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Saturday, 11 July 2009

UberTwitter v TweetGenius v TwitterBerry

Looking for a Twitter client for your Blackberry? Here are 3 that I have used & my thoughts on them.

TwitterBerry
This is the first client I ever used.. Worked well with no issues..
- can follow & un-follow & favourite users
- can view other user timeline & info
- option to run in background on close
- option to change update interval
- 3 media hosting services available
- simple UI, not as slick as UberTwitter or TweetGenius
- unable to view other user's friends & their timelines
- unable to add location

UberTwitter
Stumbled upon this client by sheer luck & I am so glad I did!
- nice UI
- can follow & un-follow & favourite users
- can view other user timeline & info
- if other user is using UberTwitter or iPhone, user info includes user's location shown in Google Maps
- option to run in background on close
- option to change update interval
- can format text (size, bold/regular)
- has own media hosting service
- able to add location using nearest cell tower and/or GPS
- option to update location for every tweet
- option to integrate replies & DMs into timeline & is highlighted in yellow

TweetGenius
- nice UI
- nice transition between different views
- landing page shows 3 icons: timeline, mentions, DMs
- option to run in background on close
- option to change update interval
- able to add location using GPS
- option to update location for every tweet
- there seems to be caching issue, when logging in with a different account, the previous account's items are still shown

So what do I use the most?
I still like UberTwitter the best as a Twitter client for my Blackberry Bold.. The caching issue with TweetGenius is just annoying so eventhough I like the UI, I will be using TwitterBerry more than TweetGenius until this is resolved.

I am awaiting the release of Tweeteev, which I believe will be next week..
I will be forever in the look out for a Twitter client but will always revert back to UberTwitter if any of the new offerings do not suit.

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