BlackBird

BlackBird, a bare-bones mobile Twitter application for BlackBerry, delivers most of the core functionality of the standard desktop version but very few of the aesthetic enhancements and bells and whistles of other mobile Twitter clients. We'd even go as far as saying the BlackBird user interface is boring...but that's okay, because the application isn't built to look pretty. The price is right, however, as the app's free.

BlackBird Mobile Twitter App

BlackBird for BlackBerry lets you view various Twitter streams, timelines and replies, and you can even refresh your own replies screen without ever leaving it.

Because there are few graphics and images--Twitter avatars are not displayed, for instance--and the various screens are made almost completely of text, pages load faster than with many other similar applications.

We would, however, like to the BlackBird UI get some sort of makeover--a bit more color, perhaps?--as aesthetics really do count for something when it comes to mobile apps.

Going (Windows) Mobile with Twitter

ceTwit

We don't spend as much time with Twitter on Windows Mobile smartphones as we do BlackBerrys, but that doesn't mean we're not aware of the available options. Our search for the best Windows Mobile Twitter apps yielded a number of possibilities, including ceTwit.

ceTwit Mobile Twitter App

The free application gives you access to most of the standard, desktop Twitter functionality, including various timeline displays, replies and direct messages. And it also offers up some valuable features, like automated timeline refresh, the ability to follow and unfollow other users and mark tweets as favorites. ceTwit even has notification alerts, and supports the TwitPic service, which makes it easy to upload images taken via mobile devices.

The UI is simple, but clean and easy to navigate. And timelines include avatars.

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