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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Get Twitter on your BlackBerry PlayBook with Hahlo
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.
Thanks Adam, Hahlo is about the cleanest twitter view I've seen yet... still would like a similar on-device client.
Blaq is going to be awesome.
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.
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....
Pretty nice web-app minus a few errors here and there. Let's hope a solid Twitter client comes to App World soon.
Curious what this provides over the standard "twitter.com" site?
^^^^ 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.
Tweedless is a twitter app for PB. It's not the greatest, but it's an app.
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!
NICE!!!! I have been lookin for something like for a while!! Thanks
oh btw follow me on twitter @msofreshdc
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.
Nice!