RIM's official Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones was released through limited invite code. Reviewers have called it prettier than other Twitter clients. Another reviewer suggested more keyboard shortcuts. TechCrunch called it average at best. This is all for an app that is still in private Beta!
BlackBerry for Twitter has these features:
- The Twitter for BlackBerry looks and feels like BlackBerry.
- You get notifed you of your direct messages as soon as they arrive.
- Bit.ly URL shortening to share your favorite BlackBerry App World applications, interesting websites or a random picture from your camera with your Twitter followers.
- Send BlackBerry camera photos traight to TwitPic.
- Reply to tweets, re-tweet and send direct messages.
- Post a link from your BlackBerry Browser.
The Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones home page contains navigation
icons for @mentions, user profile, direct messages, people search,
topic search and trending topics.
You can access your Twitter profile to see and manage both lists. If
you need to talk to your followers directly, you can send a direct
message from your Twitter inbox or through your BlackBerry message List.
You can us see the people search feature to find and follow new
people. You can also
gind out what is being said around you using a GPS-enabled BlackBerry
smartphone to filter Twitter topic searches based on how close they are
to your position.
Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones supports the official Twitter
Re-Tweet feature, making it easy to share interesting tweets with your
followers. RIM is requesting feedback from users to add more features. You can sign up to be notified when Twitter for BlackBerry is available at www.blackberry.com/twitter.
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