i think u misunderstood. the chain of events should be like this:
im on my iphone home screen > push notification comes in, whether it be alert, vibrate, or badge, its there > i click whatsapp > i immediately can read the message, nothing has to load or anything like that. basically, as soon as the push notification comes in, whats app should "accept" it and be ready to display it instantly.
actually, we do not use push notifications to push messages around. push notification just tells that there is a new message and gives you some text of that message, but all the message communication is done via chat server backend. this way if apple fails to deliver a push notification message, you still have your messages safely saved for offline retrieval for when you start the application next time.
Dear JKB,
Whenever i bring up this important issue of dropped messages, it's ignored.
It's quite an important issue that a few friends have experienced, not just me. IT defines the whole future of your application - why use it if it may drop messages? Is there an issue or information that is being held back?
dropped messages issue is not ignored (even though maybe i just didn't answer it here). these issues will be solved by our message delivery acknowledgment system we are already working on (which will tell if your message was delivered to the server or to another iPhone)
Also, would be good if there's a reset somewhere, so that people changing sim or countries can set it up more easily instead of deleting and installing.
this is on our todo list.
I love an apps with a sense a humor so I'm definitely going to download it not to mention its free.
update: its no longer free. darn.
update II: could you make this work in the iPod Touch.
version 2.2 will support iPod touch. but if you have an iPhone, why would you want to install it on the iPod touch?