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Push applications delayed, some info
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No, this thread is just a huge emo fanboy fapfest of people who have absolutely no facts or even a clue about what is happening and what's involved.
Welcome to the internet.
Not that I have seen. I thought it could take up to a month for an App to be approved, or did I misread that somewhere?
What more proof do you need?
Apple haven't released any high frequency push applications. They promised push would be ready by 3.0. What other reason would they be delaying their release, especially considering their customers are becoming increasingly frustrated with their increasingly poor service..?
Clearly there are some problems which render high frequency push applications unsuitable for the public yet..
Apple haven't released any high frequency push applications. They promised push would be ready by 3.0. What other reason would they be delaying their release, especially considering their customers are becoming increasingly frustrated with their increasingly poor service..?
Clearly there are some problems which render high frequency push applications unsuitable for the public yet..
I want secondary confirmation of what the OP says, and I want proof that Apple is purposefully holding back Apps longer than the normal time it takes for an App to go through approval. Is 11 days longer than it normally takes? (That's an honest question)
It's not that I don't believe Apple would do this, or I'm trying to defend them I just want a secondary source before jumping to conclusions.
So you have a developer here who has even given his app name (instead of just saying I"m a developer) and you doubt his claims?
BeejiveIM 3.0 is much needed (besides for push) because on OS 3.0 the current app store version fails to run properly. It's just not fair for it's app store rating to drop down low because people not in the know think the developer is just lazy.
Apple should be releasing these apps (that aren't just 100% based on push) and taking their PN servers offline and making it officially known. At least this way we have working 3.0 apps.
We have a developer who has basically put an ad for their App in the first post, claimed they received an apology from Apple for the delay in the approval processes, then claims Apple is having issues getting Apps with Push out without any real proof, so yes I will take that with a grain of salt until someone can give me confirmation of anything.
Seriously I must be missing something here, where does the OP give any proof? They use the time of day they got the email that Apple is having trouble and that they haven't started using their App. Again, is 11 days longer than normal for approval time of an App?
It took Apple 11 days exactly to put the new version of Checkbook at the app store with the only change being 3.0 compliant. Nothing to do with Push.
The Developer posted in his forum that he had submitted the complaint version on June 9 and I just got it on Saturday the 20th.
So I guess 11 days isn't out of the ordinary?
Assumptions... assumptions...
We haven't read the email. It just states there is a delay. The developer/threadstarter is speculating (!) that it is only about push apps. But I still believe that they just don't have enough capacity to check all the new apps. The hold-up isn't only for high-profile apps with push capabilities. But for all new apps! I know several that have already submitted updates last week or even the week before, that are not in the App Store.
Think about it... If there really would be these big problems with push, why are other apps that don't have push also delayed? Why if they have such big problems with push, are there already quite a lot of apps with push capabilities? Why if they had such big problems with push, are the developers having no problems whatsoever with their own internal builds?
Everybody here is so damn impatient. It has been one (!) working day since the 3G S was released. It has been three working days since the 3.0 update has been released. Give Apple at least two weeks. If they still won't deliver, than you have a right to be disappointed. But a few days
It sucks, but i'd rather it work correctly when it's launched for bigger apps than for another MobileMe mess to happen. I can wait a few days.
I can see your probably not a developer. I was developing with the 3.0 SDK along the way, and I can safely tell you that if someone submited an app using a beta previous to the GM, there is a good chance it wouldn't work when the GM comes around. That'd mean the gates opening up with 3.0 only apps that... only work with the beta?
I hope this comes soon. Trying to convince the wife to consider sticking with the iPhone, but all her friends have INSTANT IM clients that don't have some jacked up email work around. I can probably hold her off another week and then it's on to greener pastures for her. I've been holding her off from the Bold since the middle of May for these updates. I guess Apple wont' lose out, because she still wants a touch if we switch her.
Just get BeeJive and then put in [number]@txt.att.net and she will get a text message when someone chats with her.
Then she can bring up BeeJive and start chatting.
It is so easy and push notifications are not even needed.
No only that but the current version of beejiveim crashes ever so often on 3.0
I have two apps on the App Store and submitted updates on June 10th for both of them (no push notification - just simply some 3.0 fixes). Before WWDC it was a pretty consistent 6 - 7 day approval time but it has now been 12 days and I'm still waiting for them to get approved.
Not complaining - just saying that Apple may be struggling with the amount of updates that are being submitted by developers right now. Not to mention apps with Push and other 3.0 goodies are probably going through pretty thorough testing, making the process even longer.
Not complaining - just saying that Apple may be struggling with the amount of updates that are being submitted by developers right now. Not to mention apps with Push and other 3.0 goodies are probably going through pretty thorough testing, making the process even longer.
As usual constructive.
That's what people do, they speculate, they guess, they dig up information and then run a hundred different possibilities from it. Why? Because that's all part of the fun, and with Apple being tight lipped as always what's the harm in a little more investigation whilst thumbs are twiddled and everyone waits for Apple to show some life in this particular area of interest.
mail texting is great (as previously described) but when IM+ comes out (haven't used beejive) - it (believe) can send texts, AND connects to the AIM+Facebook chat network.
mix that with push notifications faster than mail - and that is a recipe for success in my book.
I have textfree on my iPod Touch with Push and I am constantly getting texts pushed to my ipod (i have it jailbroken with insomnia so I have wifi active all the time). And im sure the people who have bought that app text a lot, like me