THE official Twitter App for the iPhone/iTouch! I downloaded it and got up and running in no time. Read more for a brief overview of this app.
This is the standard timeline view. You'll see that there's 5 icons at a dock below the timeline. This included your main timeline, all your @ replies, direct messages, search & trending topics, and settings & options. The view that you are in is indicated by a triangle nub that points upward. Thus, you'll see that we're in the timeline view where all the tweets are displayed. If you have any @ or direct messages, you'll see a blue orb (as indicated above with the @ messages). This will let you know to check them. You can also search your timeline for tweets.
The next view is your @ view. All your @ messages will be displayed here. You can also search your mentions with the search above.
The third tab is your direct messages or DM tab. All DM's you receive are here. Twitter groups all the DM's into one place so your conversations via DM are long. This is good, though if you want to review all your DM's for that specific person.
The fourth tab is the search tab. Here you can search for a topic or a name. You can also scroll through what topics are trending. I'm not too enthusiastic about this screen, but it does serve a simple purpose. There are other apps out there that will display a lot more information on searches and what is trending along
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Composing a new tweet is very easy. Just click on the square with the pencil (which is on practically every screen) and tweet what you desire. I like that the character count is displayed above the keyboard. I like to know how much characters I have left when tweeting. To note, however is the down arrow next to the character count. You can tap on this to bring up more options in your tweet.
After clicking on the down arrow, you get this screen. You can click on "camera" and this will activate your camera to take a picture. Clicking on "photo library" will take you to your photo gallery where you can insert an image. "Geotag" will tag your location. The "Usernames" will bring up a search list where you can search who you follow and can select their name from here. The "hashtags" will automatically create a # in front of what you specify for your hashtag. Lastly, the "shrink URLs" will shrink URL links in your tweet with the service for your choice.
The last tab is the services tab. Here you will find options to change your image and video service and choosing a URL shortener. And that's Twitter's office app in a nutshell. I do like this app, though I do use Echofon as my app of choice for Twitter.
Likes: Easy to use; many options to choose from when composing a tweet; ability to choose optional service providers for videos, images, etc.
Dislikes: Not really fond of the bottom icons and it doesn't include how many tweets, messages and direct messages you have or have missed.
Likes: Easy to use; many options to choose from when composing a tweet; ability to choose optional service providers for videos, images, etc.
Dislikes: Not really fond of the bottom icons and it doesn't include how many tweets, messages and direct messages you have or have missed.
Rating: 
Cost: Free
Category: Social Networking
Size: 5.7 MB
Developer: Twitter, Inc.
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