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Jun 09

Tweetdeck for the iPhone and new Desktop version

Tweetdeck, iPhone and new Desktop client

Tweetdeck, iPhone and new Desktop client

Tweetdeck, a beautifully designed program based upon adobe air has been available for about a year for desktop users of PC and Mac etc… It is a very clever a way of managing and filtering your twitter account. It also is integrated within it many features such as URL shortening, picture upload and groups creation.

iPhone users are very happy today as they are waking up to find out that the iPhone can now have Tweetdeck. it is available from the app store and unlike other twitter clients it is completely free. Initial impressions are that it is very good. I also helps launch a new tweetdeck feature.  The sharing fu settings  nction whereby you can login into any tweakdeck client and synchronise your settings with that client. (Another reason for me to buy an iPhone in addition to my Blackberry bold :) .)

Tweetdeck have also updated the desktop version which now includes multiple twitter account support and the aforementioned synchronisation which will mean you can login to any Tweetdeck on any computer and have the same display in front of you you are used to.

Other features are;

  • easy access to recent hash tags
  • simple switching between accounts
  • TweetDeck recommends,  list of recommended friends
  • Displaying the number of followers your followers have..

You can download them at http://tweetdeck.com/beta/

I shall have any further observations as and when I find them.

Andy

Twitter @andysmailes

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Jun 08

Apple iPhone 3G HSDPA vs Blackberry

Apple iPhone 3G HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) version will be great but will it make me leave my Blackberry 8820?

Apple’s new iPhone with 3G networking is going to be a winner. It will enable broadband like speeds over the mobile phone network which previously struggled to reach dial up speeds. It will make mobile internet, true internet fast and accessible.

I am a proud owner of a Blackberry 8820 on Orange. I use the internet a lot but the speed and somewhat limited browser can cause issues sometime.

Although unlike, the iPhone, the Blackberry 8820 has a full QWERTY keyboard which after an initial learning curve you can get a decent words per minute ratio. The iPhone text entry method, all be it innovative is not as good as having tactile keys to press.

I think I shall wait for the new Blackberry, the Blackberry Bold! Or at least until I can justify to my wife that I need a Blackberry and an iPhone.