It’s now a case of ‘he said, she said’ between Apple and Google

The Google Voice drama is still unfolding, much like a plot involving Eastenders’ Peggy Mitchell. Google has told the Federal Communications Commission (Chairman Julius Genachowski appears on our T3 Tech 100 list) that Apple has rejected their Google Voice app, however Apple is denying they’ve done so, in a very public war of words that resulted in Google’s letter to the FCC being published online.

Google reportedly requested the FCC to investigate why the app was removed from the App Store in July, and yesterday the published documents showed that Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior VP, told Google in July that they weren’t going to allow the money-saving app onto the App Store. Apple however is denying they’ve rejected Google Voice, with a spokesperson telling Reuters “we do not agree with all of the statements made by Google in their FCC letter. Apple has not rejected the Google Voice application and we continue to discuss it with Google.”

Apple is claiming that Google Voice, which is a service that lets you lets you make cheap calls, free calls, send SMS texts and re-direct calls, and transcribes your voicemail by machine, by giving you one number that can be used across any device that has Google Voice installed on, duplicated the “core dialer functionality of the iPhone”, but according to Apple, they’re still looking into the app.

We have a feeling this will drag on and on. But at least people with a Google Android mobile or BlackBerry can try out the Google Voice app, although only if you’re living in the US.