Feeling left out of the Twitter fun as a user of a Blackberry device? Are you a bit jealous of your iPhone and Android using friends who get to have fun using the official Twitter app for their respective devices? If so, your day has finally come because the folks at Twitter have released the “official” app for Blackberry too.
Late last night, Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones started to roll out into a full launch. The application reportedly features many user requested bug fixes, tweaks and feature additions received from users during the app’s long Beta period.
Here’s what you can expect from this app:
“Go to User” – the ability to access any user’s profile from anywhere in the application using auto-complete functionality for followers.
Push Notifications for Direct Messages
Timeline Support
Following and Followers
Posting, Sending, Deleting , Replying and Retweeting Tweets
User/Saved/Keyword/Proximity Search
Tweet Photos/Links
Trending Topics
Seamless integration into core BlackBerry applications
URL Shortening
Auto-Update
Quote Tweets (editing retweets)
Auto Complete for @ usernames
View Photos from Yfrog & Tweetphoto
View Geotagged Tweets
Personal Info Guard
Hotkeys for Navigation
Report as Spam
Support for several languages including:
Portuguese EU
Japanese
Indonesian
Russian
Turkish
Dutch
Korean
The application will be available on BlackBerry App World (www.blackberry.com/appworld) in the social networking category. Check it out and let us know what you think.
