One of the apps I first sought after on my PlayBook was Twitter. RIM lazily put in a web shortcut to Twitter.com, but for me that doesn't cut it. Searching through BlackBerry App World doesn't give you many options either. Of the "Twitter apps" available, only two came close to what I was looking for. The first was TweeKL which isn't all that great, and the other is tweedless. More of a specialty Twitter app, tweedless is based more on filtering your timeline how you want it. It lets you choose who shows in your timelime and who doesn't (or you can just show the whole feed). It does have mentions and direct messages as well, but could still use quite a bit of work. That being said, if you're looking for a 3rd party Twitter app to hold you over until something better comes along, tweedless is a decent option for now. It's available free in BlackBerry App World.
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Tweedless Twitter app for the BlackBerry PlayBook
I've been trying it out and seems fine. I just wish somehow it would give me message notifications in the upper left corner.
I'd prefer a Twitter for PlayBook kinda app :-(
I need a magnifying glass to read the tweets!
The playbook is a complete failure, i returned mine after 6 hours of playing with it. Fucking RIM. Tethering is very weak and the Bridge just fucking stupid...... i cannot veiw my pictures, musics or movies ob Bridge unless i transfer them from my phone to playbook. No apps and VPN is pain the ass.....Basically this a limited web surfing , i prefwer using my laptop instead of this stupid device.
But one thing positive about it is : The Browser and gestures are amazing and RIM can work on it for the next generation of Blackberry.
I saw some peeps I follow on Twitter like Bla1ze and Bettiol and Nan Palmero <-- My Foursquare Hero! App looks rather lame, but it's hard to tell from the video. Playbook looks pretty slick though!
Yes this app is simply passable. The Twitter experience needs some work... the website works but its a bit clunky. Still preferring the website to this app for now.
Didn't I read somewhere that the Playbook runs Adobe Air? If that's true, shouldn't it be able to run TweetDeck? Has anyone tried this?
(Just guessing. I'm still waiting for the PB I "pre-ordered" from Staples on March 22. Good thing I pre-ordered, huh?)
Go pick it up? They tried to convince me to let them ship it & I showed up at 7am on the 19th going "gimme".
they did the same thing with Facebook what a lazy bunch!!!
it has potential
What about this Android compatibility and the tons of apps on launch? Too many things are unclear for me...
I saw this and thought, "Good for Tweedless (or insert correct company name)." They got a free Playbook and the best initial Twitter client for the Playbook. If they choose to refine their software they may become "THE" Playbook Twitter client like UberSocial is on BB smartphones. I bought my Playbook specifically for Twitter. When I saw it going to the web, I was a bit upset. As much as the site is improved, Twitter is so much better in a client. I hope UberSocial introduces something for the Playbook soon. I really enjoy their client on my BB.
I can't download this app from the appworld.. anyone else having the same issue? looks like it was pulled off.
Same issue here.
Tweedless appears to have been pulled off of BlackBerry App World, unless it is just because I have an AT&T account and AT&T has blocked it as well. :)
I know the developer, it was pulled because bugs discovered after testing it on a real device for the first time, compared to testing it just in the PlayBook simulator. It will be placed back into AppWorld when these bugs are fixed.
Which is something to keep in mind for most of the apps for the PlayBook right now. I imagine in the next week or two the quality of apps will improve greatly because of testing them on real devices.