\nFrom Apple’s response to the FCC:\n<\/p>\n
\nThe application has not been approved because, as submitted for review, it appears to alter the iPhone’s distinctive user experience by replacing the iPhone’s core mobile telephone functionality<\/strong> and Apple user interface with its own user interface for telephone calls, text messaging and voicemail. (emphasis mine)<\/em>\n<\/p>\n \nI believe one of the features of Google Voice for Android, on T-Mobile’s G1, is that you can opt to route all your handset phone usage through Google Voice. I don’t know what that gets you, other than the GV number, direct access to GV SMS and cheap international dialing, but nevertheless, I strongly suspect that there is something similar in the GV app for the iPhone. Given the terms of service explicitly stated for iPhone apps re: replacing core functions in the phone, if that is in fact the case, then it’s no bloody wonder the app has not been approved.\n<\/p>\n \nGIven the circumstances described re: the number of applications being reviewed vs. the number of staff reviewing, it’s obvious that the “working 90 hours a week and loving it” mentality is alive and well on 1 Infinite Loop, Himself or no Himself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From Apple’s response to the FCC: The application has not been approved because, as submitted for review, it appears to alter the iPhone’s distinctive user experience by replacing the iPhone’s core mobile telephone functionality and Apple user interface with its own user interface for telephone calls, text messaging and voicemail. (emphasis mine) I believe one … <\/p>\n