can we do push notification in iphone using phonegap fremwork?

Yes we can: The latest version of that beta offered developers a very exciting new feature just this morning - push notification of new messages. That means apps will be able to send SMS style messages when something important occurs

Taken from this website:

http://www.dotnetexpertsforum.com/introduction-to-phonegap-framework-t1686.html

To have complete documentation for PhoneGap, go to http://wiki.phonegap.com

And also, we have several tools with PhoneGap, which are:-

(a) PhoneGap simulator(cross-platform)

(b) XUI :- JavaScript framework for mobile device browsers

(c) Lawnchair:- It is a clent-side JSON store

(d) Easy APNS :- Push notifications using Php & MySQL

(e) Sony WebSDK:- To make mobile applications to work on multiple devices

(f) Urban Airship :-It offers services like: Push notifications, Air Mail, In-App purchase.

So as you can see PhoneGap does offer this solution. Just visit the documentation and it will help you.

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