Apple’s new push notification service API

http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/31/apple-hands-out-push-notification-service-api-to-developers-background-apps-ftw/

This should open up interesting transaction model for application developers. But this is a two-edged sword, cuts both ways. On one end applications can provide more real time information , to the point notifications which can serve like a virtual assistant to iPhone users. On the other end if not used right this can potentially be a spam/annoyance.

I’m sure API will mandate developers to provides user options to decide if device owners want application developers to push notifications or not. Depending on how important the app is users can drive the destiny of this interesting feature.

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