It’s no secret that Apple has been very strict recently about it’s App Store. They have rejected many applications, especially ones that would hurt AT&T or their business.

GPush is a 3rd party application that allows Gmail to be pushed to your iPhone.  All you have to do is download the application and tell it your Gmail login credentials. It will then send you standard iPhone push notifications—badges, alerts, and/or sounds. The developers of this application—Tiverias Apps—submitted this application a month ago and it looked like Apple wasn’t going to accept it.

Today, the application was finally accepted but then quickly pulled from the store temporarily while they fix server issues. You should expect the application to go back up later today.

It is common for Apple to takes it’s time going through application submissions but it is rare for it to take a month, especially because Apple didn’t ask Tiverias to make any changes.

Knowing Apple, and their compulsive desire not to confuse customers, they were probably not going to original accept the application because they might have thought that it would confuse customers. They used this rational to justify their decision to force Google’s latitude to be a web application.

However, with all the pressure that has been places on Apple lately, including a pending investigation by the FCC, they have probably decided to go easy, which would explain the sudden acceptance into the App Store.

Here are a few screenshots:

Recieving an Alert

Entering Gmail Credentials

Push Notification Settings