Comments on: iPhone Push Notification Testing Round 2: AIM

By: kj

kj — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:21:11 +0000

For those of you with unlocked iphones heres a fix for the push notification

http://iphone3gunlockingguide.blogspot.com/

By: Joshua

Joshua — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:53:25 +0000

Wow... and the most annoying thing happened. Set just to badge it said I had 30 messages. I opened the app and tells me it's reconnecting then starts displaying all the messages. My phone was vibrating for about 8 seconds straight while this was happening. Hrm.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:48:17 +0000

agreed. I'm on AIM for most of the work day and I don't need my phone to be notifying me of messages when I'm right in front of my computer. Going to leave alerts off and just turn on badges for now

By: jin

jin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:01:34 +0000

@Kyle

I think it's working on cloud computing. So your iPhone is connected to server and if there is smthg for you, you will be notified. Cloud computing is really popular nowadays.

By: Dlnmorrow

Dlnmorrow — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:40:08 +0000

Oh I can't wait for Tweetie & BeeJive to get this!! =D

By: SpiceRak2

SpiceRak2 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:51:29 +0000

@TJ-SF

Yes. AIM does have IM Forwarding so you can get messages when the app is closed but if you respond to the texts, you are no longer getting the free messaging.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:09:11 +0000

yes, Iphone version of the site must return

By: Dionte

Dionte — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:51:26 +0000

They need to open the beta test to more people a few thousand is nothing compared to the several hundred thousand that are on the way, will they be able to take it, Or do they just simulate heavy loads

By: Mike M

Mike M — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:12:05 +0000

Or at least a link to the next and previous articles like the iPhone site had. At least then I wouldn't have to hit back and decide if the next article is worth the load time. Stupid edge.

By: Iphonefanatic

Iphonefanatic — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:07:22 +0000

I am glad they took there time with this instead of rushing and coming out with Push last year. I know the first version will crash a lot but I think they will come close to Push being perfect.

By: tone

tone — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:41:06 +0000

I want iPhone version of site back please

By: OmariJames

OmariJames — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:07:21 +0000

amir. I have the same problem. I hope they fix that for the 3.0 release. That's the most annouing thing , not to mention the crashes. I hope 3.0 it self is much more stable.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:46:42 +0000

Don't use AIM normally - spawn of the devil - but set up two test accounts and it works really, really well.

Looking forward to decent apps like tweetie having this function!

By: amir

amir — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:30:56 +0000

That was not worded well, all messages are received on both devices, which is good, I only wish it had a gmail like approach where the active sender receives...

By: amir

amir — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:30:04 +0000

@Kyle

There's a bit of a flaw in it with multiple sessions... While logged into adium, i see half of my conversation appearing on the phone, which can be a bit annoying. Though the delivery is almost simultaneous, which is pretty cool AOL needs to find a way to mediate delivery when there are multiple sessions...

By: mark t

mark t — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:04:14 +0000

who wants to give me an aim beta code

By: Carl

Carl — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:38:48 +0000

I am testing the developer version of AIM as well

By: TJ-SF

TJ-SF — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:11:37 +0000

AIM already has a form of this. If you set the settings correctly, people can still IM you after you closed AIM. Then, when someone IMs you, you can just continue the conversation via SMS. I think thats better then having to open AIM every time you want to respond to someone. who knows maybe this way will be better.

By: Andre

Andre — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:44:47 +0000

Damn! Really missing the iPhone version of TiPb!

By: GreggyD

GreggyD — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:36:26 +0000

Excited for Push with AIM, but I have been reading about all of these customizable alerts, badges, etc. Does this mean that we will actually be able to change other alert noises too (text message, email, voicemail), because I would love to get some new sounds on this phone.

By: iShirk

iShirk — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:17:53 +0000

WTF. i had this nice explanation typed out and this effing website wouldnt let me submit it. And then it said i was submitting too fast. Grrr, fix this shiii iiit

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:47:58 +0000

@OmariJames

Okay, thanks a lot for the info. Thats a pretty awesome feature. I wonder if you'll receive the PNS immediately after the other user sent the message or if theres some delay.

By: OmariJames

OmariJames — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:43:48 +0000

Kyle. Aim specifically already has the ability to notify you via text message when you have a new message when you exit AIM.

With PNS , there is a specific server provided by Apple that aim will be able to communicate with to " Push " those alerts to each phone.

By: iDavey

iDavey — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:35:31 +0000

@Kyle

Well I know the app is closed out. But it will be sending app notifications over the network. I havent read deep into how they make it happen so that's the best I can give you =[

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:32:58 +0000

@iDavey

But how would the phone handle the user being logged into AIM at all times to register an IM?

By: iDavey

iDavey — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:29:15 +0000

@Kyle

If I'm not mistaken...think of it like getting a text message. It sends you a "notification" letting know that you've received a message or new content. Then you simply open the app and handle business.

If Im correct that is, LOL

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:24:06 +0000

So is this kind of like semi-multitasking? How does this actually work if the app isn't currently open?

By: Duvi

Duvi — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:21:38 +0000

Sweet... can't wait for BeeJive to get this.