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Best of Smartphone Experts, 15 Nov 2009

Dieter Bohn — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:26:27 +0000

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Best of Smartphone Experts, 15 Nov 2009

Best of Smartphone Experts, 8 Nov 2009

Dieter Bohn — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:29:51 +0000

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Best of Smartphone Experts, 8 Nov 2009

Best of Smartphone Experts, 1 Nov 2009

Dieter Bohn — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:34:35 +0000

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Best of Smartphone Experts, 1 Nov 2009

Best of Smartphone Experts, 25 Oct 2009

Dieter Bohn — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:20:24 +0000

How to get QWERTY keyboard on an unlocked Palm Pre
Mundu IM and Agile Messenger coming to the Palm Pre.
Flash on the Palm Pre: the other side

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Best of Smartphone Experts, 25 Oct 2009

Best of Smartphone Experts, 18 Oct 2009

Dieter Bohn — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:19:36 +0000

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Best of Smartphone Experts, 18 Oct 2009

Best of Smartphone Experts, 11 Oct 2009

Dieter Bohn — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:01:42 +0000

Last week was the CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment conference. We had coverage at a few of our sites, but Kevin Michaluk and I also sat down with Mickey Papillon of The Cell Phone Junkie to record a podcast about our thoughts on the event – worth checking out. Here’s what else went on in the smartphone world this week.

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Best of Smartphone Experts, 11 Oct 2009

Best of Smarpthone Experts, 4 Oct 2009

Dieter Bohn — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:15:19 +0000

webOS 1.2 Released, followed by webOS 1.2.1, which fixed webOS Exchange Issues and Palm Pre iTunes Sync
How to Restore a Pre
Homebrew apps and patches back for webOS 1.2.1

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Best of Smarpthone Experts, 4 Oct 2009

Best of Smartphone Experts, 27 Sept. 2009

Dieter Bohn — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:57:01 +0000

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Best of Smartphone Experts, 27 Sept. 2009

Best of Smartphone Experts, 20 Sept. 2009

Dieter Bohn — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:15:29 +0000

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Best of Smartphone Experts, 20 Sept. 2009

Google Says Apple Did Fully Reject Google Voice

Dieter Bohn — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:54:11 +0000

In a post on their official blog, Google has let the world know that, “in the interest of transparency,” they’re allowing the FCC to comply with a Freedom of Information Act request to fully publish their response about the whole Google Voice Rejection Brouhaha, and it’s an interesting read, to say the least. You can grab the PDF of the letter right here.

The letter, which had been previously redacted, claims that not only did Apple fully reject both Google Voice and Latitude, but the rejection came after conversations between top executives, including Phil Shiller. This contradicts Apple’s claim that they had not rejected the apps, but merely reviewing them in a more extensive way.

The reason for the rejections (as Google calls them) is what you probably expected: “duplicate functionality.” Google writes:

Apple’s representatives informed Google that the Google Voice application was rejected because Apple believed the application duplicated the core dialer functionality of the iPhone. The Apple representatives indicated that the company did not want applications that could potentially replace such functionality

The story is much the same for Google Latitude, but has a bit more shadenfreude to it since the functionality that’s being duplicated is “a version of Google Maps.” Google also details the dates of calls, emails, and in-person conversations between Alan Eustace of Google (VP of Engineering and Research) and Phil Schiller of Apple (VP of Worldwide Product Marketing, but you knew that).

So… the worm and turned and Google’s letting the world know they feel rejected. How do you feel after this latest development?

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Google Says Apple Did Fully Reject Google Voice