Twitter did a Facebook this Friday and announced two official apps for Blackberry and iPhone.
Today we are excited to announce that RIM has launched the Twitter for BlackBerry app and can be downloaded for free at blackberry.com/twitter.
Some of the highlights from our perspective are:
- Real-time BlackBerry push of Twitter direct messages
- Camera and photo gallery integration
- Browser integration for Tweeting links
- Customizable interface for changing fonts, hiding tool bars, etc.
- Inbox integration so you can read your Twitter direct messages along side your email and text messages
- @integration so that if you receive an email or text message which includes an @username, it is linked to the Twitter app profile page
- Twitter lists integration
- Notification of @mentions
- Search for users, content, and trending topics
- Localized for French, Italian, Spanish, German, and Brazilian Portuguese
Looks like they developed the Blackberry app themselves (with help from RIM) but for the iPhone they got out and bought Tweetie for iPhone and will go from there.
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve entered into an agreement with Atebits (aka Loren Brichter) to acquire Tweetie, a leading iPhone Twitter client. Tweetie will be renamed Twitter for iPhone and made free (currently $2.99) in the iTunes AppStore in the coming weeks. Loren will become a key member of our mobile team that is already having huge impact with device makers and service providers around the world. Loren’s work won the 2009 Apple Design Award and we will eventually launch Twitter for iPad with his help.
Two questions: What will happen to Tweetie for Mac and will they buy Twidroid for Android or go and develop their own client from scratch?
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