https://isource.com/2009/07/24/boxcar-updated-to-11/ #1 Source for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac and AppleTV Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:13:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.6 https://isource.com/2009/07/24/boxcar-updated-to-11/#comment-10252 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:11:24 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=9332#comment-10252 […] Just recently, another entry to capitalize on the Twitter push notification market has debuted: Boxcar (see JAiB’s first look at Boxcar, written by Patrick, here). Boxcar is a very simple app, yet it is probably one of the most important apps on my iPhone now. Rather than trying to be a replacement Twitter app, Boxcar is rather limited in what it does: upon first launch, you are asked to give the app permission to send you push notifications, link to your Twitter account using OAuth, and that’s it. There’s a minimal settings screen where you choose which Twitter app you use. At this time, there are only two choices: Tweetie and Twitterrific. That’s it. [update 7/24/09: Boxcar 1.1 update adds support for three more Twitter apps] […]

]]> https://isource.com/2009/07/24/boxcar-updated-to-11/#comment-10253 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:11:24 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=9332#comment-10253 […] Just recently, another entry to capitalize on the Twitter push notification market has debuted: Boxcar (see JAiB’s first look at Boxcar, written by Patrick, here). Boxcar is a very simple app, yet it is probably one of the most important apps on my iPhone now. Rather than trying to be a replacement Twitter app, Boxcar is rather limited in what it does: upon first launch, you are asked to give the app permission to send you push notifications, link to your Twitter account using OAuth, and that’s it. There’s a minimal settings screen where you choose which Twitter app you use. At this time, there are only two choices: Tweetie and Twitterrific. That’s it. [update 7/24/09: Boxcar 1.1 update adds support for three more Twitter apps] […]

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