FCC Takes On Apple And AT&T Over Google Voice Rejection

FCC Takes On Apple And AT&T Over Google Voice Rejection

Ok. I have been vaguely following this the past few days. I’m kinda consumerably involved because

1. I have an iPhone
2. I use Google Voice

Now what I don’t understand is why AT&T would have a problem with this because

1. The calls come in & out over AT&T system (not as VoIP). Might be different if AT&T had free incoming calls, but they charge your minute allowance for both incoming & outgoing calls. (Yes, this may be different in the case of international calls, but I don’t make international calls so I lack a working knowlege of this functionality.)
2. You still get charged for the incoming text messages. I usually reply to them through the same way as I received them so AT&T gets their charges in that way too.

So why not call a number and have it bouncing to another number? Of course I use Google Voice primarily as a individual call blocking service so I may be a bit different user than they have in mind for their target demographic. But still, I’m still paying my AT&T bill & paid for the iPhone, let me use it with the services I want. Apple PUT IT BACK!

[Review] iPhone app: Moonlight Mahjong Lite

App Store link: [1]
Cost: Free

I love mahjong. I enjoy the puzzle of matching tiles. One very interesting thing about this program is the way it rotates through the view. 1 finger drag, 2 finger drag and pinch all give you different ways of movement.

[Review] iPhone app: Labyrinth Lite Edition

App Store link: [1]
Cost: Free

Remember those wooden games where you try to get a marble from point A to be point B in a maze without falling in the holes by turning knobs to tilt the surface? This is the same thing ported to the iPhone. The lite edition has 10 levels. I promised myself I wouldn’t buy the paid version until I’d beaten the Lite version and so far it remains unbeaten.

[Review] iPhone app: Bookmarks

Cost: Free
App Store link: [1]

Bookmarks brings your delicious bookmarks to the iPhone, open your tags, click on the site you want to open. It still needs search capabilities however.

[Review] iPhone app: Bubbles

Website: N/A
iPhone App: N/A
App Store Link: [1]
Cost: Free

Bubbles, this was written for kids, or so they claim. Just drag the finger across the screen to create bubbles, then tap each  to pop it, the bubbles fall down in the direction you have the phone tilted. Bubbles, very simple, very easy, lots of fun.

[Review] iPhone app: Tip

Website: N/A
iPhone site: N/A
App Store link: [1]
Cost: $0.99

Tip is a tip calculator.  Enter the amount of bill, select the number of people and the tip percentage. Tip percentage ranges from 0 to 35 percent.  People splitting ranges from 1 to 25 people. It lets you pick from exact, rounded, or  mirrored. Mirrored gives you an amount like $35.53. I found this to be a unique feature. The layout seems to have been copied by CheckPlease’s new version.

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Website: N/A
iPhone Site: N/A
App Store link:  [1]
Cost: Free

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Website: http://www.pangeasoft.net/enigmo/
iPhone Site: N/A
App Store Link: [1]
Cost: $4.99

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Kevin Rose did a video review of Enigmo as well. I thought it showed it off well.

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Website: N/A
Iphone site: N/A
App store link: [1]
Cost: Free

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Website: www.diggnation.com
iPhone site: N/A
App Store link: [1]
Cost: Free
Uses: 3G Network

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