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My First Push Notification! From AP

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Fe1

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Suddenly, I heard this strange sound coming from the iPhone, turned it over, to briefly read an AP "Breaking News" story about the Iranian situation. The message appeared "transparently" over my locked wallpaper page.

My first reaction? "Yikes".

Don't get me wrong. I like the IDEA of push notifications, but like another poster mentioned in another thread, if that's what happens every time, it'll be a pain with each app constantly bleeping, vibrating, and updating.
 
then turn it off :rolleyes:

if you dont want an app to push stuff to you then don't turn it on. Do we really need to whine about every little thing that annoys you?
 
paulcdb said:
then turn it off :rolleyes:

if you dont want an app to push stuff to you then don't turn it on. Do we really need to whine about every little thing that annoys you?
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Also, if you want to be updated, but don't want to be alerted, then just turn off the sounds and leave badges and alerts on.
 
paulcdb said:
then turn it off :rolleyes:

if you dont want an app to push stuff to you then don't turn it on. Do we really need to whine about every little thing that annoys you?
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Paul, this is a very rude post. Given that we are all in virgin territory with app push notifications, I thought sharing my first reaction might give people a foretaste of the instant reactions we each of us had, at that moment. It's an historical thing, more than a whining thing, so please move along if you don't like my post.
 
Jeremy1026 said:
Also, if you want to be updated, but don't want to be alerted, then just turn off the sounds and leave badges and alerts on.
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Indeed. The problem is that if you don't have a sound, it sorta kinda defeats the purpose of having an instant notification of a potentially important message. Well, at least to my mind.

Anyone else out there get their first push notification? What is your reaction?
 
I dont get its push at all... they push you a story then when you open the app, you cant find wtf they were talking about. It should open right to that story.
 
bbplayer5 said:
I dont get its push at all... they push you a story then when you open the app, you cant find wtf they were talking about. It should open right to that story.
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I had the same reaction! I tapped the notification, and pfft it disappeared, with no redirection. Clearly, when the home page is locked due to disuse (with that setting activated) it's basically a random heads up, and nothing more.

After the 3GS hoopla, I'm glad that Apple are taking it nice and slow to get the kinks sorted out. We'll see what happens.
 
Fe1 said:
Indeed. The problem is that if you don't have a sound, it sorta kinda defeats the purpose of having an instant notification of a potentially important message. Well, at least to my mind.

Anyone else out there get their first push notification? What is your reaction?
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haha I think I got the same one! I thought it was pretty cool, I have my phone on vibrate, so it just shook a little and I checked it out. not too intrusive to me...but I cant understand your worries if there are 15 apps with puch all going off at once!
 
Its always the same complaint.

"These are going to be soo annoying! eee!"

Settings>Notifications>OFF.

That easy. With this setting here, Don't complain about future Apps being annoying. This is a pointless complaint.
 
The push notifications for the AP app are a complete joke. About once a day, they'll push some random headline. The one I got this morning was about who won the US Open. When I go to the app, I can't even find the story that was in the notification. And, there's no way to configure what types of headlines get pushed to me. The whole thing is more of a novelty than an actual useful feature.
 
Fe1 said:
Indeed. The problem is that if you don't have a sound, it sorta kinda defeats the purpose of having an instant notification of a potentially important message. Well, at least to my mind.

Anyone else out there get their first push notification? What is your reaction?
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:confused::confused:

WTF?

You just said you didn't like the noise, now you say it's necessary...


Just turn push off, obviously you can't see any good in it. It's worthless for you.
 
I just really wish it would take me to the story it was talking about... if it intrigues me i wanna see it... not search for it.
 
For those of you using this AP app, is anyone getting these notifications a few hours after the time given in the notification? With the few notifications I have gotten a few of them have been hours old. At best I have seen 15-20 min delay.
 
bbplayer5 said:
I just really wish it would take me to the story it was talking about... if it intrigues me i wanna see it... not search for it.
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This is particularly true when your phone is turned off. I woke up this morning, turned on and only had an icon badge, no clue as to what it was in reference to.
 
I kind of like how the app works, but does anyone think it is possible for AP to put a badge on the actual story in the app to show which stories were pushed?
 
Branskins said:
I kind of like how the app works, but does anyone think it is possible for AP to put a badge on the actual story in the app to show which stories were pushed?
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I can't see why not. More likely such a feature would be implemented as a list of pushed stories, though.
 
I still haven't gotten any pushes. Downloaded the AP app, we'll see what happens. Kinda looking forward to it, ha.
 
TuffLuffJimmy said:
I actually got two pushes for the same thing today, so it's not without its kinks.
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I too received 4 pushes. Honestly, though, after the original push frisson, I haven't really paid attention to the actual AP stories.
 
I've gotten four or five breaking news announcements from AP News today alone, which is cool. Though I do agree that the app should at least have the option to go to either a fully written story, or, since that's asking a lot, at least a repeat of the notification.

As for the OQ, my first reaction was "what the hell is that noise?!" :D But now I'm used to it, and since it's my only app with push enabled, it's all good.
 
Ding.Dong said:
The push notifications for the AP app are a complete joke. About once a day, they'll push some random headline. The one I got this morning was about who won the US Open. When I go to the app, I can't even find the story that was in the notification. And, there's no way to configure what types of headlines get pushed to me. The whole thing is more of a novelty than an actual useful feature.
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there is in the settings of the app. you can move different items up the list so the top one is the most important and first to be pushed. i moved nfl news up to the top of mine, and thats all i get!
 
jman800 said:
Its always the same complaint.

"These are going to be soo annoying! eee!"

Settings>Notifications>OFF.

That easy. With this setting here, Don't complain about future Apps being annoying. This is a pointless complaint.
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Or, go buy a PRE, who's notification system is so far more advanced than the iPhone that there is really no comparison.

There needs to be a collection place for notifications where one can go in and look at ALL notifications from ALL apps, then click on the notification to go to the item in that app.

Makes too much sense I realize, but I digress...
 
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