Push Notification in Windows Phone 7 Series Explained

At the GDC-Game Developers Conference, Microsoft gave attendees a deeper look at the Windows Phone 7 Series platform, specifically as it relates to gaming. The new platform would integrate Windows PCs, the Xbox 360, and Windows Phones for app development.

The video from the conference explains push notifications on Windows Phone 7 Series devices. Push notifications are available in 3 flavors: raw, tile, and toast.

Raw notifications are when a cloud service notifies an application. If the app isn’t running the notification is discarded. The second type, tile notifications, are used when a user pins a tile to the Quick Launch menu (tiles are the new squares on the main screen). In this case, the cloud service will update that tile with an image URI. Finally, there are toast notifications which is when the cloud service send a title and a subtitle. You see toast notifications on the Xbox 360 today – it’s when a little pop-up appears to let you know one of your friends is online.

[Thanks Scott from Channel9]

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