More iPhone apps you can't have- Newber and iCall

More iPhone apps you can't have: Newber and iCall
Both Freedom Voice and iCall say they've invested about $500,000 each in developing their apps, and are wondering what to do next. The companies together have started a petition, titled "Support developers with faster app store response and approval," and the companies are working on alternative versions of their products. Newber is beta testing a Blackberry version and has an Android app in development. iCall has various PC- and Web-based VoIP apps. Certainly, it would be more fair for Apple to simply say no to Newber and iCall than to leave these products in limbo. I expect the reality is that Apple/AT&&T politics are behind the confusion. Either that, or Apple is developing its own suite of enhanced telephony services, and--as was the case with the over-the-air podcast downloader Podcaster, which offered a service that Apple later released in iTunes--it doesn't want competitive products in its store in advance of the release of its own updates.Update: 2:35 p.m. PST: I'm waiting to hear back from Apple after arequest for a comment.Click here for more Macworld Expo coverage from CNET News.Previously:Apple to Podcaster: No App Store for youGoogle admits breaking App Store rulesApple kills iPhone app, claiming API violation