The New York Times’ mobile industry analyst David Poque is reporting that Google is preparing to launch a web-based Google Voice application that would allow even owners of the Apple iPhone to take advantage of the service; this news follows the original rejection of the Google Voice iPhone app by Apple’s App Store just two weeks ago.
The FCC was asked to investigate the rejection based on the concern that American wireless provider AT&T was manipulating the process in order to protect their own voice services and prompting Google’s Eric Schmidt to step down from his place on Apple’s Board of Directors. A spokesperson from Google had this to say about the Times’ report:
Apple did not approve the Google Voice application we submitted six weeks ago to the Apple App Store. We will continue to work to bring our services to iPhone users, for example by taking advantage of advances in mobile browsers.
More news on this apparent web app incarnation of Google Voice as details are released!
