There's nothing to stop you forcing the packet data connection to remain open by sending something like a heartbeat from the server
That's based on having your own protocol of course Cheers, Jim On Aug 10, 9:51 pm, Jefftoaster <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey all - I'm looking at 3 different apps to develop for the Android, > but I'm new to the platform (come over from Blackberry - yuck!). > > Anyhow - I need to know if there is some way to push data to the phone > from a server. I'd prefer to avoid using SMS to push (user charges), > or constantly polling the server (lets see, every 5 seconds = 12 times > a minute, 720 times an hour, over 17000 a day - No way, uh uh) > > So push technology - anyone? > > Thanks! > > Jeff Owens --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
