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    Google's iPhone Voice Search Mobile App Now Available

    Even Google Gets Shafted By Apple's Ridiculous App-Approval Process
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    Image of soggy_cheerio soggy_cheerio
    11/18/08

    In reply to Google's iPhone Voice Search Mobile App Now Available
    Calculator searches work as well. Fun.
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    11/18/08

    @soggy_cheerio: Although it screws up second. So I had to go with meters per hour in furlongs per fortnight.
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    Image of soggy_cheerio soggy_cheerio
    11/18/08

    In reply to Google's iPhone Voice Search Mobile App Now Available
    It doesn't like to search curse words. Sigh.
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    Image of soggy_cheerio soggy_cheerio
    11/18/08

    @soggy_cheerio: Spelling them out seems to work.
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    Image of soggy_cheerio soggy_cheerio
    11/18/08

    In reply to Google's iPhone Voice Search Mobile App Now Available
    It's exceptional at the voice recognition.


    Handy tip? If you can pronounce it, you can use it to check your spelling.

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    Image of More Awesomer Turtles More Awesomer Turtles
    11/17/08

    In reply to Google's iPhone Voice Search Mobile App Now Available
    I can't find it in the app store. The link just sends me to the old Google App....
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    Image of Jason Chen Jason Chen
    11/17/08

    @Dudemeister on the Run: It is the old Google app.
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    Image of Wess Wess
    11/17/08

    In reply to Google's iPhone Voice Search Mobile App Now Available
    I thought this was canceled or rejected or something.
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    11/18/08

    @Wess: That's the problem with blogs, it is so easy to create a false rumor, and there is so little actual fact checking going on... and in times when there is nothing much exciting happening, page hits are needed to get the publicity money.
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    11/17/08

    In reply to Google's iPhone Voice Search Mobile App Now Available
    Brevity is the soul of wit. Thank you for the heads-up Jason.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    11/16/08

    In reply to Even Google Gets Shafted By Apple's Ridiculous App-Approval Process
    The app is delayed a day or so, and isn't at risk of not getting approved.


    Arrington's confusing the policy that killed Podcaster with logistics surrounding a major new app that will be massively downloaded.


    Arrington and his source are out of the loop and have no idea what's going on.

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    Image of Dearhaw Dearhaw
    11/16/08

    In reply to Even Google Gets Shafted By Apple's Ridiculous App-Approval Process
    OK, just hold your fucking horses. Yes I'm an Apple fanboy. Yes, I understand they could be big arrogant prick motherfuckers now and again.


    However, you say in your article that pretty much nobody knows what happened, or, for that matter, what was SUPPOSED to happen that did not happen, and yet, for some reason, it is clearly "merely the latest (and one of the most glaring) examples of Apple's completely backwards app approval process."


    WTF, Mahoney?

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    Image of Voyou_Charmant Voyou_Charmant
    11/17/08

    @Dearhaw: Reading comprehension is a powerful thing.


    That is exactly the point they are making no one knows anything about what happened. As I understand it, it was supposed to be launched on Friday, no approval was issued and they are unable to get any answer from Apple as to what the hold up is.


    Beyond that, for people to act like Google is just any other developer is ridiculous. It's fucking Google. They really should go to the front of the line.

    The idea of a "line" further complicates the issue, as this story and other commenters have illustrated; there appears to be no order or explanation as to when/why things do and do not get approved.


    Also, this application just looks awesome. Just the prospect of it is pulling me back into the fold after being far from overjoyed with my overall iPhone/apple experience.

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    Image of ferrdidly ferrdidly
    11/16/08

    In reply to Even Google Gets Shafted By Apple's Ridiculous App-Approval Process
    Who really cares about a bunch of phone apps... just use the billion other apps you already have for your phone and shut up already...


    this whining about the app store policy is getting really annoying.

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/16/08

    @ferrdidly: Google cares. It makes its money through search. And this not being on several million cell phones interferes with Google getting money.


    This isn't some homebrew app; this is Google trying to get a foothold in the cellphone market.

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    Image of manduvi manduvi
    11/16/08

    In reply to Even Google Gets Shafted By Apple's Ridiculous App-Approval Process
    It's incredible.


    We've (Odasoft.net) submited 2 apps,


    one of them was approved the same day we submitted it! It's called Truco.


    The other App, is steal "in review" by apple after 2 months!


    So Apple process is incredible ridiculous...

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/16/08

    In reply to Even Google Gets Shafted By Apple's Ridiculous App-Approval Process
    I smell anti-trust/anti-competitive lawsuit!!!!


    And remember kids: when giant, multibillion dollar global brands sue each other, everybody wins.

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    Image of pdditty pdditty
    11/16/08

    @OMG! Ponies!: Aint nobody suing nobody...all this fuss is over the status of the app being "in review" mode? Thats it? It wasnt like Apple denied the app or something
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/16/08

    @pdditty: And I think that the good folks at Google could convince themselves that taking Apple to court falls within the mantra of "Do No Evil."


    Saying it's "In Review" sounds a little suspicious to me. If it isn't approved, expect an epic lawsuit.

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