Google Voice for iPhone Released

It's ironic that Apple might have changed their app store rules to allow a Google product (GV) into the app store in order to counter another Google product (Android)

Re: Google Voice for iPhone Released

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Post by ja27 » Tue, Nov 16, 2010, 7:37 PM UTC

Doesn't seem to be available for iPod Touch even though many of the features would work fine on it.

Re: Google Voice for iPhone Released

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Post by irons » Tue, Nov 16, 2010, 7:37 PM UTC

I'm struck that it appears to do very little local caching. In that sense it feels like a highly polished web app, always at the mercy of an available network.

Also, it's iPhone-only. Following the direct download link from an iPod or iPad yields an error. Guess I'm sticking with Boxcar for iPad push notifications.

Re: Google Voice for iPhone Released

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Post by samps » Tue, Nov 16, 2010, 7:49 PM UTC

irons wrote: post #9

I'm struck that it appears to do very little local caching. In that sense it feels like a highly polished web app, always at the mercy of an available network. Also, it's iPhone-only. Following the direct download link from an iPod or iPad yields an error. Guess I'm sticking with Boxcar for iPad push notifications.

The "no caching" effect is much less pronounced with fast app switching. Are you on iOS 3.x?

Also, in my experience, there are often weird consistency errors in the App Store when something new is rolling out. (I could only see it on my Mac for a while before it appeared on my phone.) Try again in an hour.