This is a short review about three Twitter apps for the iPhone. Many others (Twinkle, Twitterriffic, Twitttelator) are more complicated, do more and it seems therefore less. Twitterfon and Gyazickr really work. They also make me think about apps and features and whether they should be separate / segregated, or integrated all in one’s. I see different behaviors and there’s an advantage to having a unique button rather than an all in one button. That’s a fact that has also been brought home to me by using Qik recently. Phweets current approach is similar although it was never optimized for the iPhone and isn’t yet an app. Making things quick to use and load particuarly when switching from app to app is important.
1. Twitterfon: I want to catch up quickly on my network and respond to requests while on the move. This is simply the fastest TwitterApp I know. It makes it very easy to keep up with direct messages and @replies. It also has it’s own web browser so forwarding a URL is now possible and simple. Something I always found hard on the iPhone. I wish I could run it in the back ground all the time. Note if you like Twitterfon you may also like running Twitterfox in your firefox browser.
2. Gyazickr: I want to Tweet a pic. I can take a new one or select one from iphone’s library. BTW.. I’d like “shake” to clear the text screen. More importantly I can tweet it and upload to flickr (rather than twitpic or some other service I have to join). In fact I can post it to other microblogs too. My choice is Flickr as I have one photo service and I don’t want another! What I’d still like is for the “link” to display as a TinyURl. Currently that’s not happening.
3. Twitfire: Another with similar simplicity which I’ve kept on my iphone more for its search and tweet a URL. It too is a simple app that does pictures (although sends to Twitpic), links to URL’s, location and @replies to friends. (not quite sure how it builds the friends list however). It does have “shake” to clear the screen.
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