Push pulled from latest iPhone firmware beta

AppleInsider says that Apple has yanked the Push notification framework from the latest version of the iPhone 2.1 firmware beta. Push got a lot of play during WWDC -- it's a service that will send information to the apps on your iPhone as needed (tweets, for example, will just come rather than having to refresh Twitterific all the time), but apparently Apple doesn't think it's ready for the stage yet. They've wiped it from the beta, claiming it needs "further development," and haven't given any indication of when it might return.

Here's hoping it gets back in there before the expected release sometime in September, but then again, it's not like Apple should be taking any new chances with features right now. From Mobile Meh to iPhone activation problems, Apple's got to make sure that any more widescale releases go as swimmingly as they possibly can.

[Via Engadget]

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Source: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/17/fourth_iphone_…

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peekytoe

are you effing kidding me? this had better not include Microsoft Exchange push support. that's the whole reason i bought this phone.

August 20 2008 at 2:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Joel Ivory Johnson

After the Mobile Me problems I can understand why they would want to hold off on their notification services until they are 100% sure that they will behave properly.

August 19 2008 at 4:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

B*A*M*F

As much as I'm sure AT&T would like push gone for many apps, the genie is out of the bottle. Also, most other smart phones use it for email (at minimum). I imagine it will be back.

August 19 2008 at 1:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Max

I'm sure AT&T pressured them to take this out. If we have push AIM, we wouldn't have to use their text messaging as much.

August 19 2008 at 11:41 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Jaryd

Apple and AT&T no longer have a revenue sharing agreement, so Apple doesn't really have a direct reason to bend to their requests, unless otherwise stated in the contract.

Also, many people seem to forget that there are a mulitude of carriers for the iPhone, not just AT&T. So I don't think Apple is worried about pleasing one carrier among 20 (or however many there are).

August 20 2008 at 1:42 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jon

Twitter may not be the best example because of how it works - new tweets are not pushed to you. A better example would be AIM or GTalk

August 19 2008 at 9:49 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Skidz

It depends which twitter client you are using. I believe Twinkle will utilize the push feature.

August 19 2008 at 11:24 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Andy

when it does come, will it require MobileMe to work?

August 19 2008 at 8:32 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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