can I implement the push notifications without enrolling in the developer program?

Question

I'm quit new in iphone developing and I used to test my apps on my jailbreaken iPhone 3Gs without enrolling in the developer program. However, I needed to implement push notifications from my server but all the tutorials I found refer to logging in the provisioning portal to obtain App ID which I can't access without the developer program.

So here is the question: Can I implement the push notifications without enrolling in the developer program ?!

Answer 1

No, the required certificates and profiles for your server need to be generated by Apple, so you can't forge them.

Answer 2

No, you wont be able to do that kind of communication while your app is closed. It will work only when the user is running your app thus making it useless.