Twibble: Another free Twitter Client for BlackBerry

by The PocketBerry Team

25 November 2009 View Comments

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It’s great to see various Twitter applications release for the BlackBerry platform as it becomes easier to get situated with one that is accustomed to your likings and taste. Twibble has all similar attributes like the rest of the Twitter apps out there. Continue reading for the OTA link as well as some nice key features in this application.

tweets, replies and direct messages are displayed in separate views (flip with right/left keys or ’space’. ‘wipe’ right/left on touch screen devices)
fully integrated twitter search with automatic refresh of result list (new in 0.9.14)
load tweets on demand when scrolling down the tweet list
send videos and photos to Mobypicture or twitpic (pics only). In case of Mobypicture you can even geocode your photo or video with GPS coordinates! This is an example with a picture and this with a video (watch the map on the right). Read this post how it works.
automatic notification of new versions (new in 0.9.26)
Image browser to select pics you want to sent to twitpic/Moby new in 0.9.15/16
search twitter for users or hashtags directly from a tweet
re-tweet (forward) of tweets. With a few clicks you can re-send a tweet you received without re-typing the message.
quick @replies
replies are properly linked to the original tweet (”in reply to”)
follow/unfollow other twitter users directly from a tweet
mark tweets as favorites: Useful on the road when you want to mark a tweet for later reading.
support for ssl to make the transmission more secure
full support for public or private identi.ca/laconi.ca instances
full screen mode with good readability
(Optionally) display avatar pics, pics are automatically resized depending on the screen size of your phone.
auto refresh: retrieve tweets automatically after a given time period. Or retrieve tweets manually by pressing ‘*’
fast and ressource saving implementation
On most devices you can run twibble in the background.
notifications: configure twibble to vibrate if new tweets arrive.
keyboard shortcuts: to access the most important functions use the keyboard shortcuts.
themes: twibble comes with a couple of different themes you can chose from.
optimized to generate as little data traffic as possible. Only new tweets are fetched to reduce data traffic.
open web links contained in a tweet (via phone browser).