Twitter Apps for Blackberry

Originally published on my Xanga blog, 4 November 2009

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After having to give up my company Blackberry a few months ago as a cost-cutting measure, I'm now finally in possession of my mobile device of preference.  It's a Blackberry Curve 8330, very similar to the device I had before.  After setting up e-mail and assigning speed dials, I got busy downloading the apps I knew I'd use most.  One of the last, and most difficult to settle upon, was a Twitter application.  Here are the options I explored:

First, there was Twibble.  My trouble with Twibble (pun intended) was that it only loaded the feed up to a point, and anything older caused the app to pop up a message saying I'd need to pay money for more.  Ummmm...how 'bout "no"?

Second, I moved on Twitterberry.  I'd remembered trying it before on my old Blackberry, and it didn't take me long to figure out why I didn't like it then either.  If you check your feed and then leave it for several hours (and assuming you follow at least a handful of people who tweet regularly) before checking again, you'll find that it loads all new tweets after the point you were at last, causing your to have to scroll endlessly to get to what's most recent.  There may be a way to hop back to the top, but I couldn't find it after a couple of days of looking. 

Third, I heard some good things about Tiny Twitter, and it wasn't bad.  My only complaint about it is the interface felt a bit frantic when I scrolled down, as if it were a little too sensitive or something.

Fourth and (hopefully) finally I came across TweetCaster.  Actually, a friend of a friend on Facebook suggested it.  Nice!  It updates itself (no need to hit "Refresh") and the interface both looks good and works nicely.  Check it out!