![]() Twitter’s great and all, but if you’re in trouble, sending an automated tweet about it via a button that’s easily pushed by mistake doesn’t seem like it should be high up on your list of options. Twittelator’s most bizarre feature is its “Emergency icon,” which according to Stone Design lets you “create a Tweet with a map of your current location.” The latest update to the software allows you to hide the button, which is a good thing. Yet it’s actually the least dense of the three programs, forcing you to scroll more. I found the layout of its main tweet list a bit strange, with numerous small items that were difficult to tap on, and tweet text isn’t as readable as I’d like. If Twitterrific could improve by adding a bit more functionality, Twittelator could benefit from a dramatic tightening of its interface. If you tap on a friend’s icon, you immediately see all their Twitter stats. You can search for text on all of Twitter. Twittelator, in contrast, has a much less refined interface, but supports every Twitter feature imaginable.įrom Twittelator, you can view your friends timeline, your own timeline, your replies, your direct messages, the timelines of other users, the friends of the people you follow, you name it. Twitterrific’s interface is terrific for reading your friends’ timeline and posting tweets, but it doesn’t let you dive deep into the features of Twitter. You can’t block those TwinkleKing messages.īig Stone Phone’s Twittelator is in many ways the polar opposite of Twitterrific. And I found it a little disconcerting that Tapulous’s TwinkleKing account, who I don’t follow on Twitter, was able to send me spam about Twinkle-related contests and the like. Likewise, if Twitter is up and the Twinkle server goes down, you could be cut off from the rest of the Twitterverse. When Twitter is down, you’ll still be able to send Tweets-but they won’t go to Twitter until it comes back up. Yes, that approach lets Twinkle include some clever non-Twitter features such as location-based services, but only for other Twinkle users. I’m not thrilled about Twinkle’s reliance on a Tapulous server as a mediator between your iPhone and Twitter. (Tapulous says such a method will be available in a forthcoming update.) Because Twinkle’s location-savvy functionality works via a proxy server run by Tapulous, only Twinkle users can appear in the Nearby list, and only other Twinkle users can see what city you’re tweeting from. However, I wish I could opt to view tweets only from nearby users I follow, and there’s no way to block nearby users whose tweets you might find distasteful. And a tap on the Nearby button lets you see tweets from Twinkle users near you, which is pretty cool. When you post to Twinkle, other Twinkle users can see what city you’re tweeting from. Twinkle’s best trait is its location awareness. ![]() (A forthcoming update will improve the program’s scrolling speed.) The program’s scrolling also feels sluggish. ![]() Twitterrific can’t display all the messages from a given friend also, it doesn’t let you filter tweets to only see your direct messages, messages replying to your tweets, or a list of your own recent tweets. But I found the program’s large single-tweet view to be mostly a waste of time.Īlthough Twitterrific provides me with 95 percent of what I use Twitter for, there’s still plenty of room for the iPhone version to grow, especially given the tough competition of several excellent iPhone-optimized Twitter web interfaces, most notably A series of slide-out “hint” screens appear for new users, cleverly helping to teach you how the program works. The program’s interface is excellent, combining simplicity with solid functionality. An embedded Web browser lets you tap on user names or hyperlinks and view the contents without having to switch out of the program and into Safari. The program includes integration with, so you can take a photo (or pick one from your photo library) and the program will automatically upload it and embed its URL in your tweet. Twitterrific displays tweets from your contacts and lets you send tweets. ![]()
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