I’ve used a bunch of Twitter clients, both for my PC and my iPhone, so I wasn’t really interested in trying yet another one. I’ve been very happy with Tweetdeck for my PC and iPhone for several months now.

But when the new Twitter for iPhone came out and one of my friends was tweeting about it, I decided to give it a try. And I like it!

It’s a very clean interface. Nothing to get in the way of reading tweets.

Tapping a tweet gives you the option to tap links. It also previews pictures from many of the Twitter picture sites.

Tapping to the user information gives you a nice screen with lots of information, including, as you can see, whether the other person is following you back. Not every Twitter client gives you that, and I think it’s a nice feature.

One of the things I really like is the nested DM conversations.

Makes it look like a chat screen or the messages screen in iPhone.

What’s the thing I like the best? It’s fast! Tweetdeck is great for scrolling between columns. In Twitter for iPhone, you have to go to another menu and pull up lists one at a time, which is kind of a pain. But, with Tweetdeck, you have to wait for all the lists to load before you can do much with the program. I spend most of my time on Edge (for battery life). That means I sometimes have to wait for a couple of minutes before I can do anything with it. Twitter for iPhone is up, loaded, and I’m tweeting within seconds, even over Edge!

What do I dislike the most? Retweeting only works using the new style retweet (no editing). I figured out a workaround by using “Quote Tweet” and then editing to remove the quotes and add the RT, but it’s not as easy at tapping “Retweet” in other apps.

It’s the Twitter app I’ve been using the most for the last week, and I definitely think it’s a keeper!

What did you think of all the pictures? Call me slow, but I finally figured out how to take iPhone screen shots!

Have a great weekend. I won’t be blogging on Monday (Memorial Day), but I’ll be back on Tuesday.

Tags: iPhone, social media

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