In my previous post, I pointed out the problems of using VoIP on the iPhone as a secondary phone at home. The application would be severely limited for incoming calls because of the "no applications running in the background" rule. If someone calls my VoIP, my iPhone won't "ring" unless only the VoIP program running on my iPhone (will it run in sleep mode?). That is not a feasible solution. One possible scenario is that the VoIP software running on a computer in my home sends a text message to my iPhone saying so and so at this number is trying to call, please launch the VoIP app. Although, by the time the text message arrives, the person would probably have hung up. However, the phone number would still be there.
A better solution would involve Apple adding notifications between a home computer and an iPhone. So in this scenario, the VoIP program is running on my computer and notifies iTunes a call is coming in. iTunes, in turn, notifies my iPhone, and my iPhone asks if I want to launch the associated VoIP app. These types of notifications are not possible yet, but something that Apple could easily implement. Notifications could be expanded for email alerts, iChat messages, and even severe weather alerts.
No comments:
Post a Comment