Filed under: Analysis / Opinion , Wireless , Bad Apple , iPhone , App Store In the wake of TJ Luoma’s report earlier tonight that the two independent Google Voice applications have been removed from the App Store , Jason Kincaid at TechCrunch says that the official Google Voice app has also been given the shaft . He theorizes that, despite the official Apple line that the apps “duplicate features that come with the iPhone,” the real reason the apps were removed was because of squawking from AT&T. While TechCrunch doesn’t offer any definitive proof that AT&T is behind the Google Voice blockage, they do cite GV Mobile developer Sean Kovacs’ point that Phil Schiller himself, who you may remember from Apple events like Macworld ‘09 and WWDC, personally approved the GV Mobile app last April. In fact, Kovacs says that Schiller called him to apologize for the delays in getting the app approved. Given that high-level support for the app, it’s not hard to follow TechCrunch’s logic and set sights on AT&T when looking for reasons for its removal

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