"Not" contrary to published reports, Google’s app allegedly "was" rejected

Aug 25, 2009 10:44 GMT  ·  By

It is being reported that Apple may not have told the truth to the FCC when answering its questions on the rejection of Google’s voice app for iPhone. While Apple officially stated that the company hadn’t, in fact, rejected the app, but rather postponed its approval for further reviewing, some now claim to have evidence that the iPhone maker is lying through its teeth.

Commenting on the strength of Apple’s recently published report, TechCrunch claims that Apple denies the fact that they rejected Google's voice app, while detailing about how the Google Voice application hurts ‘the iPhone’s distinctive user experience.’ It is said in the TechCrunch report that "all of those statements are either untrue, or misleading, or both.”

The part where Apple says they never rejected the application is ‘a total lie,’ say people that are aware of the Google Voice application process, according to the report. The second part of Apple’s argument, concerning the implications of having the Google Voice application used side by side with the iPhone’s own, is considered "seriously misleading.” "Key language” from Apple’s letter is then posted, to highlight the aspects that may not be entirely accurate.

As readers will agree, the most prominent part of the letter is, of course, Apple’s official statement saying that, “Contrary to published reports, Apple has not rejected the Google Voice application, and continues to study it.”

Analyzing this assertion, TechCrunch claims there is “overwhelming evidence” that Apple did in fact reject the application, with one third-party Google Voice app developer earlier disclosing to the site that Apple’s Phil Schiller had told them the app “would be or already was rejected.” In fact, the report continues to reveal, Google also reportedly confirmed this to the site a while later.