We have been hearing for the longest time now that Research In Motion was/is working on native BlackBerry client (so called 'project banshee') for the hugely popular service that is Twitter. We even posted a poll a while back to see if it was something people wanted, to which the majority of respondents who use twitter said they would like to see. Today, we happened to come across what could quite possibly be the first recognized tweets from the new RIM-built twitter client itself. We're pretty sure there have been others before it, but those would have all been listed under something generic such as "API" so as not to set off any alarms, a practice that is common when wanting to hide the name of an application while getting real world testing on Twitter.
Clicking on the application name in these tweets directs you to blackberry.com/twitter, which understandably serves up a 404 error page at this time. But with this information, one has to wonder how close Research In Motion is to launch. We haven't seen any leaked pictures of the UI in action, and no leaked "beta" versions have surfaced yet. We are sure that a client is coming, but am guessing it's still a little ways away and this broadcasting of the BlackBerry twitter client was unintentional (product team was probably sipping some spiked eggnog Friday afternoon which resulted in this little oversight in their latest beta version).Â
Either way, it's all good. Whether it takes RIM a month or two or six to get this out, there are already a lot of great third party twitter clients available to BlackBerry users. That said, we sure are anxious to see what RIM has in store for us!Â
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Really looking forward to seeing what RIM has in store.......
I wonder how close they actually are. I would settle for a stable Tour 5.0 OS!!!
Amen on the 5.0 for Tour comment. I'm satisfied with ÃœberTwitter, but I'm not satisfied with a buggy OS, and I shouldn't have to get a leaked OS.
i agree !!!!
Looking forward to it! Wish they would make one that works like SocialScope and put them all in one inbox
would really like to see RIM make this happen and make it a GOOD twitter client...i mean...the iphone has a native one right? why cant we!
The iPhone doesn't have a native Twitter client. They are all written by 3rd party companies.
need to get a flash player or xml files deleted.can't play video/got mms/and web fixed.
Excited to see what the finished product looks like.
why RIM has to spend time and resources for a twitter app when there are alreaday really good apps?
for my opinion, i will stay with übertwitter and i would prefer that RIM uses resources to increase the ui and OS.
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C'mon guys.....seriously? There is a huge grocery list of things that your valuable time and money could be spent on.
-faster releases on bug fixed OS's.
-a YouTube app that actually looks worth a crap. Yes, I know some of this is on YT's end, but RIM could push for it to be fixed. Video = visual, and it looks like garbage. These devices are more than capable of displaying good youtube video.
and uhhh.....
-everything else talked about at DevCon! (widgets, apps, OpenGL, etc)
I am another one that "probably" won't use a BB Twitter app and stick with Uber Twitter. :/
They would have to seriously impress me to change my mind.
i'd really rather have OS 5.0. SocialScope's new update is all I'll ever need for Twitter
And what about a decente browser?
cause u can make ur own twitter source ; it's more like a joke
If RIMs would be similar to/better than UberTwitter, I'd switch in a heartbeat.
RIM's solution will surely integrate into the OS better with notifications in the main message list, etc...they have had plenty of time to see what's out there and they better be better...
If it works halfway decent, good by ubertwitter ads! I'm not a "power user" of twitter so a basic client would allow me to switch from uberadtwitter.
TweetGenius does the job for me. It's beautiful.
I just need saved searches/list support.
However, Seesmic is awesome, too, and has the support for the things I mentioned above. ...but I already spent the $8 on TweetGenius, so...
And just when we thought Twitter and Blackberry couldnt get any bigger.. an app specifically FROM rim comes along with a Twitter app lol.
Like there isn't enough Twitter apps out there haha. But lets just see how this all plays out. Maybe it'll be my ONLY twitter client if this comes around :o For now, I'm still loving SocialScope.
hopefully the ui is as pretty as TG
This has GOTTA be a fake - it's EXTRMELY rare for Research in Motion (RIM) to release things in Australia first, so in my opinion, there's no way it can be real...
We've been waiting for BlackBerry Maps for over two years, BlackBerry App World took at least a year to become available here (albiet with free applications only), eBay is still a no-show and the list goes on.
I could be wrong, but I wouldn't hold your breathe...
BB Twitter app for me... i perfer BB apps over 3rd party ones, more stable.
The apparent "Twitter for Blackberry" is rumored to operate via push. Instant updates, and no more wasted battery/bandwidth to poll for new tweets. Of course RIM can always cripple the app by leaving off features found elsewhere, but lets hope they get it right!
Yeah, let's work on a twitter app?
Come on RIM!
Gawd I played w/iphone the other day and RIM is SOOOO far behind; Browser and OS!
RIM needs to get their priorities straight, seriously. Make a damn Twitter app later, nothing is more important than:
- OS 5.0
- New Brower
- One Unified OS for all devices
Get your damn heads on straight.
tweet tweet
Now that's really cool!