Twitter for BlackBerry 2.1 now available in the BlackBerry Beta Zone

By Adam Zeis on 19 Oct 2011 11:21 am

Twitter for BlackBerry

New to the BlackBerry Beta Zone is an updated version of Twitter for BlackBerry. Verison 2.1 adds additional profile support and multiple account support. This is a welcome addition for many users, although we would have liked to seen a few more new features.

Additional Profile Functions - The ‘My Profile' will have two new icons: Edit Profile and Switch Accounts. Now users can use the Edit Profile icon right from the Profile screen to change a picture or update personal information.
Multi-Account Support - The new Multiple Account Support feature allows users to have up to five accounts on their Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones app. When logged into multiple accounts, the current user name will appear in the upper-left corner of the header bar and the user picture will appear in the My Profile icon. Users can switch between accounts by using the Switch Account function, accessible from My Profile or via the Menu. Users can also cross-post Tweets and Retweets from one account to another without switching the current account view.

Twitter for BlackBerry 2.1 is available now in the BlackBerry Beta Zone. If you haven't yet registered, what are you waiting for?

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24 comments

UnknownError507 Oct 19, 2011 at 12:24 pm

Nice support for Multi-accounts !!!
**EDIT**
Sorry Native twitter but im gonna stay with my Ubersocial for now for my main twitter account, and im gonna use the native one for the other account.

FrankDLR1972 Oct 19, 2011 at 2:09 pm

Yeah, i actually like using both side by side. Uber my personal/tech & news and T4BB for my special sport oriented acct. Works very nicely for me and helps differentiate between the two and I won't post to the wrong acct.

T4BB new multi-acct switcher is pretty awesome though. The seemless acct switching made me think twice about needing two different apps.

theninjasquad Oct 19, 2011 at 11:28 am

Is it actually that popular to have multiple accounts? I have enough trouble keeping track of one.

corbella Oct 19, 2011 at 11:31 am

Would be nice to be able to see/accept follower requests.

flyingblackbeard Oct 19, 2011 at 11:44 am

If they come out with the ability to mute users from your TL and have unread notifications like UberSocial, I would definitely switch to the native app.

s5sahil Oct 19, 2011 at 11:47 am

Does it take back to the last read tweet?? Otherwise sticking to Ubersocial.

DustBow Oct 19, 2011 at 12:03 pm

+ 1,000 I hate being brought back to the top of the timeline at every refresh. Uber all the way for now.

T4BB should at least make it an option that you can control

jborfeo Oct 19, 2011 at 12:48 pm

Still cannot do this. Totally frustrating!!!

Hobbes2099 Oct 19, 2011 at 2:01 pm

This. 1000 times this. I can't understand how such a basic feature is missing from the stock app.
Then again, I also fail to understand why RIM hasn't developed their own Twitter app for the Playbook, but there you go.

W1zz Oct 19, 2011 at 11:48 am

Is this application still without a provider to shorten tweets longer than 140characters?!

theninjasquad Oct 19, 2011 at 11:52 am

I don't think that is an officially support feature of Twitter which is likely why they haven't implemented that?

curvezzz Oct 19, 2011 at 11:58 am

+1 That is a needed feature as well! And muting a person from your TL as well. I attempted to use tweetdeck beta or what ever but it bricked my 9800 so I never tried it again :( the native app needs to incoporate all those features to make a twitter super app :)

curvezzz Oct 19, 2011 at 11:54 am

Being able to aaccept follow requests!!! I hate having to go the website for that! And only reason I use uebertwitter is for multy acct access :) now I can free up some memory yay

Adhamalghamdi Oct 19, 2011 at 12:00 pm

what I'm waiting for ? ,,, I'm waiting for RIM to allow us to register :@

siddo_d Oct 19, 2011 at 12:11 pm

It won't let me get download the link keeps back firing to the same page

El Platanero Oct 19, 2011 at 1:03 pm

Yeah Uber still seems like the better option. Not the biggest tweet guy but for what I use it for the twitter app itself seems old.

SC457 Oct 19, 2011 at 1:46 pm

It's staying on the last tweet read for me now. Still no notification for which ones you've already read though. Going to keep Uber as my main app and this for push notifications.

kellidotca Oct 19, 2011 at 2:26 pm

Finally! Multiple user accounts just made my life easier.. personal + work on two different apps was dumb.

dcattran Oct 19, 2011 at 4:44 pm

Did they add support for the native twitter image repository, so that you don't have to go to the browser when someone is posting images there, instead of yfrog?

Pilot Prop Oct 19, 2011 at 5:02 pm

its crazy that just last week i was kinda upset that T4BB didn't have multiple account support.

the brother Oct 19, 2011 at 5:45 pm

this app still needs work. all this does it support multiple accounts? big fat MEH

Blessed Berries Oct 19, 2011 at 7:48 pm

It is a very nice device but not for me. Sorry.

buithucdong Oct 19, 2011 at 8:36 pm

it's very nice upgrade :D Multiple user accounts just made my life easier. Personal + work on two different apps was dumb.

tkwolf Oct 19, 2011 at 9:22 pm

At least, if RIM can get permission from twitter to allow them to add a thirs party site that can allow us to tweet longer, like maybe through TMI or twitlonger.com like Ubersocial, then i'd switch back.
It's right now, the ONLY reason why im not even using it

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