Well, you know that there has been a lot of twitter clients like iTwitter that already offer push. So why another push notification app for Twitter? what’s so special about this app? -
In one word, It’s innovation…
In my review here, I’ve splitted it into two parts. What’s great vs What’s missing…
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What’s great about Boxcar Push Notifications?
- You don’t have to switch to a different twitter client. This is a great boon for me. i just love using both Twitteriffic and Tweetie. Boxcar supports both and they even claim to support Twitterlator Pro in a later release.
- OAuth authorization which means, you don’t have to share your password with yet another third-party guy. finally OAuth done elegantly on a client app. Man of Tweetie, Loren Brichter, Please note this… Enough of cribbing
- Speed of push: Boxcar checks your twitter account every two minutes. Much faster than a majority of twitter clients out there. In my testing it was faster that Tweetie on Mac to recognize a @mention
What is missing from BoxCar Push Notifications?
-Badge icons on BoxCar app is missing when you get a new @mention. The alert sound you get is loud and is similar to the SMS message tone. So I disabled “Sounds” expecting to see the badges pushed. But, no luck there… 
You can see that from my home screen here. I just love the subtle sound of Mail’s alert tone.
Boxcar Push shows only alerts not badges.
The “B” icon, Boxcar’s app icon doesn’t seem to show the count. This happens even when alerts is turned off.
-Second thing, though not a huge issue for me, *could* be a deal breaker for some. I’ve got just 400 followers and I get atleast 25 @mentions a day. For hard core twitter users, It would be great if Boxcar supports twitter user groups and push notifications only for those users. I don’t think that would be too difficult for those guys…
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Though these two are not a deal breaker, Boxcar is definitely a great buy for 1.99$. Go get it from AppStore now… or visit their website here…
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