Twitter for BlackBerry (Beta) Application Available to Public Tonight at 9PM EST! [ Update: Now Available! ]

Will it be same version that I have had since Feb?

Is this beta being released the same version as the twitter for blackberry that was leaked a few weeks back?

Been using the leaked version of this app and love it but have gone back to UberTwitter as you can not edit tweets before re-tweeting. Enable this and the app would be perfect!

Will be the release tonight.

do i need to delete/uninstall the leak Twitter for BlackBerry Beta v1.0.0.37 before i install this new one or can i just install over it.

wonder if it will be .37

I'm already using the leak posted on BBtweetps and the app is great.
It works flawlessly so far and integrates very well with my native apps.
It's definitely a SUPER APP

He recent leaked version has been pretty reliable and is a lot faster than the first leak.

Yes, this is a good one. Deleted Ubertwitter as soon as I tried it out.

The only thing its lacking is the ability to edit your retweet. Then it would be perfect.

needs option to edit before retweeting. also needs the 'friend picker' like ubertwiter. that way when u add the '@' symbol it brings up a list of ppl u follow.

I had the beta crash on me on Tuesday bigtime.....but I like it...simple, etc. I don't want broken up tweets, but eventually having character limit increased would be nice.

Friend picker is a must!! I really want that feature on this client.

*Still waiting for the first Social Scope post :)

Still no PUSH notifications of mentions??? This is a critical feature that will keep this app from being "the one". Other developers are working on implementing this feature, and RIM has not included it in their own app, I am disappointed...

I've been using this for a while and I had a memory leak with it. Actually uninstalled .37 a few hours ago and went back to UT. I like the BB Twitter app but I have to agree that I miss not being able to edit retweets. Overall though its a good app I liked it with the exception of the memory leak

Have been using since Feb & works GREAT!! Love the Twitpic intergration!!!

First, let me say Twitter for BB is my go-to over TG, SS & UT. Features that need to be added for me to delete the others:

1) Friend-picker (others have mentioned this)
2) Native & in-line support for more picture sites than just TwitPic
3) Push notifications for mentions
4) Ability to NOT refresh upon opening while still maintaining a selected refresh interval
5) Ability to stay at the same scroll position even after refreshing
6) MORE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS!

Its probably the same as we got right now :) most of the features are the same still tho, ecstatic

I hope it will be released tonight and this is not just someone jumping the gun and making false announcements again.

Anyone know if the beta version of Twitter for BlackBerry will include the ability to use multiple twitter accounts, similar to UberTwitter? A feature like that would definitely make it more plausible over that of UberTwitter, especially for people who operator multiple twitter accounts.

Overall, Twitter for BlackBerry is very fast and smooth, has a great and functional interface and has a lot more to offer than that of UberTwitter and other twitter apps.

Great job, RIM!

Is it free?

I have been using the leaked version since it was leaked and I really like it a lot. I had previously been using Ubertwitter which I still have and use because this app seems to lack some of the features of UT that I liked a lot, namely the "everyone near me" function.

But, there is always a but, this app seems a lot faster than UT, and doesnt seem to drain the battery as much (IMO), and the push notifications on DM's and @ replies rock....

In conclusion, I think its a good app for where it is at and I hope they keep tweaking it to make it great

I've been running with the leak since it came out. I didn't have a twitter app before hand and would just use the web on my phone to look at twitter and i had the "important" tweets forwarding to my phone via sms. I can tell you the app lags way behind my phones sms messages in getting any tweets and is fairly disappointing. I like how it works, its perfect, less for the disappointing lag in getting tweets quickly (push?).

I'd absolutely LOVE this app if it had friend picker. The edit RT feature would be lovely as well but I DO understand that it is not available on the Twitter website therefore it MAY not EVER be available for the app. However, they can still please their users by allowing people to select and copy the tweet so they can RT it on their own, which is what I do when I'm on the website.

LOVE to tweet from my berry

I tried .37 for a week or so, and it wasn't as stable as .28; so I went back to .28 Whenever I logged in, it said I had new mentions when I didn't.

Is there an ability to show your location like uber?

u have the wrong link...

it's http://www.blackberry.com/beta

I'll probably wait til later tonight to download too and avoid the gridlock that will be everyone trying to download this at 9ET ...

If you want to edit a re-tweet before you "re-tweet" it. You can always click on the tweet, which will show you just that tweet. Move the cursor, and select the text you want to re-tweet and copy it. Click the reply of the tweet, which will put the user name in the tweet box, and then just paste the copied text into the tweet field. Then edit and tweet it as you like.

The screen shots you have on this blog are an old version. My Twitter app has the list icon in the top menu bar and in the menu.

It will be nice for everyone to get this version finally. I have been using it since day one and have really grown to love it.

i just wish you could edit retweets this would kill every twitter app

I have been using the first beta, and I'm having a whole different issue. I can't retweet on twitter for BlackBerry. It worked one day like four or five times, but never again. I know its not a problem with the link I used, because I used the same link to download my wife's beta and she RTs fine. Hope mine works this time.

I have been using the first beta, and I'm having a whole different issue. I can't retweet on twitter for BlackBerry. It worked one day like four or five times, but never again. I know its not a problem with the link I used, because I used the same link to download my wife's beta and she RTs fine. Hope mine works this time.

I have been using the first beta, and I'm having a whole different issue. I can't retweet on twitter for BlackBerry. It worked one day like four or five times, but never again. I know its not a problem with the link I used, because I used the same link to download my wife's beta and she RTs fine. Hope mine works this time.

Can BB also restructure FB? Cuz the current one sucks balls.

Been working great for me... I'm not really a heavy duty user and don't really retweet much. I mainly use it to tweet pics and such.. However it would be awesome and useful if I can connect with contacts like the Facebook app can.. Which is what I love best about the FB app...

The app is available now in App World under Test Center

I was all excited about this at first, but really...UberTwitter does everything I need it to do. No reason to download this.

it's blackberry.com/beta/ not /betazone

this program is leaps and bounds better than ubertwitter and tweetgenius combined. actually ubertwitter is a pretty sad state of affairs next to this, sadly tho this beta is the same version that already leaked a while ago.

WHERE IS IT?!?! It's 9PM EST

It's available for download on the beta zone site!

Still don't see it at the app world

I don't see it......

Its on app world now

OK everyone it IS in App World all you have to do is press Alt then type R S T it will exit app world then go back into app world and go into test center and twitter is there! :)

Just .37 nothing new

BLACKBERRY.COM/TWITTERDOWNLOAD

Can I use this app if I don't have a data plan? I'm trying to use it via wifi, but when I try to login, I get "Twitter services are currently unavailable."

I see it now

Oops!

I don't see it anywhere in App World.

In app world, click on Categories (folder icon), scroll to Test Center. It is located there.

I don't see it in AppWorld. I did the Alt-RST trick and it exits out and I restart AppWorld..go into Test Center...and still there is nothing there.

same.37 version...

Its telling me I have an invalid/expired token, someone help me

edit retweet not an option =fail

Do as I did and search for Twitter in app world and you'll find it..

twitter it's on our devices's blackberry home page (browser's) along with fb v1.7

just dl Twitter for bb. tooling around, seems pretty solid! good integration with the os, easy to upload pics. loving it so far

Go here: http://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/features/social/twitter.jsp?

I temporary canceled my data plan, any chance this will work off Wi-Fi Only for the time being, or is it strictly data? Thanks

Wow... it appears I've been using the beta version(1.0.0.37) of Twitter for BlackBerry for the past two weeks as I thought I had downloaded the alpha version.. wow.. lol.

Nonetheless, Twitter for BlackBerry is awesome!

hi guys i just downloaded the program via the app world.I would like to know if this program will run on the wifi if the wifi is available instead of using my data plan.

Thanks!

Just downloaded from App World. Meh.. This is .37??? No Retweet edit? No friend picker? Well.. I'll go back to UberTwitter then. I'd say, UberTwitter is the real Twitter for BlackBerry. UT is so successful to make people expecting Twitter for BlackBerry to have better or at least the same features as UT.

Lower refresh interval, friend picker, and etc...The official client made my phone laggy..I know its a beta, but it needs a bit of work. :| It's "pretty" though..

Still getting the expired token error message...

Since this was not updated past 6/30/10 i will keep the leak until they update this again.

i see no twitter app under the test center...

Not to nitpick but it should be "EDT" and not "EST". If you can't bother remembering, just use "ET".

Not to mention, the Twitter app is not available yet.

Ughh I was so excited about this but I'm afraid if I install it I'll have to deal with even MORE hourglass wait time on my 8330... I guess I'm going to stay with only SS until I upgrade to a tour/bold/whatever when the time comes!

If you don't see it in the App World, you can also go through the Blackberry homepage on your BB browser. The link is http://mobile.blackberry.com/.
I downloaded Twitter from there without going through App World.
Hope that helps some people.

I've got a Twitter account, but I can't say I really use it much. I downloaded the Twitter app, subscribed to some news sites and I'm loving it. The app actually runs surprisingly well on my Tour.

Here's hoping the Facebook app gets an update to borrow some of the GUI features from the Twitter app. For example, on the main page you can scroll up and down the list uninterupted. The Facebook app stops at every link along the way when scrolling down.

I have been using the .28 Beta since Feb, 2010. Uber is still my primary Twitter client w/RIM's as a backup. Downloading the .37 upgrade now. We will see!

I was forced by the app to update from the .2x to .38, and now my twitter banner notification icon is stuck on ...

Two Twitter apps are a bit much for my taste. BB Twitter is nice though, no problems so far...

So I just downloaded Twitter & was asked to reboot. I now have "Reload Software: 552"...I'm screwed, aren't I??

This app looks waaay cleaner than ubertwitter so i'm getting rid of uber. And plus it doesn't have that stupid advertisement on top.

Why are there so many twitter apps coming out and no updates for facebook? I think a lot more people use facebook and stupid twitter.

It's better than I expected, but it looks I need to take much time to test it.

replacing my ubertwitter for now, but probably for the long haul as well

what is the lastest software for the blackberry bold 9700 im running on 405 is that good or bad someone please help me?

Downloaded it. Liking it for the most part. Quick impressions (hey, it's only day 1). I'm probably what you'd call an "intermediate" level Tweeter:

+ Feels snappier than UT (arguably the one to beat)
+ Interface is nice, clean and not as "real estate hoggish" as one might initially believe it is up top (and has a "Sea Breezy" color sceheme)
+ "It just works" (cannot be overstated)
+ Battery life seems "sip" vs. "gulp"
+ Captures about 95% of everything a Twitterer would want if ALL they used was a single account (lists, @reply notices, etc.)
+ LACK of Twitlonger/etc. support. I'm a fan of the "keep it < 140 or go home!" camp. Certainly others may disagree, but I've seen some pretty big "Tweets" that are like seagull poopie "tweets" rather than, say, that of a sparrow (a real tweet vs. a squawk?).

And my key gripes:

- Lack of multiple accounts. Hopefully to be found in finalized "official release".
- Could definitely stand to use more keypad shortcuts (and more sensible ones, at that).
- People talk about lack of RT editing, I put this more as a gripe than not since I need to trim periodically to make things fit

For the people who "love" it, do you even tweet? I'm not talking about once a week.

That I think this app is lacking that I liked in Ubertwitter is when @-replying to someone that you were able to type the "@" symbol and a list of followers popped up. I think if RIM enabled that in this app it would be great; I hate having to remember people's twitter names or having to look up the one's that are a mile long

Since I downloaded the app 2 hrs ago, I have constantly been getting "new mentions" notifications every couple minutes. Yet, there's no new mentions when I go into the app. Is it doing this for all my previous mentions or is something amiss? Its getting to the point of annoying.

Is there a way to add location, like in Uber-twitter?

I have had 3 different betas of this app now and none of them has got anything on Ubertwitter! I've tried to give it a chance everytime I could get my hands on a new release but it just isn't as good. Ubertwitter beta 8 is released this month and this should just crush any hopes RIM have of their Twitter app being the best out there! Invest some time in to other things which people need, instead of trying to be cool and creating a un-needed Twitter app!

There is sort of a way to edit retweets, if you select a tweet then gogo send to on the menu then twitter it opens a new tweet with the text of the selected tweet, this is pretty much a retweet without the username!

Hi everyone,

I'm in Saudi Arabia and the AppWorld don't work here. can someone provide OTA link

I will never buy another app from crackberry. ShopCrackberry user agreements states that customer will have access to purchased apps to download if something where to arise with your phone/software and that the app will be available to re download under customers account(which is true). However, the FREE UNLIMITED UPGRADES TO PURCHASED APPS is NOT TRUE! ShopCrackberry and BerryBuzzd are charging a "major upgrade" fee. They are now stating that upgrades within the same version (example from 2.0 to 2.5) is free however version 2.0 to 3.0 is considered a "major upgrade" and may charge an upgrade fee.

We Blackberry users are well aware of numerous upgrades that are pushed out on a monthly basis so rounding out an app version from 2.0 to 3.0 can happen fairly quickly. Crackberry of all entities should know this and shame on them for allowing such fees to be assessed on customers. This is becoming a known problem with all app developers, app sellers trying to find a loop hole in to charging more money to a customer. This aggression will not stand as there are few,but a growing number of customers in process of filing lawsuits against flagrant price gouging and breach of original contract.

T4BB may look nice but in my opinion UT really does it all... I will wait for this to get the updates abd grow up a little before I walk away from UT

I downloaded it and installed but can't login, it keeps giving me this message: Twitter services are currently unavailable.

Anyone has the same problem? or just me :(

I use ubertwitter mostly. I'm trying out the twitter for blackberry iit is missing a couple of things like friend picker & editing retweets. Also I like the twitlonger feature that ubertwitter has. Ill prob use both for a little whilé

I'm waiting on TweetDeck for no other reason than to be able to update my Twitter, Facebook, (and myspace?) at the same time. This is why I stopped usin UT and am using SocialScope.

with this app.
I thought it was themes, etc.
I deleted everything except this and facebook and mem goes from 31mb to 18 mb in a day on my 8330

I'm loving it so far...I do agree with others about the friend picker. I'll keep using it :) Friend picker will prob come in time...err...hopefully it comes in time

Is there an ability to email tweets with this program?

Not to bad so far. Only issue I have right now is that it shows I have 1 new tweet and I read all the new tweets that I just got but still showing 1. Any thoughts folks?

but the fact when new tweets on refresh come in it takes you to the top and doesn't remember where you were makes it pointless for me to switch from SocialScope - if they get this issue fixed I'll be switching

Why cant ubertwitter and twitter combine their good points together?
I like ubertwitter friend picker function and the way that when i take a pictures i can straight away post it to ubertwitter without going to the app and selecting from their.
I like twitter for its sleek interface and fast retrieve in tweets.
ARGH! it bothers me to keep both of them cos i cant decide which one to let go.

I just downloaded and installed Twitter.

I noticed that the icon for Twitter and the icon for Tether are nearly identical. I'll have to keep them as far away as possible from each other. ;-)

I love this app. It's been real Ubertwitter, but bye bye.

I love it. My only gripe...It has the incorrect address for me. I can't find where to change or delete that.

I just deleted UberTwitter. I love the spell-check before sending feature (I tend to have fat fingers when tweeting) and it loads new messages faster than UberTwitter (which is a big "WIN" in my opinion).

Does this work with Wi-Fi or it only works if you have data plan?

This baby sucks power. I now that the Bold 9000 doesn't have the greatest battery life, but still I have always managed to get enough power through out the day. From 7 A. M. to 9 p.m. I usually have around 35% juice left. After installing and using Twitter I'm around 30% at 3 P.M. That was with the default settings, I changed the refresh rate to 1 hour. If it hogs this much power I will uninstall it.

This is from CNN's page:

Twitter rolled out its official app for the BlackBerry on Friday, adding a specialized version of the micro-blogging site to the most popular smartphone platform.

So this isn't the official RIM release, it's Twitters.

..And I really like it. It is very useful and I love how easy it is to check out my lists and follow convos. I'd love to see multi user support and a user picker but otherwise I'm very satisfied. Might actually give up Ubertwitter for it.

I love the look of this app. Works great and fast. But I am now charging my phone upwards of 4 times a day (Bold 9000). It's brutal. But man it's a smooth and very functional program...

Later,
B.

All in all, look and feel is wonderful. What it doesn't do is retweet. You can try to RT and it looks like it is RTing but it doesn't show up in your timeline. I've even checked with my laptop and it is not in the timeline.

And it doesn't appear to be adding location.

I like the official twitter app for BB alot .. only thing is the fact that when i mention someone (@____) i really have to memorize the person's twitter name ... unlike in ubertwitter which provides a list of ppl u following

I tried many times on the search function using the current location, but no luck. It always display a msg saying that current location not available.

Anyone have the same problem?

ps: my google map and other app can find my location easily.

So far I have one major issue with this app, there is no clear way to identify unread/new Tweets.

I get the notification and I go into the app and all the tweets look the same, obliging me to remember the last read tweet. I just wish there was some visual indicator, i. e. a darker background then read tweets or bold text or even a little asterisk.

I do appreciate that the site does not provide any way of identifying read tweets but I think this feature is a must have on a mobile device.

Just downloaded it yesterday... and everytime I log in it says "twitter services are currently unavailable"

any solution??? is it happening with everyone???

"If you want to edit a re-tweet before you "re-tweet" it. You can always click on the tweet, which will show you just that tweet. Move the cursor, and select the text you want to re-tweet and copy it. Click the reply of the tweet, which will put the user name in the tweet box, and then just paste the copied text into the tweet field. Then edit and tweet it as you like."

Much easier to just use UberTwitter.. seriously, this lack of re-tweet editing will keep me using UT... even if i have to pay for UT to get rid of the annoying ads.