Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Apple Push Notification service

Apple Push Notification
Apple Push Notification service is to keep users up-to-date. This service will benefit a wide variety of applications. e.g., A sports application can now give key game updates even when the appication isn’t running. A chat application can display the latest response in a conversation. Task management applications can track how many tasks you have yet to approve.

Attention Getter
There are a number of ways to send a push notification. Send a message with text that lets the user launch your app. Trigger audible alerts with your own custom sounds. Add a numbered badge to your app icon when it’s important to let the user know how many things are waiting for them.

Optimization for mobile
The Apple Push Notification service is designed with the mobility needs of iPhone and iPod touch users in mind. Most of the heavy lifting is handled between your servers and ours, so there’s less impact on battery life and performance than there would be if you ran the app in the background. The service maintains a persistent IP connection so that it can notify users even when your app isn’t running. We’ve optimized the service to adapt to all different configurations of mobile networks that the iPhone runs on so you don’t have to.

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