Calendar Red Badge Notifications

Hi all, new iPhone user here.

Could someone please tell why I am not getting red badge notifications on the calendar icon. This is really frustrating!

iPhone OS 3.1.2

Posted on Jan 15, 2010 4:05 AM

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Jan 21, 2010 3:54 AM in response to acdr

The badge on the calendar app functionality is already in use - as stated above, just like the badge on Mail indicates new mail, the badge on the Calendar app indicates a new event invitation. However, you need to have a MS Exchange account on your phone to receive invitations in your Calendar app. It may be a shortcoming from your point of view, but for me it's important to know when I have a new or updated calendar event invitation. You can set event alerts (two of them for calendars on the phone) which will show up as a message on your screen.

On 3rd party apps, badges are enabled if the developer has included that feature (some do, some don't), and you have badges enabled in your notification settings.

Jan 21, 2010 1:34 AM in response to Dave Hutch

Dave

Thanks for the responce. That's a bit of a shortcoming. I would have thought there would be a red badge ala the email. I would prefer it so I can view the screen in the morning and see an appaointment pending without having to open the app.

Is there an update on this do you think? Or is there any way around it. This is actually a major niggle. In fact I would have thought red badges would appear for all things like RSS, twitter, etc. It seems only some of the notifications are getting red badged!

Any help would be apprieciated, thanks

Andrew

Jan 22, 2010 3:53 AM in response to neuroanatomist

Thanks,

I don't/can't have MS exchange as the set up for outlook emails as they are via BT and in pop format 9correct me me if wrong) I only meant it was a bit of a pain as I would have thought the red badge should appear for any entry put in the calendar inrespective of the service it goes though. After all does the notification come from the info stored on the phone?

As for third party apps, I was hopeing that things like RSS and twitter items would show which they don't seem to (I am using Fee RSS and Twitbit) I don't have to many subscriptions through these so red blindness would not be a problem but it would be nivce to know when stuff come in without checking periodically.

Perhaps I am doing this all wrong do you have any hints or suggestions.

Many thanks

Andrew

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