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IPhone gets push alerts for Twitter searches, trends, Facebook and More...

7 points by mgcreed 17y ago

jrockway 17y ago
Wow, $0.99 per service is cheap. I was planning a similar service for Android, and decided that I would not have made money even charging several dollars a month. Maybe I should reconsider...
- dlsspy 17y ago
  I just use gtalk on my android phone with twitterspy: http://dustin.github.com/twitterspy/ http://dustin.github.com/twitterspy/
  - jrockway 17y ago
    Exactly the problem. Android users are mostly technical enough to make things like this work. They don't need anyone to host a service for them. (And GTalk is about as true "push" as you can get, so this is fine implementation-wise; it doesn't use much battery, and you get instant notifications.)
    - dlsspy 17y ago
      You don't need to be that technical. 1. Open gtalk. 2. Hit menu. 3. Select "Add friend" 4. Type "im@twitterspy.org" Now you can just start tracking topics or login for friend watching or whatever.
rscott 17y ago
I've been following and waiting for the release of Boxcar 2.0 since it was mentioned on TechCrunch several weeks ago, glad to see it finally launched. I'm finally happy that I can have push Gmail, Twitter @replies, and Facebook updates. I'm even happy to pay the extra $1 for Facebook updates even though I know they are coming from the Facebook app in an update in a month or two.
- jdg 17y ago
  thanks! while the majority of people have been perfectly fine with the in-app purchases, it's unfortunate that a vocal minority haven't been. getting slammed in itunes 2-3 times because someone doesn't want to pay an extra $1 for a new service is just lame.
prbuckley 17y ago
If there are any iPhone developers out there that are trying to get word out about their app you might want to check out http://appsto.re http://appsto.re. It creates custom url's for iPhone apps ( http://appsto.re/boxcar http://appsto.re/boxcar ). We also have built the first tools that let you track your apps sales conversion and traffic sources. You can check it out at http://appsto.re/developers/login http://appsto.re/developers/login

7 points by mgcreed 17y ago

Wow, $0.99 per service is cheap. I was planning a similar service for Android, and decided that I would not have made money even charging several dollars a month. Maybe I should reconsider...

dlsspy 17y ago
I just use gtalk on my android phone with twitterspy: http://dustin.github.com/twitterspy/ http://dustin.github.com/twitterspy/
- jrockway 17y ago
  Exactly the problem. Android users are mostly technical enough to make things like this work. They don't need anyone to host a service for them. (And GTalk is about as true "push" as you can get, so this is fine implementation-wise; it doesn't use much battery, and you get instant notifications.)
  - dlsspy 17y ago
    You don't need to be that technical. 1. Open gtalk. 2. Hit menu. 3. Select "Add friend" 4. Type "im@twitterspy.org" Now you can just start tracking topics or login for friend watching or whatever.

rscott 17y ago

I've been following and waiting for the release of Boxcar 2.0 since it was mentioned on TechCrunch several weeks ago, glad to see it finally launched. I'm finally happy that I can have push Gmail, Twitter @replies, and Facebook updates. I'm even happy to pay the extra $1 for Facebook updates even though I know they are coming from the Facebook app in an update in a month or two.

jdg 17y ago
thanks! while the majority of people have been perfectly fine with the in-app purchases, it's unfortunate that a vocal minority haven't been. getting slammed in itunes 2-3 times because someone doesn't want to pay an extra $1 for a new service is just lame.

prbuckley 17y ago

If there are any iPhone developers out there that are trying to get word out about their app you might want to check out http://appsto.re http://appsto.re. It creates custom url's for iPhone apps ( http://appsto.re/boxcar http://appsto.re/boxcar ). We also have built the first tools that let you track your apps sales conversion and traffic sources. You can check it out at http://appsto.re/developers/login http://appsto.re/developers/login