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Posted by pgrudo01 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Off the bat I think UberTwitter looks more appealing.

 
 
Posted by BBThemes Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

as mentioned its alot faster, and seems to load more tweets at a time, they still need to go lower than every 5 mins though.

now patiently waiting for BBM 5.0.1 leak :)

 
 
Posted by pks Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

I assume there's no push?

 
 
Posted by syllableslayer Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

There's actually push for direct messages! Try it out, its great :>

 
 
Posted by eye4ni Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

push only for direct messages. If they could use push for @replies it would be near-perfect

 
 
Posted by neuropolis Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

for both @mentions and DMs.

 
 
Posted by CrackBerryV79 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

'Push' is only for the DMs... you can set your notifications for 'replies only' if you wish, but they'll only appear with your refreshes (whatever you have them set for).

Still, that's a pretty neat feature. Not quite 'Push' but I do enjoy not having that icon pop up for everything.

 
 
Posted by eduardo.objio Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

I advise you to d/l again, coz' I pretty much have both mentions for DM and replies. This leak feels very solid, I like it a lot and also, it says that this "pilot app" will only be valid until June 30th 2010. Hopefully before that we'll see the final version.

 
 
Posted by CrackBerryV79 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

That's not "Push" - only the DMs are 'pushed' to your phone; they come through as soon as they are received. Mentions can be set in your notifications, but they'll show when your app refreshes. If you refresh every 5 min or so, you probably couldn't teLl the difference.

 
 
Posted by eduardo.objio Friday, Apr 02, 2010 784 days ago

Oh I see, and yea I have it set up for 5 min. Still, previous beta didn't have it, so I like the fact that this one does. Thanks for clarifying!

 
 
Posted by jbenkelman Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

I have been testing since it came out...and I love it. It does everything I need, with a great CLEAN look to it. Uber started looking too "free" and not professional anymore

EDIT**
This version ROCKS. The new features to update your profile, picture, lists, and replies is awesome! This is the best I have ever used.

Its a million times faster too! AWESOME!

Im a big twitter fan, and this is very fun! @jbenkelman

 
 
Posted by Johnmar3 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Lmao isn't iit great

 
 
Posted by kid108 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

+1

 
 
Posted by Mystro Biggz Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

This Twitter app is VERY nice. I liked Ubertwitter, but I didn't like the flooding of notificatons. This one just gives the red star and you can go from there. It's neat, clean and works so much better for my casual usage of Twitter. I am not a hardcore user, so this is perfect. Always liked the clean looks of the RIM versions of these apps, now, if they just work as good as they look. Twitter, so far, so good.

 
 
Posted by oanda8311 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Tried the RIM twitter app and I still think SocialScope is the best app out there.

 
 
Posted by elgrant Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

I agree...social scope #1...

What I don't like about this twitter app is that when you type "@" it doesn't suggest names, like ubertwitter and social scope do.

 
 
Posted by netrellis Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Agree, the @ autocomplete is something I miss, but I would imagine they'll add that at some point. One puzzling thing I noticed, unable to completley exit the program; well I haven't discovered a way. ????

 
 
Posted by girlontherun Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 784 days ago

to exit, just go to options and logout. otherwise, you are always logged into the app.

 
 
Posted by bigjman Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

if you're composing a direct message, it will do the auto-complete once you start typing the recipient's name.

 
 
Posted by fleander Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

have SocialScope as well...think that if they do not update soon though, their features will be old. Something that is missing in the BB version - insert URL / and the chat feel of DMs like Social has it.

 
 
Posted by RedBank Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Since I was expecting to try the beta BBM today (date got pushed up).

UberTwitter vs BBTwitter is the test for today

 
 
Posted by kellidotca Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

But it would be perfect if it allowed more than one account.

 
 
Posted by elgrant Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

DITTO!!! And name suggestion when typing "@"

 
 
Posted by sgtmilstack Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

T4BB maybe faster and all, but that absent feature (and others) puts a dent in efficiency. Push mentions is not enough for me to switch.

UT for my Storm.

 
 
Posted by demzzy Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

You still can't edit the retweet which is minor I guess for what else has been fixed... But still it would of been a welcomed addition..

 
 
Posted by waker Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

what the heck? do I need a beta key or something?

 
 
Posted by LeisThatGirl Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Trying to install using d/m and its telling me the applications isnt compatible with my device? I have tour running os 5.0?? Thx!

 
 
Posted by stoneland Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

I think I still prefer UT for the option to edit a retweet. I like the interface though. Nice and clean.

 
 
Posted by Everlast04x Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

UberTwitter is better

 
 
Posted by shabbs Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

I gotta disagree... so far, this is blowing UberTwitter out of the water.

 
 
Posted by stoneland Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

i have is that you can't edit a retweet. it's also a little slow for me, especially when typing a tweet. otherwise i love the design and colors used. everything looks cleaner and professional.

 
 
Posted by D_Town Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

why do you say that?

personally i prefer the multiple accounts on uber as well as the fact that i can read complete tweets without having to scroll. I think they are both nice, but not sure if either blows the other one out the water.

 
 
Posted by girlontherun Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 784 days ago

i'm not discounting ubertwitter just yet. but since using this for about a week now, i haven't had the urge to return to uber.

just a note: i love how images are displayed as opposed to uber. that is a really cool effect.

ubertwitter also ate up a lot of my battery life (the latest update, i noticed this). the official beta hasn't done that yet, and it doesn't appear it will. another plus for this version.

also, i haven't noticed any slow loading. it loads faster than UT.

 
 
Posted by JerseyBred323 Friday, Apr 02, 2010 784 days ago

UT is better. T4BB is has a very nice UI and a lot of promise but it's lacking features that UT has had for a while. The developers over at RIM need to review UT's features and then aim to outdo UT with their official release.

 
 
Posted by robertdusa Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Just tried to update my previously leaked install of Twitter for Blackberry. Followed the link, chose OS 4.5, and was asked if I wanted to update 1.0.0.28 to 1.0.0.28.

Any luck on the higher OS versions?

Aside:
I too used UberTwitter for a time, but found that my battery life was affected, and it seemed to chew through a lot of memory. I've found the RIM client to be much better on both, possibly due to the push nature of the updates. Of course ymmv, and even then you still may not like it if you are a Twitter power user.

 
 
Posted by Schmiesus Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

I noticed with the newest version of ubertwitter that my phone was barely making it through the day.

so far i'm liking the Rim version seems quick.

works fine on OS 5.0 using the newest version of the beta

 
 
Posted by qu3lly Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Yeah I noticed a battery strain after updating UBER...

 
 
Posted by robertdusa Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Just tried again, almost an hour later. 1.0.0.37 downloading now.

I hope this 'leak' stays up until the end of next week, waiting for Rogers to deliver my new 9700, and I don't want to have to use UT until RIM makes the app publicly available.

No hate towards UT mind you, I just digged the RIM client over the competition.

 
 
Posted by Blacklac Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Do you currently have a phone? If so, just download it and do a "3rd Party App Backup" and it will save the file. I doubt they would pull all the links anyways.

 
 
Posted by robertdusa Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

If worse comes to worse, then I'll give that a try.

Totally off topic; when I do get.the 9700, can I just cram my SD card into it? Meaning, will it preserve the contents without reformating, and just 'go' with it?

 
 
Posted by Yandar Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Yes. SD cards are fully transferable without damaging the contents.

 
 
Posted by robertdusa Sunday, Apr 04, 2010 782 days ago

Thanks for the info.

 
 
Posted by xKarlaCruz Saturday, Apr 03, 2010 783 days ago

how did you manage to download 1.0.0.37 on OS 4.5? :(

 
 
Posted by robertdusa Sunday, Apr 04, 2010 782 days ago

I'm not smart enough to know the back end of things. I just followed the links on the post, and chose OS 4.5. Maybe if you give it a try again it might work for you? As mentioned, the first time I tried, it wanted to download 1.0.0.28, which I already had installed. An hour later I tried again and it downloaded 1.0.0.37 successfully.

Hope you got it working.

 
 
Posted by robertdusa Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Nice speed improvment on my 8310, can only imagine what it'll be like on the 9700.

Now if only RIM would update the Facebook app.

 
 
Posted by chirmer Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

+1. I wish they would too! :'-(

 
 
Posted by Kullkid92x Friday, Apr 02, 2010 784 days ago

YES! the Facebook app needs some major improvements! idk what they're waiting for...

 
 
Posted by archpopoy Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Like somebody suggested before - RIM should've just bought Uber or SocialScope. Although the app seems to have improved, it's still has ways to go to measure up with Uber & SocialScope...

Just my opinion.

 
 
Posted by iggie2010 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Been testing it since the first beta came out, now installing the newest version! :D

 
 
Posted by dnlgee Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Prefer this to the previous beta release, still a bit ugly and could use a few more optimisations. Glad it now has mention notifications.

IMO TweetGenius > T4BB > UT

 
 
Posted by mmcapone Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

I love TweetGenius. However, if you could add text to RTs on this version I think its giving TG a good run for its money. Plus this one is free. I think i payed like $7 for TG.

 
 
Posted by storm2luxe Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

great look, great functions, i defintly luv it...

 
 
Posted by jsox78 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Sweet. Hopefully they won't disable it right away again.

 
 
Posted by mmcapone Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

When installing I saw something that said "Good until June 2010"

 
 
Posted by FirePsych Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

I don't tweet that much,I check it a few times a day, but I don't keep it open or have alerts. I used UT for quite a while and just switched to Twit for BB and like it much better. Loads more quickly, almost no mem leak and it's much cleaner.

 
 
Posted by elgrant Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

What I don't like about this twitter app is that when you type "@" it doesn't suggest names, like ubertwitter and social scope do.

As well as support for multiple accounts for businesses or people with a personal and business account.

 
 
Posted by wolfyberry Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

...untill now!
I`v just d/l this one and am ecstatic from joy,liking it so much ...its slick and clean,if u ask me!
Try it..

 
 
Posted by Johnmar3 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Ok so I've been testing twitter for blackberry since it came out and I always felt the need to keep uber as a backup but as of now the new update is sooo sick lol I'm loving every minute of it the layout with the twitpic is nice the option to compose from the menu(via blackberry button) and the push of @replies is amazing all together I'm saying bye bye to uber for good

 
 
Posted by waker Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Seriously nobody else is getting the expired token thing?

 
 
Posted by Teddyp6 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Been using this all morning and its a lot faster than their first version. I will try it out a couple of days.

 
 
Posted by Steve1350 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

i dont tweet much, but i always like to check it a few times a day. this is good? memory and battery usage?

 
 
Posted by garment69 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

anybody esle unable to clear the "t" in thier home screen notification bar?

 
 
Posted by Teddyp6 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

You have to go back and scroll through your "@" and DM messages to clear em b/c they are showing as unread. I had the same problem.

 
 
Posted by garment69 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Appreciate it.

 
 
Posted by asu1996 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

I have gone through the "@" and DM messages but I still have the notification on my home screen. How do you clear them? I don't see a delete button. Could use some help. It is annoying seeing that all the time.

 
 
Posted by GulfcoastGuy Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

I am having that same problem. My OCD is kicking in when I cant get rid of it. Suggestions?????

 
 
Posted by spotlund Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

i found a direct message that i had to scroll over for it to go away

 
 
Posted by DaGodfathaa Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Period.

 
 
Posted by MDossous82 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

It has gotten better but my only remaining issue is that it doesn't integrate twitlonger into the interface like Uber does...I really like that when I tend to ramble on occasion

 
 
Posted by Donnje Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

I didn't read through all the comments, but you now can be alerted when you get @replies

 
 
Posted by jwhelan Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Installing now. I am so happy they added lists.

 
 
Posted by FunkyDog Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

I'm all for Ubertwitter for now.
Anyone noticed an expired token for this?

 
 
Posted by waker Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Yes. Been trying to figure it out. What on earth. Worthless blog post with this. :(

 
 
Posted by muhazar Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

wohoo..loving this..been using the previous beta...

 
 
Posted by demzzy Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Lack of editing to retweets alone pulled this down

 
 
Posted by elgrant Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

How come every application but this one allows for editing and commenting on Retweets? Which is why I hate using twitter.com

 
 
Posted by tidebuzz Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

It's a little bit of a round-about way of doing this, but you can edit retweets by copy and pasting. Sure, it's not that efficient, but it is an option.

 
 
Posted by chirmer Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Knowing I can copy/paste means I'm for sure DL this when i get some freaking signal ;-)

 
 
Posted by stoneland Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

You answered your question. twitter.com doesn't allow that, so naturally twitter for blackberry wouldn't, either.

 
 
Posted by LeisThatGirl Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Am I the ONLY person THAT cant install this..? WHAT gives?

 
 
Posted by qu3lly Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

I like it. I would love to continue if.... they had a shrink tweet option, tweetlonger and put the @ sign to show your friends. Pretty cool. Came along way.

 
 
Posted by CrackBerryV79 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

It's MUCH faster now. I too have been testing this since the beginning officially, and this is more than likely my Twitter app of choice now. TG's UI is still tops to m features are lacking; UT has every feature imaginable, but does seem to look a bit ugly and "free" (lol). This app seems to be a near-perfect blend. (Excluding SC from this since they NEVER update and only like 100 of us have it)

I would love to see the Friend Picker (@___) suggestions and Edit Retweets function - I'm hoping that the reason we haven't seen them yet isn't because those are options that aren't available on the actual Twitter website itself, and as an "official" client/app they're staying completely true to the site. That would suck. These two additions (plus avatar zooming) would make this app perfect.

 
 
Posted by stoneland Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

I agree, CrackBerry. Those options aren't available on the actual Twitter site (which I never really liked, but I didn't mind since I rarely tweet from the site anyway), so it's likely they will remain "true" to the site, unless they implement it on their web interface as well.

 
 
Posted by sagardavul Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

have installed and using it. really nice looking and way faster than ubertwitter. But, I still miss tweetlong feature in Ubertwitter. hope the official version comes with this. It's really nice so far, may be I will ditch Ubertwitter in a day or two. :-) This has got so neat look. well, that could be due to still in development and release phase. who knows... if they go to more commercial and starts including annoying ads in between at later time.

 
 
Posted by asu1996 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Does anyone know why when I open the app it doesn't refresh? I have to manually go to the menu and hit refresh. Is this an option at this point? I don't keep the app running all the time because these kill your battery but I like to close and then reopen like with Ubertwitter and it automatically refreshes. I have the check mark under refresh automatically but it doesn't seem to be working. Thanks in advance.

 
 
Posted by stoneland Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

it doesn't happen with me either. another reason why i prefer UT for now. also, i highly doubt this app will incorporate twitlonger when the twitter web interface doesn't allow that...people need to realize that some things will not be included in the official twitter app.

 
 
Posted by wcmarchese Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

not positive, but i'd say it doesn't refresh becuase it's a Blackberry app and it's got the push feature, so you don't really need to refresh -- that's IF it's doing what Facebook and Myspace official BB apps do.

WCM

 
 
Posted by tikan Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Have they made reading tweets available when offline yet? I am often out of my coverage zone and read in batches. Last version wouldn't even allow me to open the client if I didn't have a connection.

 
 
Posted by sridharsuresh Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

The update is awesome..
1. really like the cache enabled
2. also the font change feature..
3. @ mentions do not load every time.. the older tweets remain on the screen
4. definitely as fast as the other twitter apps

Hope they release this app soon with more features like tabs for lists, and push mentions ( notifications for mentions are available with this update which is good )

i have been using SocialScope for more than 5 months.. logged off SS after a long long time.. will use this one for sometime.

 
 
Posted by steve17360 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Download for 5.0 keeps failing for me.....

 
 
Posted by LeisThatGirl Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Are you using the desktop manger?

 
 
Posted by EliasZuniga Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

my 8900. I've been trying to install over the air.

 
 
Posted by LeisThatGirl Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

on my tour 9630..makes no sense??

 
 
Posted by InpherKnow Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

This app needs integration for @ suggestionsfor bit.ly or tinyurl, tweetphoto, and twitlonger. Also, not being able to edit retweets is lame. The UI is nice though.

 
 
Posted by lungtas Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

When I travel , I don't want my app to work in the background because of roaming fees. How can I do that ? Can it be done ?

 
 
Posted by jkpitcher Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Since updating to the official Tour OS from Verizon my UT has not been letting me know when I have new tweets. It used to vibrate and flash the LED. Now nothing. Went through every setting on the phone and still nothing. UT is now deleted and using T4BB and love it. Clean simple and fast.

 
 
Posted by tidebuzz Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Just set it to not automatically refresh.

 
 
Posted by elgrant Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

How come every application but this one allows for editing and commenting on Retweets? Which is why I hate using twitter.com.

 
 
Posted by stoneland Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Obviously, it won't have what the website doesn't have.

 
 
Posted by LeisThatGirl Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Can anyone help? tried installing thru d/m and it says its not compatible w/ my device & I tried to install thru my sd card and it said missin file?? I have a tour 9630 running on a os 5.0?? Am I missing something??

Thx in advance?

 
 
Posted by FearRoo55 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

use that web address and but into bb browser and it downloads fine!!! great app

 
 
Posted by LeisThatGirl Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

ERROR 500 Internal server error??

 
 
Posted by LeisThatGirl Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Had to install version, Twitter by RIM v1.0.0.28 Beta
but, I got it!

 
 
Posted by BazzBro Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

It's so much faster and sleek! I'm loving this official Twitter client!

 
 
Posted by Lovesherbb1915 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

So far, I'm liking the leaked version. It's better than before, for sure, but I'm still going to be using UberTwitter as my main Twitter app. =/

 
 
Posted by jewelz34 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

how do you retweet. i see the option and its not allowing me to do it.

 
 
Posted by xgm541 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

the download gives me a 404 error. Anyone else?

 
 
Posted by Username00089 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Much more screen real estate with the options of shrinking
tweet fonts and eliminating the update box and navigation bar. Has a very clean look to it.

 
 
Posted by mpaquette Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

I don't really tweet, just mainly use it to follow others. Having said that, I like this app. It's clean looking and seems to work well. It gets a "yes" from me.

 
 
Posted by wdfly Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

i'm getting a HTTP error 500 internal server error

 
 
Posted by jwhelan Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

When I click on a link in a tweet I get the option "Open in Opera Mini" Twice, and the option "Open Link" twice.

 
 
Posted by hnwosu Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Seems like the COD files were coming straight from RIMS content server. http://content.blackberry.com/mobileapps/twitter/1.0.0.37/For_5.0.0/net_...

They put a stop to that fast. Anyone has the COD files?

 
 
Posted by bahandi Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Has anyone already mentioned that they keep getting notified of "new" @replies only to realize they aren't new, just a refreshed page not recognized as being old?

It's getting a little annoying.

Loving the look and feel of it, so far, though.

 
 
Posted by cocatholicdad Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

I like the changes a lot. It works much better now. BUT I can't seem to RT out of it. The RT interface comes up but when I hit send it never shows up in the timeline. Please fix this and allow people to edit the RT before sending.

 
 
Posted by stoneland Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

cocatholicdad, the RT feature DOES work. it isn't supposed to show up in the timeline (it doesn't on the website www.twitter.com either). and you can't edit RTs on the website, so it's no surprise that the feature isn't in the official twitter app.

when are people going to realize this? other apps like UT have that option because they're not the "official" one.

 
 
Posted by Username00089 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

It still misses Tweets

 
 
Posted by D_Town Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

it has a clean interface with nice options. However, i have become bored with the RIM interface on FB, MySpace and now, Twitter. Its nice , but it still has those same scroll issues that make it so that you may or may not be able to read the last line of posts. (same issue with FB app)

Its pretty easy to use and is pretty smooth, BUT still not better than Ubertwitter to me.

 
 
Posted by hitman52 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

The Retweet option should of been fixed when it was being made. Tweetgenius until RiM gets things together with this.

 
 
Posted by asu1996 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Is it possible to close this app or does it run in the background all the time? I see that you can check mark to automatically refresh and there are time options but I closed the app and was still getting alerts every 5 min which I have it set too. I don't want this running in the background when I close out.

 
 
Posted by lungtas Friday, Apr 09, 2010 777 days ago

Here is the answer I got from the guys at BBHelp :

"The application will run in the background. ^SH"

I guess I'll delete the app :-( Too bad because it's great . I hope they will fix that issue . I also do not want it to run in the background.I would get huge bills when abroad...

 
 
Posted by kid108 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

I'm loving this.

 
 
Posted by Vucko Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

I get "Twitter services are currently unavailable" :/

 
 
Posted by trtgt99 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

I sure hope this works better than Facebook for BlackBerry...

 
 
Posted by emanwis Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

I really like UT's option of adding a location to each tweet. I don't see this available on the beta. Anyone know if this exists and I'm just missing it?

 
 
Posted by crbogart Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

This application seems great so far on my storm2. I would hope they add the following.

option to show posts youve retweeted
option to show someones timeline
option to use twit longer

 
 
Posted by stoneland Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Just select their tweet and scroll to "Tweets". It'll bring up their timeline...

 
 
Posted by undermine Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Do it people!

 
 
Posted by youngspider Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

App still got a long way to go. The @ mentions improved (I guess) although it was notifying me about mentions from ten hours ago. Hmmm

 
 
Posted by JiggaJenius Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Add a friend picker so I don't have to memorize all the names, and let us add on to the retweets and maybe add twitlonger and I will leave uber!!!

 
 
Posted by stoneland Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

this app will probably not have that. Keep in mind this is Twitter for BlackBerry, not like UT. It'll obviously be tied to the twitter website. And twitter.com doesn't have editing of retweets (in case you haven't noticed) and doesn't have a twitlonger option (in case you haven't noticed that, either).

So until Twitter changes their site and how they allow updates, those features won't be in the app.

 
 
Posted by crystinonfire Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

I thought we were supposed to be able to change our profile? so far have not been able to do that... anyone had luck?

 
 
Posted by Linsey Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Is it just me or does this app rock?!? I prefer this way over UberTwitter. Very clean and colorful look.

 
 
Posted by cokoblazin Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

So happy to get rid of Uber and its damn ads. Great app so far and I'm pretty sure it's only gonna get better.

 
 
Posted by D_Town Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

still prefer Uber. The ads don't bother me at all or interfere with my experience. Twitter for BB is nice, but so far, not for me.

 
 
Posted by D_Town Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

still prefer Uber. The ads don't bother me at all or interfere with my experience. Twitter for BB is nice, but so far, not for me.

 
 
Posted by syquest1 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Uber and all of the other twitter apps I have used. This one might actually be a home run.

 
 
Posted by crbogart Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Everytime I open this app it says I have an @mention however they are all from days ago and i cant delete them...

 
 
Posted by mrnavigation Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

da moment i started da app i sed to myself...dis is much better than ubertwitter...i quickly deleted ubertwitter...twitter for blackberry lets me twitpic witout the IT policy problem

 
 
Posted by CrackBerryV79 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Any of the above-mentioned problems because I actually had an official invite from RIM to begin with... Who knows.

All I know is this app is near-final version-ready. I would love to see a TwitLonger and FriendPicker feature, but (again) these aren't official Twitter features, so I won't be heartbroken if they never materialize. Editing RTs is simple enough with copy & paste if you just have to add your two cents.

If you find yourself constantly using TwitLonger anyway #youredoingitwrong and #talkingtoodamnmuch

 
 
Posted by BlackWerks Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

but since when did social scope start doing a friend picker when u type the "@" symbol? uber does it but social scope has never done that for me.

as far as this twitter client...i like the look and feel of it....it lacks some of the "powertwitter" features of uber but for the casual tweeter its perfect.

@blacktrenchwerk follow me!!!

 
 
Posted by slsims Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

I was using UBERTWITTER. BB Twitter is faster and has a much cleaner look and navigates better. Also, I love how it features the twitpic very large and faster. They only thing I see that it needs is the ability to sign in to mulitple accounts. I have a personal and a professional twitter profile and it would be great to switch between both. Other than that! I'm sticking with the RIM twitter app!

 
 
Posted by supremeone95 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

all the links are down :(

 
 
Posted by sherylm Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 785 days ago

Just downloaded it, love it , it's fast and easy to use.

 
 
Posted by LuckyBastad Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 784 days ago

It looks at first like it may have had some issues but everything seem to be running fine right now. Smoooth!

 
 
Posted by rstevensjr Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 784 days ago

I have purchased ubertwitter but the new BBT is soooo good. Loving it!

 
 
Posted by mgiron7 Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 784 days ago

i installed the leaked beta today and i must say i'm impressed, the app is quick and nimble has a great layout and it just WORKS :] a few things i believe it needs is location-aware integration in tweets, also user profile pictures should be able to be enlarged seemlessly. also in the timeline there should be a caption under everyone's tweet displaying where the tweet was posted from: web, api, etc, and also a friend finder would be nice

 
 
Posted by Grimagination Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 784 days ago

Liking it so far and sticking with it. Pros: It’s very quick and doesn’t have the battery drain of Uber. It has a friendlier layout, no ads, ability to modify profile and you can save searches. Cons: I’m not wild about the green highlight color scheme and it doesn’t autopopulate with @. There’s no friends listing and I’ve not found a way to fully close the app. All in all, it’s a great beta though and already a very solid UT competitor. With a few updates, it’ll really take off.

 
 
Posted by crystinonfire Friday, Apr 02, 2010 784 days ago

how are you modifying your profile??? mine has no options to modify/edit/change/alter, etc.

 
 
Posted by littlemin Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 784 days ago

Was so excited to download it but turned my 8900 v.4.6 into a brick!

 
 
Posted by Phartsy Friday, Apr 02, 2010 784 days ago

-Mentions need to be pushed to inbox. It's able to in this version but all it says is "you have new mentions". I'd like to actually see the mentions as a conversation.
-Direct messages need to act like text messages(for us 5.0 users) and look as if it's a conversation.
-FRIEND SUGGESTION! I can't remember all of my friends exact names plus they change them once a month.

 
 
Posted by madmax7776 Friday, Apr 02, 2010 784 days ago

No option to add location to tweets?

 
 
Posted by 4fahrenheit Friday, Apr 02, 2010 784 days ago

over all i enjoy the layout and functionality of the new twitter program but there are a few features i think it is missing...

-the option to modify a retweet
-more setup options like disabling location tags
-a user list that can pop up when you go to @ or dm someone
-the option to accept/decline follow requests if your tweets are protected

for now i still prefer ubertwitter but its a good start. will be running both on my bb tour, and see what changes are made as you work towards an official release.

 
 
Posted by scottd09 Friday, Apr 02, 2010 784 days ago

It seems to stop displaying the text I write after I mention two people on my 9700. For example, "@Twitter for @BlackBerry is great" would only show "@Twitter for @B" but it continues to write and sends the whole tweet if I update. The menu seems to be unresponsive when this happens as well. Anyone else able to recreate this bug? It also gives you two "Are yo sure you want to cancel?" windows, one in the Twitter app and one from the OS it seems.

 
 
Posted by computman Friday, Apr 02, 2010 784 days ago

The screencap is the old one ... lol I can't show the lists on your cap :(

 
 
Posted by gniko21 Friday, Apr 02, 2010 784 days ago

I like it, a lot. Nice, clean look. Fast. I was a happy UberTwitter user previously. But I think I'm liking this better. One little complaint/request. With UberTwitter, I was able to close (not exit) out of the application then access it quickly by pressing & holding down the menu key to access apps that are still open. I wish I had the capability to do that with this app.

 
 
Posted by RV_Hans Friday, Apr 02, 2010 784 days ago

Why is it when I hit the link for 5.0 it sends me to another page and loops back to the same page I have to hit the link for? *confused* I cant just seem to select 5.0 and for it to download like it would normally?

 
 
Posted by jfriend33 Friday, Apr 02, 2010 784 days ago

uhh why is there no latest release for 5.0 english users??? wtf....

 
 
Posted by cococoot Friday, Apr 02, 2010 784 days ago

The speed of this app blows UT out of the water and has all the basic and some of the advanced features UT has. For the "light" and "moderate" twitter user this is a must have. For the advanced twitter user this is an almost must have. Love this more then UT. Nice work RIM.

 
 
Posted by gniko21 Friday, Apr 02, 2010 784 days ago

just realized it doesn't offer the option to copy tweets like Ubertwitter does...I miss that

 
 
Posted by rfalter Friday, Apr 02, 2010 783 days ago

Why is this shown as 'official Twitter for BB' when it isn't a RIM product. Has RIM endorsed it?

 
 
Posted by DarshOne Friday, Apr 02, 2010 783 days ago

it clearly states it been leaked.

 
 
Posted by DarshOne Friday, Apr 02, 2010 783 days ago

it clearly states it been leaked.

 
 
Posted by tibbdor Saturday, Apr 03, 2010 783 days ago

loved ubertwitter. but im really likin this new one by RIM

 
 
Posted by porkchopian Saturday, Apr 03, 2010 783 days ago

I was using Ubertwitter before and it killed mt battery.
This upgraded version of Twitter for BlackBerry is almost perfect. Looks good, it's fast and has added the lists option. I think if it adds being able to view pictures that are uploaded from most popular sites it will be complete.
The integration into the BlackBerry OS makes this application work great!

 
 
Posted by cem1701 Saturday, Apr 03, 2010 783 days ago

Has anyone found the latest version (1.0.0.37) for OS 4.5?

 
 
Posted by charmedtrini Saturday, Apr 03, 2010 783 days ago

i like the intergration of the twitter ap by rim but there are a few issues that i have yet to overcome. 1st problem is the inability to edit retweets like ubertwitter. other than that all the new and improved features of beta 1.0.0.37 seems to have fixed all the previous issues in the vesion before.

 
 
Posted by nicallen63 Saturday, Apr 03, 2010 783 days ago

I like the idea of it, but it constantly shows that i have a notification when i dont and its only showing tweets from like 10 hours ago, even after i refresh and it shows the newest tweets if i close it and then open it back up they all vanish and im back to looking at tweets from 10-15 hours ago.

 
 
Posted by xKarlaCruz Saturday, Apr 03, 2010 783 days ago

I'm really interested in the link for OS 4.5 please! I love this app.

 
 
Posted by xKarlaCruz Saturday, Apr 03, 2010 783 days ago

Link for OS 4.5 version, anyone?

 
 
Posted by JoePilot Saturday, Apr 03, 2010 783 days ago

I still have to use UT to be able to have this feature. I travel all tbe time and this is an important feature for me.

 
 
Posted by monkeykat Saturday, Apr 03, 2010 782 days ago

I Select the option not to refresh yet it still refreshes. What gives

 
 
Posted by rabbisteinfeld Saturday, Apr 03, 2010 782 days ago

i down loaded the 4.6 to my storm it says it exists in applications but i cant use the program any advice?

 
 
Posted by cemotyz09 Sunday, Apr 04, 2010 782 days ago

I have the files but I can't post to the forum if you want them send a pm or bbm me

 
 
Posted by cemotyz09 Sunday, Apr 04, 2010 782 days ago

I have the files for 4.5 but I can't post to the forum if you want them send a pm or bbm me @ 30341733

 
 
Posted by sunny_fly Sunday, Apr 04, 2010 782 days ago

hey i would really appreciate if i could have a copy of the files. thnx but does it contain the .cod files?

 
 
Posted by fesa353 Monday, Apr 05, 2010 781 days ago

hi,mine is not working either.can you help me out? i'm having S2 9550...OS .607
Error msg:Twitter services are currently unavailable.

/thanks

 
 
Posted by 4 Star General Sunday, Apr 04, 2010 782 days ago

To be useful, it has to be quicker then 5 minutes. The every 1 minute refresh is the only way to go. 5 minutes is a eternity on twitter.

 
 
Posted by 4 Star General Sunday, Apr 04, 2010 782 days ago

To be useful, it has to be quicker then 5 minutes. The every 1 minute refresh is the only way to go. 5 minutes is a eternity on twitter.

 
 
Posted by wcmarchese Sunday, Apr 04, 2010 782 days ago

Okay. I've deleted UberTwitter and Twiextreme. Both were good, but this is so integrated with the push feature that I'm loving it. It's like the Facebook and Myspace apps, you can be out of the program, but still get the new notifications. I'm telling you, if Blackberry could just get their UI overall tweaked, then they'd be set.

Also, I would like the Facebook app and Myspace app to have the smooth scrolling this one does. It's almost like the kinetic scrolling seen on touch screens.

WCM

 
 
Posted by tylerb73 Sunday, Apr 04, 2010 782 days ago

I downloaded the software 5.0.0 to my desktop but I cannot figure out how to get it onto my Bold

 
 
Posted by youngspider Sunday, Apr 04, 2010 782 days ago

I keep getting these dumb @mentions when I don't have any? Okayy

 
 
Posted by sunny_fly Sunday, Apr 04, 2010 782 days ago

my friend and i both downloaded the twitter beta v1.0.0.28 and we loved it, i installed it on my bb 8330m, but when i tried to access it, it said that twitter services where not available yet. so what does that mean. i tried the 1.0.0.37 but the .cod files are not available. does anyone have them?

 
 
Posted by fesa353 Monday, Apr 05, 2010 781 days ago

can someone pls!pls!pls! help me.installed to my S2 but didnt work..Batt pull done..still no luck!

 
 
Posted by cemotyz09 Monday, Apr 05, 2010 781 days ago

Unless someone knows (confirms) it works on storm models I don't think it will because shouldn't it have a storm specific link instead of just OS specific

 
 
Posted by decarlo4 Wednesday, Apr 07, 2010 779 days ago

I have a S2 and it works on my device. So far no glitches. The Twitter alert notification only appears when I have a new notification. I like the fact that it isn't bogged down with numbers like some alerts and I can set how often I want it to refresh. I'm just a casual Twitter user so this works for what I need it for.

 
 
Posted by monkeykat Wednesday, Apr 07, 2010 779 days ago

when I have a tweet selected (highlighted) and I refresh it goes to the newest tweet. So I loose my place and have to scroll down to find where I left off. Also if the tweet contains a picture I have click on the link and go to it. In ubertwitter it appears in the window. If

 
 
Posted by lungtas Saturday, Apr 10, 2010 776 days ago

...you could shut down the app completely without having to logout as the guys at BBHelp old me to do ! They actually told me everything and the opposite...

I guess I'll just delete the app when I travel and download it back when I get home ... just to be on the safe side and not run a huge roaming bill .

Viigo has that option and I wish twitter would do the same.

 
 
Posted by BlackB_G Monday, May 03, 2010 753 days ago

Just had a brainwave guys so let me share my new found knowledge. Retweeting with the option to Edit on the T4BB is so easy.. and i think it beats copy and paste method.

1) When on a tweet u wanna re-tweet click on options like u normally would but instead of selecting "re-tweet".. select "Send To"

2) Select "Twitter"

3) Select "Tweet"

4) You'd have to type in the "RT" and the persons "@username" whose tweet you're re-tweeting.

5) you can also now type in whatever you wanna add in..

6)click on update

I realise it looks not as quick as just selecting the standard "re-tweet" but in actual use it is more or less. In addition this shows up in your timeline too just like Ubertwitter. Only difference is Ubertwitter (since its not an official app).. can do what it wants and call it a re-tweet.

All it's really done is copied the tweet and pasted it in as a new tweet but then putting in the "RT" and the @username of the original tweeter. Thats exactly what the "Send to" option on the official app does (but without the RT and "@username" which is obviously not an issue as u do intend on editing the original tweet anyway. RIM obviously did have it in mind and knew we would want it but had to stick to Twitter's specifications being the Official app.

All i need now is Geotagging enabled and Ubertwitter will get deleted.