Vonage Mobile App Coming to Apple App Store
September 3rd, 2009 | by Jhananthi Janakiraman |
You are not dreaming if you hear news like “ Vonage stock prices rise after Apple approves its mobile app”, because that is exactly what happened when Vonage announced that it was developing a voice app for the iPhone. The app has been approved by Apple for its iPhone and iPod Touch.
However you will not get to use it as it is still in beta and the release is scheduled for later. Apple has been under the FCC scanner after the famous rejection of Google Voice app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, although Apple said that the Google app was not rejected but is still under review.
Vonage now joins names like Skype and Trufone which have apps listed in the Apple app store. The Vonage app may not work on the AT&T’s 3G network it seems. Apple has approved several VoIP apps before for distribution on the App Store but lets them connect via Wi-Fi only and not via the AT&T 3G network.
The actual capabilities of the Vonage app have not been revealed, so you will have to wait for its availability. Vonage already provides voicemail transcription services through which it emails audio recordings of voice mails to email addresses. Maybe the new app will include this plus allow users to make calls.
