Google Voice Pwns App Store, Offers HTML5 Webapp

Google Voice Screen ViewsGoogle has finally leapfrogged Apple's arbitrary app store approval process and has put out an HTML5-based rich webapp for use on the iPhone (and Palm's WebOS, and any other HTML5-capable mobile browser you can think of). Obviously, it suffers from some of the same shortcomings that any other webapp might on a mobile device. Just like the GMail webapp, it accesses your GMail contacts, not your iPhone's, so you'll need to sync to Google if you want to use it primarily.

It also does come with improvements, though. Rather than calling your phone first, then connecting you to the call recipient like GV Mobile, it calls directly through one of Google's 406 numbers they have been assigning to contacts without a Google Voice number. Obviously, that's about as far as it goes for a webapp, but if you're an iPhone (or Pre, or Pixi, etc...) user, head to m.google.com/voice to check it out.

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