[Vincent Ferrari]

http://www.twitterrific.com

Twitterrific for the iPhone 2.0 was released into the App Store tonight, boasting an improved UI, conversation track, URL shortening, Twitter trends and searching, multiple account support and a whole bunch of other goodies.  There's a good chance this was the first Twitter app you ever downloaded, so you may want to give it another look.

And just out of curiosity, if Twitterrific isn't your Twitter app of choice, what is?  I'm curious to know what you folks are using out there.

Twitter is available now in free and premium versions in the App Store (only the free one is showing in the US app store right now; the premium version should be there shortly).

[Vincent Ferrari]

http://www.twitterrific.com

Twitterrific for the iPhone 2.0 was released into the App Store tonight, boasting an improved UI, conversation track, URL shortening, Twitter trends and searching, multiple account support and a whole bunch of other goodies.  There's a good chance this was the first Twitter app you ever downloaded, so you may want to give it another look.

And just out of curiosity, if Twitterrific isn't your Twitter app of choice, what is?  I'm curious to know what you folks are using out there.

Twitter is available now in free and premium versions in the App Store (only the free one is showing in the US app store right now; the premium version should be there shortly).

[Janak Parekh]

I switched to Tweetie from Twitterrific when I got tired of IconFactory's lack of updates, and it's fantastic. Given the screenshots I've seen so far, I'm not inclined to switch back to Twitterrific 2.

--janak

[encece]

Same reasons for switching from Twitterific to Tweetie. Probably not going to switch back. Too little too late.

[Macguy59]

And I'm not getting why anyone cares what someone just had for lunch or what tea they just tried. Smacks of being self absorbed IMO.

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by Macguy59

And I'm not getting why anyone cares what someone just had for lunch or what tea they just tried. Smacks of being self absorbed IMO.

Twitter's value is more about general microblogging and the implications of being able to "subscribe" and reply to others' microblogs in a more uniform way than typical blogs and RSS.

For example, a lot of people exchange interesting links via Twitter that they encounter while websurfing. Twitter and FB are uniquely suited to do this better than pretty much any other service, and Twitter has the added advantage of not requiring people to be "friends" to do so. The fact that people can reply also make it a great "shout-out" mechanism, so someone can toss out a question and they'll frequently get an answer.

David Pogue explained this particularly well: http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/...for-beginners/ and http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/te...gue-email.html

Now, this is not to say Twitter is without problems. Some people DO report on inane useless details on their life. The 140-character limit is also extraordinarily annoying. But don't confuse this as being purely a "what are you doing right now?" kind of service. Facebook themselves have discovered the value of being more general and have shifted the theme on their site as well.

--janak

[encece]

Micro-blogging.
(Light) Replacement for RSS.
"Group" SMS.
Status Updating.

Not everyone only posts what they are eating.
Business users I know, note which projects they are working on and when complete....visible to groups.

I use to believe it was for the self absorbed....but it could be used for so much more.