Comments on: Social Application Dilemma

By: Tim D

Tim D — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:40:59 +0000

Being a CrackBerry user for the last few years, I’ve had my methods updated as applications become available. For Twitter, I’ve been using UberTwitter for about a year or so now, and that works quite well for me. I have Twitter linked up with FaceBook, so any Tweets (including new posts to my Blog, also linked to Twitter) will filter down to Facebook.

The FB app for CrackBerry is just too heavy and laggy right now, even afer a number of revisions, so I stick to the mobile site. for IM, I use BeeJive

I’m eagerly awaiting the shift to the DROID on the 21st, which case I think it will be a swithc to TwitDroid, and Meebo, with a review of the FM mobile app for Android.

By: dez

dez — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:05:01 +0000

When you get your Droid, you should also try Seesmic for Android. So far that’s been easily the most powerful client for me on my android phone. And there’s now multi-account availability as well as customized notifications and a pretty easy interface for viewing everything.

By: dez

dez — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:50:09 +0000

That’s one issue that I also have, but I already covered the lack of mobile platform coverage that happens. The iPhone has some obviously powerful applications that may do what I want them to do, but I don’t (won’t) own an iPhone so that I can get coverage everywhere. Actually since I got my myTouch I stopped carrying my iPod around everywhere with me for updating Twitter/Facebook when I could get a wifi signal.

Maybe an application that doesn’t really look like an application that is dependant on API, but it corrects some of the annoying/lack of features part that the twitter native doesn’t cover would be an app that I could get into.

I’ve even tried using some greasemonkey scripts, but I’ve crashed my browser one too many times to continue that adventure.

By: dez

dez — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:46:34 +0000

I don’t get retweeted that often, but there’s a consistency to it that would be nice to know about. Yesterday for instance I @replied a writer in NY about something he tweeted. He retweeted the post and a another unknown person to me retweeted it.

I would have forgetten to check the retweet section if it wasn’t for my Google Alert this morning.

By: Rohn

Rohn — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:26:29 +0000

For Twitter I use an iPhone app exclusively (Tweetie), in fact I’m using it right now to write this comment in its built-in browser.

For Facebook I most often use the iPhone app, sometimes the web version if I have a lot to type.

Lately my phone is my primary communicating device (the computer at work is censored) so these choices make sense for me. I do look forward to a physical keyboard again so I can type massive missives

By: billhelm

billhelm — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:06:41 +0000

I go back and forth between native twitter.com and brizzly – twitter.com when I’m sampling or reading from lists and brizzly when I want to scan a bunch of tweets. I also use tweetie on my Ipod a lot when I’m just hanging around the house – love that client.

i can’t use apps at work so it’s really a no-brainer.

I don’t get re-tweeted that often, but that functionality does still need some work all around IMO.