Twitter for BlackBerry updated with push notifications, more

By on Apr 13, 2011 at 4:43 AM
mobile April 13, 2011

Research In Motion has announced a new version of Twitter for BlackBerry that includes a number of noteworthy enhancements. Twitter for BlackBerry version 1.1 is officially out of beta and offers the ability to tweet your location using the “Add location to tweet” option. The app also includes push notifications for @mentions, and will auto-complete #topics as you type them out, along with several other minor enhancements. RIM also said the UI has been tweaked with updated graphics and includes a streamlined layout of the Add Photo and Add Location options. Lastly, the app has added language support for simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, Polish, Czech, and Thai. Twitter for BlackBerry is available in BlackBerry App World now. Hit the jump for more info.

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  • Anonymous

    Having used the official Twitter app for all 3 major platforms now, I have to say that the BlackBerry version is the best and most consistant. The iOS version is held back by the terrible notification system and the Android version doesn’t like to update for hours at a time sometimes. It’s kind of funny to say this, but RIM actually has some really good app programmers. BBM, Facebook 2.0, Twitter, Traffic, Travel, Wallet, Password Keeper, etc…..all VERY VERY good apps.

    • numetheus

      The key technology here is push. Apple got it right with the push notifications. I’ve noticed that on Android it takes a lot longer to get notifications on anything vs my iPhone. iOS notification sucked, but their push system meant I was notified almost instantly when something new happened, unlike Android where most things are check on interval. Google has their own push system though, but few apps make use of it. I’m just glad IM+ makes use of it. It has really improved on my battery since they added it in 4.0.

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