Get Twitter on your BlackBerry PlayBook with Hahlo
If you're a BlackBerry PlayBook owner and avid Twitter fan like myself, you're certainly not a fan of the fact that there are no Twitter clients currently available on the RIM tablet. I've searched high and low for the best part-time solution, and the best I have found thus far is a site/webapp called Hahlo. By navigating to hahlo.com from the PlayBook we browser you can be up and running in just a minute or so. Log in with your Twitter credentials, set a few options and you're ready to rock. Hahlo has a bunch of great settings worthy of a stand-alone client like auto-refresh, timeline options and more. You can view all of your messages, mentions and lists in Hahlo as well. Leave it open in a browser window and it will refresh at your set interval, showing new tweets in a different color for easy recognition. For now Hahlo is a pretty good solution for our Twitter woes, but here's to hoping that we see a much better client for the PlayBook very soon. Head to hahlo.com from your PlayBook to get started. More screens after the break.
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ericlc2 May 16, 2011 at 9:37 am
Have been using Hahlo for a couple weeks now, pretty slick for a "web app" the word on twitter is that a 3rd party twitter app "blaq" is going to be available soon!!!! Can't wait.
jsanders May 16, 2011 at 9:58 am
Thanks Adam, Hahlo is about the cleanest twitter view I've seen yet... still would like a similar on-device client.
lchampagnie May 16, 2011 at 10:01 am
Blaq is going to be awesome.
Marc_Paradise May 16, 2011 at 10:50 am
Is Blaq still alive? I haven't heard anything about/from them in many months; and their web site blog hasn't been updated since September. I kind of figured the project was dead -- disappointing, as I had been looking forward to an OS6 client based on what I'd seen.
TLS2000 May 16, 2011 at 12:14 pm
If you look at the Vector Runner review that Adam did, at the 0:05 mark he seems to have an application link for Blaq on his PlayBook.... Interesting....
jenks5150 May 16, 2011 at 10:11 am
Pretty nice web-app minus a few errors here and there. Let's hope a solid Twitter client comes to App World soon.
Marc_Paradise May 16, 2011 at 10:49 am
Curious what this provides over the standard "twitter.com" site?
lonestar1135 May 16, 2011 at 11:57 am
^^^^ seems easier to navigate than the standard twitter site.
Also, my new tweets arent showing in a different color. anyone else?
EDIT: Looks like when you hit the refresh button, it doesnt display new tweets in a different color. However, if you let it auto refresh, it displays new tweets in yellow. Hope this helps anyone.
HNYK May 16, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Tweedless is a twitter app for PB. It's not the greatest, but it's an app.
hellnback76 May 16, 2011 at 3:37 pm
tweedless is terrible, the mobile twitter works great on the playbook. we need an app like UberSocial or something but I am willing to give hahlo a try. Give me a follow @hellnback76 let's chat about it!
MSOFRESHDC May 17, 2011 at 7:45 am
NICE!!!! I have been lookin for something like for a while!! Thanks
MSOFRESHDC May 17, 2011 at 7:46 am
oh btw follow me on twitter @msofreshdc
Truckswain May 17, 2011 at 9:09 pm
thanks Crackberry for this tip. Am using it now and it is better than anything we currently have. I am really hoping twitter apps are or available soon.
Gamesdmc3 May 19, 2011 at 4:48 pm
Nice!