Comments on: Boxcar: Finally, Twitter Push Notifications That Work

By: iphoneholic

iphoneholic — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:26:30 +0000

I agree with the position that paying for notifications may not be worthwhile. After all, it will just tell you that new information is available and let you tap OK to launch your app. Why not just launch your app and see the new info yourself. Especially if you have a real easy way to get a quick update, like TvvitterBug’s “double-tap” instant update feature. You just double-tap the title bar of any view you’re on at you get an instant update. Works with “Home”, “Direct Messages”, “Mentions”, everything. I think that’s a lot better than constantly being interrupted by “you’ve got a push notification” popups all the time. Besides, doesn’t it take like 15 mins or so to even get the notification? Why wait when you can simply double-tap and get them now? Sounds to me like a lot less steps and a more timely fashion to ultimately get the same thing.

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Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:24:17 +0000

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Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:47:24 +0000

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By: RIchard

RIchard — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:31:37 +0000

How about just a native client like Tweetings http://www.tweetings.net/iphone/

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Tweet Push - Push Notifications For Twitter | Just Another iPhone Blog — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:00:59 +0000

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Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:59:31 +0000

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By: Alicia Bankhofer

Alicia Bankhofer — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:59:55 +0000

Great post.

I already get DM notifications by email – that works well for me. Getting mention notifications would also be cool but I hesitate to pay for the privilege.

By: joshgard

joshgard — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:04:02 +0000

Thanks for the comment Spiros!

Yes, I am aware of IM+ and its Twitter support and push notifications. That is actually the app I was referencing in my post, when I mentioned "a popular IM app". In my opinion, the IM+ implementation of Twitter is very cumbersome, and unusable for me. I tried the IM+ push for Twitter mentions and DMs for a week and was so frustrated with it, I just turned it off and went without.

Boxcar, on the other hand, delivers the push notifications, and lets me use my favorite Twitter app, Twitterrific. For me, this is a much more usable implementation. Though others may find IM+ just fine, it didn't give me the warm fuzzy feeling that Boxcar does.

/Josh

By: Spiros

Spiros — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:51:29 +0000

IM+ has push notification for twitter DM and mentions, plus all the other IMs