Apple now is stating that it didn't reject the google voice app, but is still pondering due to privacy reasons and such.
Via: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/22/technology/companies/22apple.html
>>Apple told the Federal Communications Commission on Friday that it did not reject an iPhone application submitted by Google and that <b>it was still studying it</b>, in part because of privacy concerns...
...Apple said in a letter to the F.C.C. that Google Voice duplicated the functions of the iPhone, which uses the AT&T network in the United States, and <b>may confuse users</b>. The application “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,” the letter said.
Apple also raised concerns that Google Voice copied <b>all of the information about a user’s contacts onto Google’s servers</b>. “We have yet to obtain any assurances from Google that this data will only be used in appropriate ways,” the letter said.<<
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The same Google Voice subject is being discussed here http://blogoscoped.com/forum/159308.html |