iPhone or iPod Touch applications can't run in the background, however, if you remain online and then press the home button or if the phone goes into standby Palringo will close but you will remain connected on our server for several hours.
Apple's Push Notification Service is used to help Palringo run in the background. To enable these notifications go to the settings of your iPhone, and make sure all your options for palringo are turned "on" in the notifications section. Then, go into palringo, go to the main homepage where your services are located. Choose each service and click on the alerts tab. Make sure "push" is on for all your services.