One of the most talked about and anticipated features of the new iPhone OS 3.0 is the push notification system. By using push notifications, app developers will be able to notify iPhone users when they have received new information relating to one of their registered apps that use this new technology. This concept was first announced last summer, and finally released with the new iPhone OS? Yes, sort of.

Happy October, everyone! Wait, why aren’t you smiling? Lack of push notifications got you down? Me too. When Scott Forstall first announced these push notifications in June, I was all giddy inside. It was an inventive way to allow applications to continue their purpose while not running, without consuming those ever important system resources. To more »

Since the iPhone SDK announcement, developers have been clamoring for the ability to have their applications run even after being exited (currently, all apps quit upon returning to the home screen, with the exception of Apple’s Mail and iPod/Music apps). Knowing what a battery hog apps are, Apple didn’t provide such a solution, instead announcing more »

As Apple announced briefly during WWDC, the Push Notification API has been released to a handful of devs, according to CrunchGear. The Push Notification service allows 3rd-party iPhone applications to stay connected to servers which allow notifications to be displayed when new information shows up. This is akin to Apple’s iPhone apps, which display an more »