News & Rumors, BlackBerry Apps, Contests

Twitter for BlackBerry Officially Announced in Invite-Only Beta; Contest: We've Got Invite Codes We're Giving Away!

by Kevin Michaluk

on 11 Feb 2010 09:14 AM

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Win an Invite Code to Download an Early Copy of Twitter for BlackBerry! Just leave a comment to this post that contains your twitter username.

It's no secret that Research in Motion has been working on their own Twitter for BlackBerry Smartphones client for some time now. Word of it has popped up on the blogs a few times now and we've seen it make tweets and it has even been mentioned at recent BlackBerry launch events. Twitter users will be happy to know that today Twitter for BlackBerry has taken a big step closer to becoming a reality for users out there has RIM has announced it in beta form and made it avaliable for invite-only download from blackberry.com/twitterdownload. And you can sign up to receive updates from RIM on the availability of the Twitter for BlackBerry Smartphones at blackberry.com/twitter. Right now, the invite-only beta is available in six languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese and it's looking like the beta should last "around a month" after which I can only imagine it will soon become available to everyone.

While Adam goes to work whipping up a video review of the new Twitter for BlackBerry Smartphones client as part of his Ultimate Twitter Client Roundup (we'll report back soon with more), here's an exciting contest...

Win an Invite Code to Try the Official Twitter for BlackBerry Smartphones App before everyone else: Yup, that's right, we were able to get hooked up with some extra invite codes and we're giving them away to lucky CrackBerry readers. We'll be spreading this one out. We have a couple we'll give away tomorrow and a bunch more we'll announce to winners over the course of next week. To enter, just leave a comment to this blog post that contains your twitter user ID. While you're at it, why not tell us what features you value most in a twitter client. GOOD LUCK!

Filed Under: News & Rumors, BlackBerry Apps, Contests; Tags: Research In Motion, RIM, Twitter, twitter clients, Twitter for BlackBerry

2710 Comments

Posted by Raptor464 Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@Raptor464

Posted by rynkenzie Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@rdwin

Posted by elementx Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

twit_id: @young_adam

The only thing that would make this client better than UT is... ...ok, two things:

Message list integration (a la, Facebook and all other RIM IM apps) and push notifications.

Everything else is already done, and done quite well.

Posted by TSR6 Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@troyshear

http://www.twitter.com/troyshear

I tweet every day - and have 2,000+ tweets in under a year - so the faster it works, and the less times I have to attempt to re-send a tweet, the better.

Plus I post lots of photos too...

Basically:

1. Posting speed for tweets and photos
2. easy to read, sometimes ubertwitter is hard to read at a quick glance.
3. easy to view other's timelines - even those not following...

Posted by Giomi Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@GiomiUK

Posted by ladyc0524 Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@CharronF

The features I look for are notifications, DMs and @replies mixed in with regular tweets, but highlighted in a different color, and the ability to change your profile pic from the app.

Posted by timerollson Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@the_sabrina

Posted by robarias Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

Finally my tweet prayers came true @robarias

Posted by penguin3107 Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@rfleming

Posted by rufy Friday, Feb 12, 2010 730 days ago

congratz to all winners

Posted by firefighter399 Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@deltv

Posted by C_86 Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

hey this would be awesome to test out! @c_86

Posted by wings3312 Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@mlatvis

Posted by revlis78 Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@CorySilver

Posted by Kennyx Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@Kenny__L

Posted by funaki Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

Twitter ID = @funaki

I hope it does twitter geo-location, attach pictures and basically thats all i need.

Thanks CB.

Posted by dylanmail Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@digsoreos

Posted by kolchak33 Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

Twitter clients HAVE to be able to favorite, follow, and unfollow. Lists are a good feature too.

Posted by elwea Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@EnmanuelTavarez

Posted by chrisb Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@chrisbaker3

Posted by Badfish54 Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@Badfish54

Posted by Roscopcoletrain Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@Roscopcoletrain

Yes please, looks sweet!

Posted by Wes83 Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@WesBBAddict

Posted by jmayfield123 Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@jamesmayfield

Posted by Tyler1077 Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

TylerG10

Posted by sheggario Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

lemme try!! @sheggario

Posted by tonytouch_28 Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@tonytouch_28

Posted by fumbalah Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

I value a twitter client with a great battery life if you leave it on.

@brettmeadors

Posted by msanford Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@msanford

I'd love one!

Posted by SIRPEDRO83 Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@SirPedro83

Posted by Bodero Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@danyay !

Posted by craigdolson Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@craigdolson

Posted by fbriceno97 Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@zonablackberry

Posted by DDS0728 Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

Daddy needs a new Twitter App BAD!!!

Posted by precentor Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

Yes! Please. @dmont

Posted by understandblue Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

Yay! I want one!

The best twitter clients separate your @replies, your DM's and your friend feed. They let you block and report spam from a tweet, and they autofill the Twitter ID's when you start typing their ID in your tweet. Also, spellcheck is nice.

Posted by dazedgonebye Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@stevemphotog

Quick access, attaching photos

Posted by withanhdammit Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@withanhdammit

Posted by greedo1977 Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@givenreed

Posted by adrianyoung Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@adrianyoung

will be good to see how this works compared to the other twitter clients already available

Posted by calvin2110 Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

It would be awesome to be selected to test out this new BB twitter app, I love the retweet option, and I would love to be able to create groups in twitter. my username is Calvin2110

Thank you

Posted by julieleak Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@julieleak

Posted by understandblue Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

And my twitter ID is @understandblue :)

Posted by davimich75 Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

My user name on twitter is davimich75

Posted by freedomzz Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

GREAT!!!

Posted by Dem0 Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

New tweet and Reply All are the most used by me @rmonasterios

Posted by JeffHarbert Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@JeffHarbert

One feature I'd like to see in a Twitter client is keyword and client blocking so I don't have to see Foursquare updates or anything that mentions @aplusk.

Posted by CymruBoyo Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

AT LAST! @cymruboyo wants to see search, follow/unfollow, lists and Twitpic. Somewhere down the line integration with phone apps like contacts like Facebook does.

Posted by BellaSwan Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@PrettyBells ummm I would like to be able to follow and unfollow people straight from the app, which is my biggest beef most make it so convoluted.

Posted by dan531234 Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 731 days ago

@d114