08.26.09
Eye on Apple: In Search of Answers, Still
Summary: Apple perils in the news
• Who rejected Google Voice on the iPhone? (also see: FCC Takes on Apple Just Weeks After Microsoft Executive Becomes Managing Director of the FCC)
Apple’s key argument is that a native Google Voice application would confuse users by replacing the default iPhone voice and text interfaces, and “the iPhone user’s entire Contacts database is transferred to Google’s servers, and we have yet to obtain any assurances from Google that this data will only be used in appropriate ways.” So the lads in Cupertino are just trying to protect the users, and keep their lives simple.
• Exploding’ iPhones investigated (also see: Microsoft and Apple Gag Truth Tellers, Disregard Risk of Death)
French consumer groups are investigating reports of iPhones that explode or crack spontaneously.