I bet you weren’t expecting this but Google seems to be doing a little app banning for a change. According to an USA Today article, Google tried to block a Skype application from the Android Market. That sounds weird considering Google’s experience with its Google Voice rejection from the App Store.

According to the article Google rejected the full app and instead it has only allowed a Lite version of it. Here’s Andy Rubin’s take on the whole deal:

Here are the facts, clear and simple: While the first generation of our Android software did not support full-featured VoIP applications due to technology limitations, we have worked through those limitations in subsequent versions of Android, and developers are now able to build and upload VoIP services.

As we told USA Today earlier in the week Google did not reject an application from Skype or from any other company that provides VoIP services. To suggest otherwise is false. At this point no software developer — including Skype — has implemented a complete VoIP application for Android. But we’re excited to see — and use — these applications when they’re submitted, because they often provide more choice and options for users. We also look forward to the day when consumers can access any application, including VoIP apps, from any device, on any network.

So it looks like Google isn’t guilty either, a quality which seems to be in fashion today! Will the FCC check out this app approval too?

via TechCrunch