It has been rumored that the iPhone push notification service, that the great Mr. Jobs promised for September just gone, is going to make an introduction in the 2.2.1 firmware, despite the fact that the 2.2.1 firmware beta hasn’t even been seeded to developers yet. RussianiPhone.ru claims they have seen the beta 1 of the future firmware and that the push service is present, as well as over-the-air MobileMe syncing with notes support.
Their proof is a screenshot of the iPhone ‘home’ screen with small red alert symbols, like those you get about the ‘Phone,’ ‘Mail’ or ‘SMS’ apps, over the ‘Calendar’ and ‘Notes’ apps, however how easy would it be to produce an image like this in Photoshop?
Considering Apple haven’t started to seed this beta yet, it’s hard to verify the claims of RussianiPhone.ru at this time, and if they have got their hands on a copy of the firmware, they obtained it outside of any official distribution.
Many iPhone users have been awaiting the push notification service as it will provide users with an alert for updates in applications that aren’t even running. For example, in the current iPhone firmware, if you are using an instant messaging app, you are required to keep the application open — closing the app would mean you would either be signed out of the messaging service, or, any incoming messages etc would go unnoticed until you opened that app again. With the push notification service, users will be able to exit an application on their iPhone but still receive an alert with any updates, just like you currently do with an incoming SMS, voicemail or e-mail.
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