 HiVoltI Piss on BellPremium
join:2000-12-28
Toronto, ON
kudos:10 | [iPhone] Twitter app with push notification Is there a, simple, preferably free twitter app that provides push notifications? I am simply looking to receive updates from a few local sports reporters and I dont care to post or do anything else with it. |
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 alamarcoThe Amazing Spider-ManPremium
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Windsor, ON | I think almost all Twitter push notifications come in the form of DM and @replies. Which I assume isn't what you're looking for.
The only thing I can think of that comes close is Boxcar with their Twitter search. It provides push notifications for search results (though I haven't tested it out yet).
Boxcar is free for one service only. They provide Facebook, Twitter, Twitter search, Twitter trends, and email. You can test them all out by removing the service. So you can test out all three twitter notifications and see if any of them are right for you. |
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 banditws6Shrinking Time and DistancePremium
join:2001-08-18
Frisco, TX
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I'd be interested in something like that, too. The free version of Echofon is what I use now, and it uses push notifications to inform you of @replies, but only if the person who tweeted is also using Echofon. As a result I've gotten only maybe 3 notifications. :/
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HiVoltI Piss on BellPremium
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Toronto, ON
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said by alamarco:I think almost all Twitter push notifications come in the form of DM and @replies. Which I assume isn't what you're looking for. Heh, I dont know what a DM is lol... I'm not into this internet social networking stuff as you can tell.
But thanks, I'll give that app a shot see what happens.
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 darciliciousCyber LibrarianPremium
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Forest Grove, OR
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You mean you want to be notified when you're not in the app or you just want the app to update automatically?
Tweetdeck updates automatically when you're in the app... but I couldn't see a way to get notifications/badges/etc when the app wasn't active.
(DMs are "direct messages" which you get [and no one else sees] when someone sends you a private message.) |
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HiVoltI Piss on BellPremium
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| said by darcilicious:You mean you want to be notified when you're not in the app or you just want the app to update automatically? Yeah I want to receive a push notification when there is a new post, when the app is not running. |
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banditws6Shrinking Time and DistancePremium
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| Since you're new to Twitter, I should mention that your Twitter account can be configured to send you a regular text message (SMS) whenever someone you are following posts something, whether it is a reply to you or not. This is called "Device Updates."
You can enable this on an individual user basis -- so if you have one person whose "tweets" are really important to you, you can enable Device Updates just for that person. My dad does this with the airline he travels on regularly -- they often post new deals via Twitter, and because the deals are often snapped up very quickly, he enabled text messages for that user.
To be on the safe side, I'd only recommend doing this if you have a fairly substantial or unlimited text plan.
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HiVoltI Piss on BellPremium
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Toronto, ON
kudos:10 | Oh, neat. I'll have to check my phone plan to see what SMS package I have. |
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