Notifications

[nguyen561]

How can you get pop up notifications when they come in? For example...emails, Facebook, eBay...

 

[Jeeper]

In Settings, towards the top, Notifications. Select it then choose which apps you'd like to have notify you. (sounds, badges, and pop-ups)

For Mail, select Mail, then Fetch new data "Push"

 

[nguyen561]

Yeah I know there's a section for notifications but emails, Facebook notifications, and such do not pop up when it is getting pushed....is there another area for it?

 

[Jeeper]

Some email servers may not support "push" and you have to set "fetch" to every 15 min (or whatever time period you want).

I don't know about Facebook, but with some accounts you may have to go to your account page online to set up a "push" function, if available.

Do any of your apps show pop-up badges and alerts? Or just a specific few that don't?

 

[Tim SPRACKLEN]

There's an app in the App Store for this - iPriorityMail. The app is free but there is a service charge after the first month - it's about a $1 per month, with no contract. You can configure which email addresses will produce a pop-up alert and configure the 'ringtone' (if any) that's played when the mail arrives.

Tim

 

[nguyen561]

There no app that does the pop up notifications. I want them to pop up like they do on my iPhone.. Does your iPad do that?

 

[Tim SPRACKLEN]

There no app that does the pop up notifications. I want them to pop up like they do on my iPhone.. Does your iPad do that?

Yes - it does - with iPriorityMail - it works fine for email, Facebook etc...

Tim

 

[nguyen561]

But isn't that a general feature. I know on the iPad 1 , it automatically popped up..

 

[Tim SPRACKLEN]

There was no pop-up notification of email on the iPad1 using the native apps. You need to use a third-party app to get this..

Tim

 

[nguyen561]

With priority mail, it automatically sets it up?

 

[Tim SPRACKLEN]

'Automatically' is a loaded word. With this app you can do this - but have a look on their web site. The first month is free, so there's no committment.

Tim