Windows Phone 7 Push Notification Limit

Another weird quirk with the Windows Phone 7 has been discovered. There is a limit to the amount of push notifications. Only fifteen third party applications can receive push notifications at one time. OEM applications do not count toward the limit.

This presents an interesting problem for the power user who relies on the use of push notifications to keep themselves up to date. Jaime Rodriguez said that Windows Phone 7 was designed for the typical user. If this limit were to remain in effect it would negatively affect the entire line of Windows Phone 7. Cutting out an entire sector of the market merely over a limit that can be changed is something that Microsoft sees and will hopefully acknowledge in the near future. According to Rodriguez that the limit is not set in stone, so there may be a time when the power user will find Windows Phone 7 a useful alternative to the other superior smartphone choices that are already out on the market.

The new Windows Phone 7's seem to be stuck in a rut after being recently released. Microsoft has quite a bit of catching up to do if they want to become a competitor in this market. The use of tiles and some of the other features that are present on the phone are welcome, but there are some basic features that are missing. Most of the other smartphones were hit with this issue as well, but that was a long time ago. Microsoft has quite a bit of catching up to do, but there is a lot of potential there.