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iPhone OS Push Notification: Where Did It Go?
Since introducing the feature at the iPhone 3G debut event earlier this year, Apple has kept mum regarding the status of push notification for the iPhone. The feature, according to various sources, was pulled from the final pre-release version of iPhone OS 2.1 that had been seeded to developers. Apple's self-imposed deadline or releasing push notification services is now long past.
What Push would do Push notification services would have allowed applications like instant message services to operate in the background while the iPhone is asleep or another application is being used.
Why it's not here yet It is possible that, after the uproar over the unsuccessful launch of MobileMe and iPhone OS 2.0, Apple has exercised increased caution about launching yet another server-based technology. In addition, it appears that AT&T's network was having trouble handling all the new data-hungry iPhones on it's network, and Apple's push service infrastructure may not have been ready to meet demand.
Some users, however, have posited a financial reason for delaying the service. Let's look at the instant messaging client as an example.
If push notification services existed, the instant messaging client could supplant, to some extent, AT&T text messaging subscriptions that sell for a $20/month for an unlimited texting plan. Developers could use SMS texting to resolve the no-background problem, and some apps actually do already, but the text message fee represents a barrier to entry.
What's your take? Let us know at http://www.iphoneatlas.com/contact.
If push notification services existed, the instant messaging client could supplant, to some extent, AT&T text messaging subscriptions that sell for a $20/month for an unlimited texting plan. Developers could use SMS texting to resolve the no-background problem, and some apps actually do already, but the text message fee represents a barrier to entry."
I don't get this logic at all. Nearly all handsets on AT&T offer some sort of IM'ng, most of which fall under the "data plan" portion of the wireless bill. So, why would iPhone be any different.
The real reason is because of the MobileMe debacle.
iphone atlas reported this problem on sept. 24.
the thread at apple support : http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8353683#8353683
- by danbedford November 10, 2008 8:48 PM PST
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(4 Comments)You're basically missing the point of why Apple is implementing push notifications for 3rd-party apps.
Apple is building this technology for 3rd party apps to take advantage of because Apple won't allow them to run in the background on the phone. Why? Because running apps in the background will drain your battery. The whole point is to enable applications that need to run in the background the ability to do so without actually running in the background on the phone.
Notifications are handled by servers run by Apple. Those servers are the ones running all the time, pushing notifications out to iPhone users to let them know to open up the app that has notified them, and receive whatever it was that was sent. It will be something similar to the notification you get when receiving text messages.
You can read some details here:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/06/09/apple_tackles_iphone_background_app_limits_with_push_service.html
Or watch the keynote from WWDC '08 where Scott Forstall explains why they are developing this feature and how it will work:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?i=26717006&id=275834665