Twitter, Tweetie, It's All The Same

[Jeff Campbell]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://blog.twitter.com/2010/04/twitter-for-iphone.html' target='_blank'>http://blog.twitter.com/2010/04/twi...for-iphone.html</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Twitter has been growing by leaps and bounds around the world. Mobile has always been a focus for us-starting with SMS which lead to the 140 character limit. People everywhere should be able to access Twitter without friction or confusion."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1270902894.usr105634.jpg" /></p><p>So to help people achieve this, Twitter has purchased Atebits, and with it the popular Twitter client Tweetie. Tweetie will be renamed Twitter for iPhone in a few weeks time, and along with it a new price: free!. Sure beats the $2.99 USD price tag that Tweetie now carries.&nbsp;</p>

[Vincent Ferrari]

Of course the big story here isn't that Twitter is going to be officializing a client, it's that if your business model is one that involves YOU producting a client, you're effectively now bumping up against the "official" one.

How long before things appear in Tweetie that no one else has access to?

My guess? Not long.