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Apple Now Testing High-Volume iPhone Push Notifications With AIM
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finally got it 
for the person who asked on the first page, AIM does support landscape keyboard in this beta app
for the person who asked on the first page, AIM does support landscape keyboard in this beta app
I got iPhone 3.0 but didn't get the email.
I found the same. However, the minute I logged into the iPhone Section of the Apple Dev website, I found that I suddenly received and email.
Maybe Apple only wants people who actually log in an use there account to test it. Or maybe logging into your dev accounts triggers an email to be sent
Has anyone got this to work in Australia?
Got the email, installed AIM but push isn't working for me on Telstra.
Got the email, installed AIM but push isn't working for me on Telstra.
Sounds like you need to tell AIM some how that you only want to be logged in from one location at a time.
i agree i think the home screen should peal back like the map app does with an up gesture and all the notifications can be under it - a blue glowing light in the doc could indicate you have messages.
Push itself works but I think Apple will need to work a bit on what happens when you have push overload. With the many services people can tap into these days, your phone will always be buzzing with the current implementation.
I'm thinking that notifications need to be able to be grouped so that they don't overflow. Also, if Apple were able to modify the Springboard so that multiple notifications were visible at once, that would definitely help to solve the problem of notification overflow. As it currently stands, the implementation is fine for a few pushes per hour, but is horrible and annoying any time the pushes become several per minute.
I'm thinking that notifications need to be able to be grouped so that they don't overflow. Also, if Apple were able to modify the Springboard so that multiple notifications were visible at once, that would definitely help to solve the problem of notification overflow. As it currently stands, the implementation is fine for a few pushes per hour, but is horrible and annoying any time the pushes become several per minute.
Eh, happens no matter what platform you're on. I set Beejive to away all the time, so if my computer is off, or I'm logged out on the computer, I'll get messages, if the computer is on and set to available, it'll get precedence over the client that's away.
Either way, it still pops up the stupid notification telling you that you're logged in elsewhere every time you log in on one of them.
Welp, doesn't work for me.
Got AIM set to leave me logged in 24 hours after I exit the application. Notifications turned on in both in AIM preferences and iPhone Settings. And yet, nothin' comes through at all unless I'm in the AIM app, messages sent while I'm doing something else just pile up and when I load the AIM app I get 'em all.
This is on an iPhone first gen, connected via WiFi. Maybe it has to be 3G and I missed that requirement.
Not heart breaking for me anyway because I rarely use AIM. Can't wait for a proper GTalk app for the iPhone, though...
Got AIM set to leave me logged in 24 hours after I exit the application. Notifications turned on in both in AIM preferences and iPhone Settings. And yet, nothin' comes through at all unless I'm in the AIM app, messages sent while I'm doing something else just pile up and when I load the AIM app I get 'em all.
This is on an iPhone first gen, connected via WiFi. Maybe it has to be 3G and I missed that requirement.
Not heart breaking for me anyway because I rarely use AIM. Can't wait for a proper GTalk app for the iPhone, though...
Report the bug like apple requested. I have a 1st gen and belive me, it works (and is obnoxious)
Oh yeah, important thing is you need to make sure Push Notifications are turned on IN THE APP ITSELF. For some silly reason, while the app registers itself for push notifications in this beta version, it doesn't automatically turn push on. You'll find the toggle in "Preferences" under "My Info".
I'm a registered dev too, but I didn't actively take part in the AP testing, perhaps apple are only selecting devs who helped out with the AP testing? Just a thought. Be a shame though as I'd love to test this. I have 2 iPhones, both running OS3 so I recon I could test it pretty well!
I was not invited to the AP test but I was invited to the AIM test.
My guess is that it's random selection.
Also works for me, in the same usage case (that phone doesn't even have a sim card in and it's working anyway, so I know it's using WIFI).
As far as a proper gtalk app, forgiving the lack of voice, Beejive does a fantastic job with google talk, aim, msn, yahoo, facebook, etc. On top of that, it's clear they'll be implementing push notification since they've had the infrastructure in place since before apple even released the SDK. At this point, it will send you email (and with push mail that works ok actually) when you're not in the app.
It's something to check out anyway, perhaps they have a free lite version.
There were some diagrams that leaked which showed Apple might have plans for Windows Mobile-style Home page which shows alerts, events and notifications.
It will work as well as AIM already works for texting, this if a feature of AIM not specifically the iPhone AIM client. What this means is you can go use a regular old AIM client on your desktop to see how you like the performance of texting that way, and it will work almost identically on the phone.