Twitter for BlackBerry v2.0 beta coming this week!

By Adam Zeis on 2 May 2011 03:09 pm

During his presentation on the BlackBerry Social Platform today, Tom Goguen, VP, Collaboration & Social Networking at RIM, announced the upcoming beta release of Twitter 2.0 for BlackBerry in what he called "the coolest Twitter app for mobile". The new version is a super app and will have the ability to send a Tweet from within any app on the device and will also tie into Universal Search. Stay tuned for more!

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34 comments

TheMarco May 2, 2011 at 3:10 pm

I'd be happier with Twitter for PlayBook honestly......

ken2ts May 2, 2011 at 3:47 pm

Amen.

Duvi May 2, 2011 at 3:13 pm

Can't wait =)

armi92 May 2, 2011 at 3:15 pm

I guess it will be posted on betazone, right?

elvin1983 May 2, 2011 at 3:15 pm

Man I can't wait. The last release of T4BB is laggy as hell. YES!

buckwild May 2, 2011 at 3:15 pm

Sounds sweet. Can't wait!

dsquared2 May 2, 2011 at 3:17 pm

im guessing my storm 9550 wont be supported cmon manoco!

jstarett May 2, 2011 at 7:09 pm

isn't it time to update your phone?

MaxPayne79 May 4, 2011 at 4:43 am

lol..

cmcichon May 2, 2011 at 3:17 pm

My fear is that this will only be available for OS6... (atleast for beta testing, like FBv2.0)

Groundhog_Day May 2, 2011 at 3:19 pm

This will be awesome I'm sure, but I also agree that we need Twitter for the Playbook. Real Soon I hope at least.

FOR_CE May 2, 2011 at 3:23 pm

Please tell me this isn't only for OS 6.

nasigorengpete May 2, 2011 at 3:26 pm

blackberry is on fire!
bout time the twitter gets an UI update!

cant waiiit!

Charger83 May 2, 2011 at 3:32 pm

That's what's Upppppp take that uber!
#teamblackberry boeyyyy!

tymchn May 2, 2011 at 3:56 pm

Twitter? Where's facebook 2.0? The beta test is full and no word on release schedule :( Although I'm guessing RIM have their hands fairly full at the moment

rroyy May 2, 2011 at 4:04 pm

What I'm sayin for 2weeks :) and now its official.

esbuenodun May 2, 2011 at 4:16 pm

Storm, tour and curve guys, time to step your game up. We're on the verge of BB7 and people are still complaining about 5.0 support. The old OS just can't adaquately manage these newer apps. I have a 9700 w/ os 6 and I'm barely holding on to 40 megs of memory. Once it leaks below 27 (which happens daily) its laggy as hell and I'm pulling the battery. Strom/curve8900/tour didn't even get the option to update to os6 and your belly aching about the lack of app upgrades. Do what everybody else is doing. Get your pennies together and join us in the year 2011 with a new blackberry. Other than that accept that your getting left behind, quiet down and go out with some dignity.

Aalejandro May 2, 2011 at 4:23 pm

You would be silly to think RIM is gonna be stupid enough to drop support with there Apps for OS 5 devices , they already confirmed Facebook 2.0 will be out for OS 5 with future updates , Twitter. 2.0 will also support OS 5.0 majority of the BB user base is still on OS 5 believe it or not , and some people sign contracts that's are 2/3 years and maybe they don't feel like upgrading there phones every year only to repeat the cycle in a few months

skyboxer May 2, 2011 at 5:07 pm

I'll go further to say that most people that are unwilling to upgrade and stay current also care little about app refreshes. Either you want the latest, or you don't.

jayemmbee May 4, 2011 at 2:55 pm

well people who dont want the latest should accept it and stop complaing about the lack of support for their obsolete devices

esbuenodun May 4, 2011 at 2:42 am

dude your silly to think that 5.0 devices will be getting upgrades like this. tech is moving faster than you can think and the business is to sell phones, NEW PHONES! 5.0 will get basic support but just like with 4.0 BIS/BES they wont be supporting 5.0 in the near future. keep up or get left behind.

Aalejandro May 4, 2011 at 8:57 am

You do realize that they finally stopped supporting OS 4.5 for ' SOME' apps this year , why do u think they are gonna stop OS 5 support just yet ?? Once again OS 5 is the most used OS worldwide ..... They are still releasing OS 5 software upgrades , why would app support suddenly dry up ???

DJLILM May 2, 2011 at 4:39 pm

i hope we can change themes soon

gofast81 May 2, 2011 at 5:00 pm

I am in the beta. Ubersocial is a much better app for Twitter. But on the flipside the ui for twitter for bb 2.0 is cleaner but uber blows it away. Facebook for bb 2.0 is very stellar though.

SC457 May 2, 2011 at 5:17 pm

+ 1, i liked the push notifications on BB for Twitter but that's about it. Uber is better at everything else.

JustinGTP May 2, 2011 at 5:04 pm

This looks super sexy. I cannot wait.

Bilaal May 2, 2011 at 5:24 pm

I have a shitty feeling it's gonna be available for only OS 6.0 users :(
Btw, the FB 2.0 has been in Beta for quite some time now and still not available for 5.0...I've been eligble to download it since day 1, but yeah, I'm strung onto the Bold 9000! :D

sahloe May 2, 2011 at 5:54 pm

I'm almost positive that FB 2.0 is available for OS 5. Go blackberry.com/beta. The official release date however is slated for sometime this month (May). I am currently using FB 2.0 and man, pure bliss! Lol

sahloe May 2, 2011 at 5:50 pm

I personally think UberSocial is the best twitter client across the board! Android, iphone, you name it. UberSocial is easily the best!

RichardZA May 2, 2011 at 9:46 pm

i just hope the new twitter version fixes the bug issues on the latest version every time you loose wireless coverage the app freezes and you have to do a battery bull. I am happy with UberSocial as well very impressed with the current BLACKBERRY Twitter UI but a lot of changes have to be made. RIM should just buy out UberSocial problem solved they have a better product

ransonju May 3, 2011 at 12:20 pm

I don't want it if it doesn't remember where you left off in the timeline (like UberSocial). I hate having to start from the most recent tweet.

the brother May 3, 2011 at 4:07 pm

resembles my Social Scope. BTW, why did SS stop pushing my DM and @ notifications into my inbox? Did they get scolded by RIM? If T4BB 2.0 has this integration it's bye-bye Social Scope!

Gamesdmc3 May 4, 2011 at 2:54 am

Nice!!!,true multitasking

the brother May 5, 2011 at 2:35 pm

hit BBBZ!!!!!!!!! v2.0.0.7 is now LIVE

:) :) :) :)

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