I have to admit that I have an obsession with Underworld on the iPhone. And the ability to be notified of drug deals is exciting. But this thing just has disaster all over it. The only way I can see the push system working, is sadly if they make it only available on non-free apps.

With WWDC and presumably the release of iPhone OS 3.0 just around the corner, Apple has deemed it time to begin stress-testing their Push Notification servers. We just received a letter from a (very) trusted source, in which Apple invited them to download a pre-release version of the Associated Press iPhone application, specifically tuned to make a high number of background push requests.

Upon adding the application, an iPhone-wide “Notifications” toggle is added to the iPhone OS 3.0 Settings screen, along with the option to toggle Notifications on an app-by-app basis.

Problem is that every notification pushed to your phone goes through the Apple servers. Thousands Millions of Twitter notifications will surely bring the system to a grinding halt within hours.

(Via MobileCrunch)