Remember Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)’s seemingly reasonable answers to the Federal Communications Commission’s investigation into why Apple kicked certain Google Voice apps from the AppStore? Right, well, TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington has posted his own psychoanalysis of the Apple commentary, and it’s a doozy. In his position, Arrington breaks down feather Apple’s answers to various Federal Communications Commission questions, saying that Apple is straightaway out lying. In fact, Apple’s own attempt to defend their position on Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Voice might very well force their hand in approving Google’s own Google Voice app for AppStore responsibility.
The biggest issue here is Apple’s denial in rejecting Google’s Google Voice iPhone app. Apple says they ar distillery reviewing the app. Arrington cites comments from Google and Apple (although indirectly through a third-political party iPhone app developer) as grounds that Apple has indeed already rejected the Google Voice app.
Apple: “Contrary to published reports, Apple has not rejected the Google Voice diligence, and continues to survey it.”
Reality: One third party Google Voice app developer disclosed to us in July that Apple SVP Phil Schiller told them that Google’s own app would be or already was rejected. Google also confirmed this to us later. There is overwhelming grounds that Apple did in fact reject the application.
To be carnival, TechCrunch had blamed AT&ere;T (New York Stock Exchange: T) for forcing Apple to reject the official Google Voice app, but now believes that Apple’s worry over having too many Google services on the iPhone is the understanding behind Apple’s rejection of Google Voice.
In the remainder, we may very well see Apple approving the Google Voice app in the near future tense. Which is just fine by us!
Read the rest of Arrington’s analysis here.