AIM beats Apple to fake background notifications on the iPhone - VentureBeat
Wed, Feb 25th, 2009
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We’ve been waiting for Push Notification, Apple’s solution for enabling notifications without having third-party apps running the background on the iPhone, for so long now, that consumers have either forgotten about it, or are skeptical about whether it will ever come at all. And developers are apparently so sick of waiting too that they’re coming up with their own solutions.
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GoferDad: Really want a Twitter iPhone app (preferably Tweetie!) that will do background notifications for DMs.Mon, Jun 29th, 2009 2:10 AM EDT· Reply · View Tweet- Mike_Greear: IM+ with Push notifications might be the best iPhone app I've ever bought. It's so nice to once again have background IM on my mobile.Sat, Jun 27th, 2009 12:18 AM EDT· Reply · View Tweet
- sidcarter: @antrix iPhone OS does background apps too with notifications in OS 3.0. But that is just one aspect.Wed, Jun 24th, 2009 8:12 PM EDT· Reply · View Tweet
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