Boxcar 4.0 vastly improves on iPhone notifications
While people who have used both iOS and Android devices will argue over which OS exhibits a greater degree of polish, Android definitely has the better notification system. Even the addition of multitasking to iOS 4 did little to improve the state of notifications on iOS devices compared to Android.
Boxcar, which just reached version 4 on the App Store, is a great improvement over standard iOS notifications. Boxcar enables super-fast push notifications for services ranging from the internal mail app to Buzz, Twitter, Facebook, and Google Voice. An ad-supported version of Boxcar is available for free, but an in-app purchase of US$4.99 will eliminate the ads. The app is so good that TechCrunch's MG Siegler thinks Apple should just buy Boxcar and incorporate it into iOS. At the very least, Apple should take some inspiration from Boxcar's features for iOS 5.
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Source: http://boxcar.io/
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Didn't Apple get a notifications dude from Palm, what's up with that?
November 15 2010 at 6:50 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe notifications look the same as any other iOS. They do have the option of displaying all of the information though. Like the email or the tweet. However the Facebook notifications do not work.
November 15 2010 at 8:58 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySo is Boxcar faster? Are the notifications more informative? Do they look better? In what way(s) is this solution better than the stock notification system?
This post seems very diluted IMHO...to the point it almost seems like it nothing but a plug for an app rather than anything "post worthy".
Some of the bloggers here at TUAW need to remember that anything worth saying should, at the very least, answer some of the questions around who, what, when, where why and how...or at least pretend to attempt to answer some of them.
/shrug
Try the Lifehacker article:
http://lifehacker.com/5690137/boxcar-updates-to-push-google-voice-and-buzz-notifications-and-offer-more-customization
I'd still like it a bit more if Apple just re-did the whole notification system and made it more like WebOS, where your have a notification tray that shows how many notifications you have and expands and lets you browse them. As much as I like about everything on iOS, the notification system is really outdated and clumsy.
November 15 2010 at 8:07 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWell, Apple recently (re-)hired the WebOS notification system architect - Rich Dellinger, so who knows? (fingers crossed)
November 15 2010 at 8:18 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWould be nice to get a screenshot of the Boxcar notification. The one in the screenshot provided doesn't look any different form the default iOS notifications.
November 15 2010 at 7:42 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyBoxcar 4.0 is a great update BUT one BIG issue... You can no longer clear or delete notifications.
November 15 2010 at 7:42 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThis is coming back in a release very soon. We rewrote the app from the ground up, and when you do that sometimes you just don't have enough time to get everything in. :)
November 15 2010 at 1:41 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyGreat to know... Thanks Jonathan! Keep up the great work.
November 15 2010 at 2:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyLove the wallpaper on the screenshot. Anybody have any idea where to find similar one?
November 15 2010 at 7:19 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyActually that's one of the Wallpapers that come with the iPhone 4 (second row first left)
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