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Apple Misses September Deadline for 'Push' Notifications

Thursday October 2, 2008 3:20 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
Macworld correctly notes that Apple has missed their deadline for a September release of background Push notifications for the iPhone.

At WWDC, Apple described a new method for applications to receive notifications even when not currently running. This functionality is required since iPhone applications are not allowed to run in the background. A common reason for this need would be to notify the user of a new message or alert from an application such as instant messaging. Apple's own Mail and SMS applications already benefit from this functionality.

Steve Jobs is said to have emailed a customer who inquired about the status of this new feature. Jobs reportedly said "We're running a bit late. We want to get it 100% right the first time."
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nagromme
Posted: 44 months ago
Without push, my email delay averages 7.5 minutes. That's "good enough" for a few more weeks.

Push AIM will be great though. No SMS for me. Any friends I have who still rely on primitive SMS can either upgrade to real IM/email... or use a thing called "voice" :)

And then I'm eagerly awaiting push-enabled MMO games. It will probably take a few generations to get them right, but the potential is there.
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11800506
Posted: 44 months ago
It will be a nice feature to have when it comes and it does suck that they missed the deadline (as usual) but I'm fine without it so I would rather then get is perfect than release it earlier but in only semi-working order.
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Bernie-Mac
Posted: 44 months ago
You can run apps in the background now, you just have to jailbreak:)
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biketire
Posted: 44 months ago
I wish I could get an email from Steve Jobs.
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Lexoticstylez02
Posted: 44 months ago
As long as when it's released it isn't as buggy as 2.0 I'm happy.
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BaldiMac
Posted: 44 months ago

Without push, my email delay averages 7.5 minutes. That's "good enough" for a few more weeks.


No offense, but what does that have to do with a push notification service? And what would happen in a few more weeks to change your email delivery?
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dwsolberg
Posted: 44 months ago
I think PUSH notifications are a great new feature, but I hope Apple's priority is on keeping the operating system stable and fast. As it is, I think the interface could be faster, and I know there are bugs that App programmers have to work around.

Eventually, I'd like to see Apple add options for connecting game controls, hook-ups to car reading monitors, hookups to printers (or wireless printing), and any other sort of connections that people might want. It's all very neat and I think it'll happen (as processing power and RAM memory increases on the device), but Apple needs to concentrate on its core functions first.
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bbplayer5
Posted: 44 months ago
I personally wont enable push being that it kills your battery. Ill stick to the old fashion way with BeeJive txting me when I get a message.
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Randman
Posted: 44 months ago
I'd rather wait and have it done right then get it early and have it be half-assed once again.
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Yuppi
Posted: 44 months ago
My eMail (me.com) is usually pushed before I see it on my local mail app.. It works really really well here.
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