BlackBerry Extends Push to Applications

[Chuong Nguyen]

No longer limited to email, Research in Motion is extending its push notification standards to applications on the BlackBerry. This means that users can get instant updates on applications without having to sign in and refresh every time. Some uses for this would instant messaging and news applications, and news readers.

According to MobileBurn, BlackBerry Web Signals technology leverages BlackBerry push APIs to enable content providers to push relevant and timely alerts to BlackBerry smartphone users based on a customer's opt-in preferences. Several members of the BlackBerry developer community are already set to launch services powered by BlackBerry Web Signals technology.

A similar technology was said to have been launched with the last iPhone firmware update, but Apple pulled the software at the last minute.