriving in the App Store that would stir up a little controversy (the NetShare tethering app springs to mind). They'd enjoy some fanfare and a ton of purchases for a few days before being summarily removed, ...

The Google Voice rejection: What's needed now

by Erica Sadun (Jul 29th, 2009)

If you've been following coverage of Apple's rejection of Google Voice for iPhone, you saw TUAW blogger Chris Rawson considering whether pressure from AT&T might have been behind the Google Voice rejection -- an assumption first floated by TechCrunch and later substantiated by Daring Fireball. ...

GV Mobile and Voice Central pulled from App Store

by TJ Luoma (Jul 27th, 2009)

Update: The official Google app is apparently not going to be released either. Earlier today, iPhone developer Sean Kovacs posted on his blog that his Google Voice client, GV Mobile, is getting pulled from the App Store due to "duplicating features that the iPhone comes with (Dialer, SMS, etc)." ...