unified-push.js

// all pseudo-code
document.addEventListener('deviceready', function (e) {
    if (device.platform == 'android') {
        window.plugins.pushNotification.register({ 
            senderID: '[email protected]',
            onevent: onEvent,
            onsuccess: onRegister,
            onerror: onFail
        });
    } else {
        window.plugins.pushNotification.register({ 
            onevent: onEvent, // sugar for subscribing to push-notification evt
            onsuccess: onRegister,
            onerror: onFail
            allowBadge: false,
            allowSound: false,
            allowAlert: true
        });
    };
}, false);

function onEvent(e) {
    var msg;

    if (e.type == 'message') {
        msg = JSON.parser(e.message);

        // do stuff with msg
    }
}

function onRegister(e) {
    // do whatever needs to be done
}

function onFail(e) {
    console.log(e.message);
}