App Store Push

[Zymosis]

Why does the app store application not support push notifications to show me when there is an update for a piece of software I am running? Seems like this would be an easy and useful way to demonstrate the push feature.

 

[doctabu]

Why does the app store application not support push notifications to show me when there is an update for a piece of software I am running? Seems like this would be an easy and useful way to demonstrate the push feature.

Imagine having 100 apps installed.

 

[oneschance]

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Imagine having 100 apps installed.

and imagine 100 emails not checked. it's only a badge number. and it could probably be disabled.

i would like app updates pushed as a bonus. but i wouldn't care for the extra battery usage.

 

[OneMike]

Imagine having 100 apps installed.

Even with 100 apps I think it would be cool. The probability of the 100 apps you have installed all having updates at the same timeframe is very low.

 

[Branskins]

I don't understand why they can't just push a badge. I don't even need a notification! I just want the badge number telling me I have an update!

 

[Clete2]

It would work like so:

Whenever you install/delete an app on your phone, that information is sent to Apple and paired with your UDID. That way, Apple knows what apps you have installed and what version they are. When a new version comes out, a badge change is made on the App Store icon.

It's no more battery-intensive than any other push notifications are. Of course, it adds server-side load. Apple would have to make a new server in order to handle that load. Worth the cost? Probably not, considering Apple is not adding push notifications to the App Store as of yet.

 

[losx12]

Doesn't it already do this. It's not as fast as Push with an app like AIM but it already shows me a badge with the number of apps available for updates without having to open the App store.

 

[cocky jeremy]

Doesn't it already do this. It's not as fast as Push with an app like AIM but it already shows me a badge with the number of apps available for updates without having to open the App store.

Not me. I wish though. I hate checking all the time. lol.

 

[Maverickster]

Doesn't it already do this. It's not as fast as Push with an app like AIM but it already shows me a badge with the number of apps available for updates without having to open the App store.

Yeah, mine does this as well.

--Mav

 

[Unspoken Demise]

At least an option would be nice.

 

[iKieran]

Doesn't it already do this. It's not as fast as Push with an app like AIM but it already shows me a badge with the number of apps available for updates without having to open the App store.

Yeah mine does too, like this:

 

[xsecretfiles]

If I remember correctly in previous OS version mine used to update the # as soon as an update came by.....but now on my 3gS the number only gets updated every time I open the app

 

[Marcus263]

The badge number doesn't appear automatically, you have to go into the App Store for it to do a check...

 

[Zymosis]

Yeah all I want is a badge!

It only shows a badge AFTER you have entered the store.

 

[yalag]

it already does this, your appstore icon should show you the badge. Maybe a restore will fix it for ya