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Anybody else got this yet? It's kind of like instant messaging and works with push, but best of all is it's currently free and you don't actually log in. It's just on, all the time and ready to go. Get in early and you should be able to get a decent name as I've just registered my full name without any problem so ping me if you know it :D
Blighter
29-09-2009, 21:32
matt.pope :p
Piggymon
29-09-2009, 21:33
Sinead :)
SidewinderINC
29-09-2009, 22:26
sinc :D
Real name, if you know it. :)
SidewinderINC
29-09-2009, 22:32
Only had it a few minutes and already getting double-pushes :p
Aye, had a couple myself earlier.
I was getting pretty much double every time from sinc, but now I'm off to bed.
Think this might be a no go for me. My battery went from 66% last night to 23% this morning just sitting there doing nothing. Is this is what push does to your battery then I can't see me using it.
Sounds pretty likely that it's push unfortunately. I'll have a look around the settings but if nothing can be done then like you it'll be gone. Nobody loves me anyway. :p
I had a very nice conversation with someone who has the same name as you, Mark, but it wasn't you! Do you have a delimiter between first and second names?
Yes - sorry for being obscure. I don't like spaces. :)
mark.gray
SidewinderINC
30-09-2009, 17:33
I had a wonderful converstion with somebody called seven.star
A forumer for sure, most likely of SPS/SV origin but I have no idea who :p
mark_walker
in hindsight i should of gone with the . rather than _
I use whichever one happens by first and works (for example, my work email uses . and my own uses _).
NokkonWud
05-10-2009, 23:23
No longer free, but only 60p.
Mine is set up as: real.name
Was gutted I couldn't get just my forename, or even surname.
No longer free, but only 60p.
Mine is set up as: real.name
Was gutted I couldn't get just my forename, or even surname.
got your ping as a notification but it doesn't appear in the app :(
Mohinder
07-10-2009, 21:28
My name's my surname, if you lot know it. I think a fair few do :)
This is odd....ping works without push turned on :huh:
I noticed this first on Sinead's phone the other day then tested it on mine. Messages come though even though push is turned off (although push notifications are still turned on). This means I don't suffer the battery drain :D
Feel free to ping me again just to test it. Full name, no full stop :)
Bugger, nothing arrived ;D
You got the name right? I got one from Sinead and Kitten the other night no probs.
Are you using James or Jamie? I sent it to James.
With my surname on the end as well?
Aye. Send one to me (paul.eagles) and I'll reply.
I got yours and replied to it. I definitely had your name right when I sent you one as your one to me appeared next to mine.
Don't know what's up then. It deffo worked the other night without push turned on :/
Will check Sinead's phone again later.
Was Ping open at the time? Wouldn't need Push then. Or maybe you just found a bug and Push wasn't really turned off.
It's great until you delete conversations, then you have to remember the exact format of the persons name, even after linking them to an address book entry.
Feekles can receive my messages it seems :)
When you say push, do you mean the push settings that you find in Settings > Mail, Contacts & Calendars > Fetch new data?
That's a good point. That setting is for Mail only and doesn't affect Ping!
The one that you need for Ping! is in Settings > Notifications
Ah right. Yeah, I was talking about the one in the mail section. I assumed it was an overall Push On setting.
Last night the app and phone was off and messages came through. But as Mark has said, I guess the Notifications is what turns push on and off for Ping. I think I'm having general network problems today though which is why nothing is coming through.
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