Sportacular has push now!

[Surely]

Even the iPhone does not keep WiFi conncted 24/7. When it goes to sleep WiFi is disabled and enabled when the phone is in use or during a fetch. So if you have poor reception, obviously notifications aren't going to work very well unless you are actively using your phone (keeping the wifi connection active). This is not an issue with Sportacular but is just how the notification system works.

I understand that, but when a 'fetch' occurs, a connection is made, and so I should at least be getting whatever notifications are in the pipeline at that point in time. I have fetch set up to occur every 15 minutes. And as I said, I do have service. It's not like it says "No service" as soon as I'm at home. I do have enough reception that my phone rings as I get calls, and I get alerts from text messages as they are sent to me. In order for me to have a clear call, I have to be near one of the windows, and my iPhone is usually close enough to the windows for me to do that.

I don't think it's normal that I was getting final score notifications the morning after the game, more than 12 hours later.

 

[bozzykid]

I understand that, but when a 'fetch' occurs, a connection is made, and so I should at least be getting whatever notifications are in the pipeline at that point in time. I have fetch set up to occur every 15 minutes. And as I said, I do have service. It's not like it says "No service" as soon as I'm at home. I do have enough reception that my phone rings as I get calls, and I get alerts from text messages as they are sent to me. In order for me to have a clear call, I have to be near one of the windows, and my iPhone is usually close enough to the windows for me to do that.

I don't think it's normal that I was getting final score notifications the morning after the game, more than 12 hours later.

Notifications requires an active connection. If you are in a spotty area it may be hard to maintain the connection to the notification server. I'm sure the iPhone has timeouts set so it isn't constantly trying to reconnect if the connection to the notification server fails. SMS doesn't require active connections (in fact it is great for communication in areas that have terrible service because it will eventually get the SMS).

AFAIK, fetch only refers to contacts, mail and calendars. Some people think it does other functions but it really doesn't directly. Because it does try to connect to your wireless it may help other functions like notifications but it doesn't initiate any notifications.

 

[flash80]

I understand that, but when a 'fetch' occurs, a connection is made, and so I should at least be getting whatever notifications are in the pipeline at that point in time. I have fetch set up to occur every 15 minutes. And as I said, I do have service. It's not like it says "No service" as soon as I'm at home. I do have enough reception that my phone rings as I get calls, and I get alerts from text messages as they are sent to me. In order for me to have a clear call, I have to be near one of the windows, and my iPhone is usually close enough to the windows for me to do that.

I don't think it's normal that I was getting final score notifications the morning after the game, more than 12 hours later.

Do you have any other apps with push? It would be nice to know if this is a Sportacular issue or a push issues given your connection.

 

[cejay]

I have the iphone 3gs on 3.1 OS.
I have turned on notifications and alerts for sportacular and
have setup alerts for end game score for Atl braves..
I get no update at the end of the game.

What could be wrong?

Also is there any ability to mute or silence alert after a certain time?
I would want the sounds or alerts coming in the middle of the night
due to a rain delay and waking the house up.
just a suggestion.

cj