Twinkle, Twinkle, little Twitter
Ever since the return of my iphone from it’s odyssey in Vegas, I’ve been spending more time with the iphone installer to see how it can be better customized to my daily routine.
One of the most interesting applications I’ve installed so far is something called Twinkle. It’s Twitter with a nifty interface optimized for the iphone with location and picture capabilities.
The interfaced is optimized for the iphone - so i can check in my tweets easily throughout the day if i’m so inclined. I’ve included a screen capture from my iphone to the right (thanks to the iphone screenshot 1.2.1 app from robota)
The really interesting feature is the “near me” button which identifies other people in your area who are also on twinkle. You can follow their tweets and even send them private messages.
I also like the idea of taking a picture of where I am right now… and having that included as a tiny URL link in my tweet.
Twitter hasn’t taken up a lot of mind-share when i’m on my desktop(s) or laptop… but increasingly it’s getting a slice of my mobile time - and twinkle makes it that much more interesting.
I haven’t tested any twitter clients for my blackberry yet - but I’ll try and do so in the next few days and report back my thoughts.
How about you - do you tweet on mobile… or do you use something else - like mobile instant messaging (MIM)? MIM will also be the topic of my next post over at onedegree.ca
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Twitter was one of the hot topics this week at Third Tuesday in Ottawa. After the practical applications were hashed out (see reporters not reporting any more) general consensus, for those attending was; twittering is almost entirely a mobile tool now.
Personally my left eyeball is stuck to my netvibes account, which features the twitter app. I use that almost exclusively for my tweets.
Twitter on the Blackberry is very weak. Twitterberry doesn’t work well, and the whole BB interface isn’t conducive to Twittering easily if you’re used to the online experience.
@Techcrunch recently reported on TwitterFone, a mobile client for speaking your tweets. I haven’t had a chance to try that one out…
To David’s comment, I’m a heavy Netvibes user, but have found Twirl does a lot more a lot better, especially when you move beyond 40 followings or so.
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