“Google today unleashed its improved [Google Mobile App for Apple iPhone and iPod touch] to the press and supposedly to Apple. But it hasn’t yet hit the Apple store,” Seth Weintraub reports for Computerworld. “What gives?”
“The application was due [as soon as Friday],” Weintraub reports. “However, as I check my watch, it is now Saturday, and I still can’t download this app. Is something up with Apple not wanting its users to have this functionality? Will Apple block iPhone users from this for some reason? Perhaps Apple has a competing technology waiting in the wings?”
MacDailyNews Take: Perhaps Seth can’t comprehend the meaning of “as soon as?”
Weintraub continues, “Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, it has only been 24 hours. It will probably hit the store any second now. One thing is for certain, time really doesn’t fly when you are hitting refresh on the app store waiting for the coolest app yet.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: This is quite the Seinfeldian article, but at least it gives us an excuse to post the video below.
Google shows off Google Mobile App:
MacDailyNews Note: As of 10:32am ET, in Apple’s App Store, the free “Google Mobile App” (iTunes App Store link) is currently still version 0.1.414, released August 28, 2008.
I know what he means. I spend the better part of 2 hours last night checking to see if the app was posted yet or not. It will be here soon, or Apple will have something similar.
Wander if that will work all the way over her?
It’s available but I don’t see the mike button or do I hear a beep when the app opens, What’s up
It’ll bomb, because the Storm is clickable. Just sayin.
Completely off topic, yet satisfying and cogent, no?
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This is an extremely cool app. I sure hope Apple is not blocking it in one of their “we are doing the same thing” anti-competitive moves. This needs to be out on the iPhone before it is out on other phones.
Snapper: Are you sure its not the “old” version (0.1.414)? Google Mobile app has been available for a while. What they are talking about here is an update to that app giving it voice recognition.
The app has no voice recognition?? what up with that??
Waste of time.
I doubt the Google Mobile App with voice search will be free. If they give it for free, most anyone would get it and it would mean a pretty big load for the servers.
Let’s see.
There’s more hubbub. The video is said to have disappeared from youtube and google’s pulled mention of it from their site (supposedly).
Apple’s panties are in some sort of bunch it seems.
@not for free
There is a very good chance its for free…. Since it said in the video it will be “free”. There are not many services that google offers that actually cost money.
I would like to officially nominate “R” as a rabble rouser. For stirring the pot, you will be forbidden from using the ‘coolsmile’ and ‘wow’ Emoticons until you crazy kids turn that music down!
I’m looking forward to finding out what my cat keeps asking for. He’s always talking but I have no idea what he’s saying.
Apple has banned it. If you want this, get an Android phone.
my sources say it will be out Monday
Uhhhhh…..you think maybe Apple is doing some quality control testing? Sheesh.
“my sources say it will be out Monday”
on Android.