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Twitter, the already hugely popular, massively-growing social networking site, is officially too big to ignore. The simple interface and ability to update quickly make it one of a kind social network – not to mention ripe for mobile applications.
There are countless clients available that allow the user to update his status on twitter easily, as well as much, much more. These apps are available for every platform, but the iPhone is far and away the most popular right now.
The iPhone, by allowing the user to load many different applications, and with superior connectivity options, is really ideal for Internet usage. If you are a Twitter fan–and love your iPhone–then here is the list for you!
Below are the iPhone Twitter clients that allow you to update your status–and most of the applications let you do much more, from locating yourself on a map to sharing photos right from your iPhone.
(All links are directly to iTunes)
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Twitter Client/ Feature |
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Price |
Free |
Free |
Paid $2.99 |
Free |
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Requirements |
iPhone OS 2.2 or later |
Requires iPhone OS 2.0 or later |
iPhone OS 2.1 or later |
iPhone OS 2.0 or later |
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Multiple Twitter Accounts |
Yes |
No (Supported in Pro Version) |
Yes |
Yes |
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Tweet Functionality |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Reply to Tweet |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Re-Tweet Functionality |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Follow or Un-follow |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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View Public Timeline |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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View Friends Timeline |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Photo Sharing |
NA |
Yes Via TwitPic |
Yes Via TwitPic |
Yes Via TwitPic and YFrog |
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Direct Messaging |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Search Functionality |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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URL Shortening |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes Via bit.ly |
Yes |
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Location Update |
NA |
Yes |
Yes |
NA |
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View Twitter Trends |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Other Cool Features |
Email, Text Compression and many more advanced settings View conversation Threads of users |
Search for the people around you by specifying the radius. Fixed many issues and the latest version is compatible with iPhone OS 3.0 |
Inline web browser. Send direct messages to email. Bookmarklet and Themes support |
Update Facebook status using TweetDeck. Allows sync and backup with computer and have spam filters. Watch and share video clips. |
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Twitter Client/ Feature |
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Price |
Free |
Paid $1.99 |
Paid $4.99 |
Free |
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Requirements |
iPhone OS 2.0 or later |
iPhone OS 2.0 or later |
iPhone 2.2.1 or later |
iPhone OS 2.2 or later |
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Multiple Twitter Accounts |
NA |
No |
Yes |
No (supported in paid version) |
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Tweet Functionality |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Reply to Tweet |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Re-Tweet Functionality |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Follow or Un-follow |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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View Public Timeline |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No (Supported in paid version) |
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View Friends Timeline |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Photo Sharing |
Yes directly |
NA |
Yes via TwitPic or YFrog |
Yes Via TwitPic and YFrog |
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Direct Messaging |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Search Functionality |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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URL Shortening |
Yes directly |
NA |
Yes Via tr.im |
No |
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Location Update |
Yes |
NA |
NA |
No |
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View Twitter Trends |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Other Cool Features |
Full support for Facebook. Search for people nearby you by specifying the radius |
Twitter world translate tweets from other languages to your language. You can also retweet them in your language |
Birdfeed has a simple interface and features Local Caching such that your timeline will be updated automatically. |
Built-in photo viewer. You can reply to multiple people on twitter at once. Bookmarklet and Favorites support |
Your turn. Do you have an iPhone? What’s your Twitter app of choice? Why?
Photo: Williamedia
Good guide to Twitter apps on the iPhone http://www.the20life.com/2009/08/01/the-definit...
I am back to using Twitterfon. A while back, and update to the free version made it almost unusable, as it placed an ad that got in the way of scrolling, causing you to click the ad unintentionally. They've eliminated that, and gone back to displaying the ad only at the top of the window, visible after you scroll through all the tweets. I've also used Twitterrific and TweetDeck, but I'm a pretty basic user, so I appreciate Twitterfon's speed and how clean it is.
My favorite iPhone Twitter apps in order are:
Tweetie, Tweetdeck, SimplyTweet, Twittelator Pro, Twitterfon Pro
What about iTwitter? I'm using/liking it very much.
Man, there are SO many of these apps! There might have to be a Round 2, or 3, or who knows??
I agree completely, actually. I've used them all, and the only ones that stayed installed on my particular iPhone were Tweetie and TweetDeck. Love 'em both.
I remember that! Ridiculous what some people think is okay to do to users. What do you use on the desktop for Twitter? I love TweetDeck, just because it syncs my columns with the desktop client.
Check out the latest news of iphone in
http://www.appsd.com/twitter/
Right now, I mostly just use my browser when visiting Twitter on the desktop. 90% of my Twitter usage is actually on my iPhone, so I've kept my Following count down so that it is manageable. I did try out Seismic Desktop, and found it cumbersome, and also tried out using Digsby to integrate Twitter and Facebook. That works OK, but I still mostly use my browser. I also have a gmail gadget so that I can access Twitter from within my Google apps email account.