Tweeting has has become a common way to communicate for a lot of people. If you’re a Twitter addict or just starting to become one you’re not alone. Being stuck looking into you computer screen to be able to communicate with your new twitter friends on the other hand may put your life on halt so why not tweet, make new friends etc. on the move? There are free iPhone apps available today that are great and will compensate OK for not having a 24” screen and a worn out keyboard. This post cover 5 of the best free options to take twitter with you where ever you go.
Feb 22, 2010: Updated with more apps due to great reader input, thanks!
Echofon (formerly ‘Twitterfon’)
This is an easy to use, super-fast Twitter app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. For a free app this is a very well featured app. Unfortunately the latest version have ads and users complain about this. Still Echofon lets you easily see your friend’s tweets, your @ replies and your direct messages, nothing fancy like the other iPhone clients but hey that’s all I need
Twinkle
Twinkle is the first and most famous social networking application for the iPhone and iPod touch. Twinkle won’t work unless you sign up for a Tapulous account in addition to your Twitter account. (Tapulous has no privacy statement). Discover, connect, and send messages to people nearby. Upload photos and update your Twitter account.
Twittelator
This was the first ad free iPhone app to manage replies, dms, and overall twitter streams. The feature list is endless and covers most twitter needs ex: Auto-ReTweet or editable ReTweets, Twitter Lists: create, edit, load – see other’s too, Geotag tweets and get maps of users, Video: record, edit and tweet video, Create and tweet audio clips and photos, Built-in browser to view links, movies, audio, Email, ReTweet, and copy tweets and much more.
Cool new features: Regional Trends lets you zoom into trends from places around the world, OmniFocus integration: send tweets and links to OmniFocus
Twitterific
Twitterific is a good looking and well functioning iphone app. Unified timeline displays replies, direct messages, favorites and more. It is easy to view conversation threads between users. You can manage multiple accounts, search and filter tweets.
NatsuLion
NatsuLion is a simple Twitter client for iPhone/iPod touch. It has simple, fast, and slick user-interface to enjoy Twitter and all the basic features covered.
tweetie
I had to add tweetie because Marty really sold it well (comment), thanks for the tip! Tweetie 2 is one of the most feature-packed, well designed Twitter clients available for the iPhone.
The feature list is quite long but here’s a few: It lets you handle multiple Twitter accounts. Explore all of Twitter, from your own timeline and mentions, to the favorite tweets of your followers and friend. Explore all of Twitter, from your own timeline and mentions, to the favorite tweets of your followers and friend. Follow, unfollow, block and unblock from multiple accounts simultaneously
tweetdeck iphone
Jonathan is right TweetDeck should be in the list (comment)! It is one of the most popular Twitter Clients for desktop based on Adobe Air. And you can also Tweet on the go with all your favourite TweetDeck features, including the ability to view and update Facebook, direct from your iPhone. Create groups, search Twitter, manage multiple accounts, and easily post your tweets or share photos, videos, links and much more. Add your location to your tweets, and create columns from tweets in your immediate area.
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Hahahaaa!! I can’t believe you actually left out tweetdeck!
I’d like to include Tweetie on the list. It’s my primary iPhone Twitter app. Many features and the usability is top notch. The other clients on your list are good as well. I’ve used all of them at one point and keep going back to Tweetie.
@Marty, thanks for the tip. I’m going to add it for sure!
I would like to introduce a free app named Tvider, which is a simple yet powerful & engaging Multimedia Twitter application that enables you to illustrate your text tweets using pictures, video or audio from your iphone.
Do check out ..http://tvider.com/mobile
You should check-out TvvitterBug. It’s one of the newcomers to the iPhone Twitter App marketplace, and brings some fresh ideas and interesting functionality to the Twitter client market. Release 1.5 was released to the App Store this week, and includes (WDYW2B) Geo-location capabilities. Slide show and demo video available on the website.
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