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Official Google Blog: Google Voice mobile app for Blackberry and Android
It’s been an exciting few months since we announced Google Voice . The feedback from early users has been terrific, and the requests for invites have been flowing in. We started sending invites a few weeks ago and will keep sending them daily. At the same time, we continue to improve the ...
Official Google Mobile Blog: Google Latitude. Now for iPhone.
googlemobile.blogspot.com — Unfortunately, since there is no mechanism for applications to run in the background on iPhone (which applies to browser-based web apps as well), we're not able to provide continuous background location updates in the same way that we can for Latitude ... (more) Official Google Mobile Blog: Google Latitude. Now for ...
Official Google Mobile Blog: Search with My Location for iPhone 3.0.  And All that Jazz
Official Google Mobile Blog: Search with My Location for iPhone 3.0. And All that Jazz
googlemobile.blogspot.com — I recently visited NYC where I met up with my friend Joanne, a jazz singer with a wonderful 1920's throwback style. I wanted to find a jazz club close to my hotel on the west side for us to meet. The problem was that I hadn't lived in Manhattan for 5 ... (more) Official Google Mobile Blog: Search with My Location for ...
App stores are not the future, says Google
App stores are not the future, says Google
blogs.ft.com — Apple customers may have downloaded 1.5bn applications from its AppStore in the past year for their iPhones and iPod touches, but the service does not represent the future for the mobile industry, according to Google. Vic Gundotra, Google Engineering ... (more) App stores are not the future, says Google
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Google Voice app comes to BlackBerry, Android
Macworld — ... a Google Voice number from their phone, or online, to place a call. The new apps allow users to make calls and send SMS with a Google Voice number directly from their Android or BlackBerry smartphone. The call can be made directly from the phone’s address book because the app is integrated with the phone, Google said. The application means a user can access voicemail, read SMS messages sent to Google Voice and access call history. Users can also place calls and send SMS messages. A video at Google’s blog explains some of the functions. The app is available to Android phone ...

Google Voice released for Android and BlackBerry, but not iPhone
AppleInsider — ... number, they would likely receive a return call from the cell, home or office number where the person is available. Through the new program, the outgoing call will now appear as the Google Voice number. Originally called Grand Central, Google Voice is a service that allows consumers to control a variety of phone numbers via one, centralized number. Through the configurable service, calls can be forwarded to or from any phone number and multiple phones can ring at once. A blog post announcing the release of Google Voice originally included a reference to the alleged iPhone ...

Apple Support Seems to Admit That AT&T Requested GV Apps to be Pulled
Mac|Life — ... that Apple to remove the popular third-party app, GV Mobile, from the App Store. GV Mobile was an app developed by Sean Kovacs to utilize the features of Google Voice on the iPhone, since there was no official app from Google for it (which you might want to know, Google DOES have an official app but Apple rejected it since this GV Mobile incident). If AT&T truly believes that Google Voice is a threat, why does it work with other AT&T smartphones like the BlackBerry . For some reason, they are threatened with it only on the iPhone, but no other smartphone they carry. GV Mobile ...

Whose iPhone is It Anyway?
Technologizer — ... The meat of the three letters involves Google Voice–the app whose failure to get approval spurred the FCC to take action, and almost certainly the most significant app to run into trouble to date, because its appeal is so broad and it looks so impressive on the platforms it’s already on. (Sorry, ...

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