Apple’s promise for a notification feature to be activated on the iPhone has come and gone, and this feature has not materialized.

iPhone 3G

Indeed, reports from some circles indicate that Apple may have removed the notification system from its beta iPhone OS as early as August, before the 2.1 update was released. Apple has not commented about this missed deadline as of yet.

If the system was indeed pulled from the beta, it suggests a couple of potential scenarios. With the number of complaints and stability issues that users were experiencing with the 2.0 software, Apple may have




wanted to focus on making sure that those problems were resolved in 2.1 (not necessarily a bad decision). Rolling out a brand new feature, especially one as potentially involved as push notifications, could have taken needed resources away from that task.

Another possibility is that after the birthing troubles Apple had with the MobileMe, App Store, and iPhone 3G launches, the company may have decided to spend more time making sure the notification system worked as advertised before rolling it out to iPhone users at large.

Either case would be a wise course of action. We’ll continue monitoring this story.



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