Twitula

Twitula is another free mobile Twitter app for Windows Mobile Classic and Professional devices (with touch screens), and it provides much the same core functionality as ceTwit and the other apps mentioned in this piece, with slightly different UI.

Twitula Mobile Twitter App

The app lets you view friends' timelines, update your status and send direct messages, as well as view responses. And, like ceTwit, it can auto-refresh page every minute or so. To save on data charges and battery life, you can also disable the auto-refresh function.

It's worth noting, however, that the developer of Twitula claims there's a known bug in the software that keeps the application's "People I Know" function from displaying correctly. (Visit the Twitula page for more details.) But if you can deal without a listing of all the folks you follow, Twitula's worth checking out.

Twitter via iPhone

Twitterific

With the introduction of the iPhone software development kit (SDK) and, subsequently, the opening of the Apple's iPhone App Store, came a wide-variety of mobile applications, including one for Twitter users: Twitterific. There's no shortage of options for iPhone-owning Twitter users--there's Twitter's own client, Twitter Mobile; PocketTweets; iTweet and more--but none leverage all the iPhone's unique functionality quite like Twitterific.

Twitterific Mobile Twitter App

There are currently two versions of Twitterific, one free and one for pay. Both are very similar, but the free version serves up an occasional advertisement.

Like the other applications mentioned here, Twitterific lets you post tweets and view updates from others users, as well as reply, check replies and view various timelines. The app also integrates with the TwitPic service, so that images taken using the iPhone can be sent off to TwitPic for easy Twitter viewing. Twitterific can also take advantage of the iPhone's GPS and Wi-Fi to include location information along with users' tweets. And the iPhone's touch screen lets users rapidly scroll through timelines with ease.

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