UberTwitter

Up until recently my Twitter client of choice for the Blackberry was Twitterberry, this was until I was sitting in a coffee shop with a good friend of mine who mentioned UberTwiter. This client has all the features you could require and is on par with the computer Twitter clients we currently use.

When you first run UberTwitter you will be asked a number of configuration questions on how you want to software to work such as enabling the location service, enter key for tweet submission and font size, these are simple so the installation won’t take to long to get through. My advice on the network selection is leave it on’Auto Network’.

Once up and running you are presented with the timeline screen which lists all past tweets plus replies and direct messages. Seeing tweets update like you were using Tweetdeck (for example) is nice although make sure you have a good data tariff or are using WIFI..

The menu button presents you with a vast array of options. The first two options New Tweet an Refresh are obvious and don’t need an explanation.  The next two options allow you to view replies and direct messages which is handy if you did not chose the option to merge them into your timeline or your timeline is very busy (which mine is).

The reply function in UberTwitter has a nice feature that allows a reply to all which is good for re tweets and or group conversations. This does eat into your 140 characters though.

Under that is Re Tweet and Direct Message which as a user of Twitter I am sure you know what that means but I find having these as menu options great in a mobile device Twitter client.

Get Link only appears when you highlight a link in the timeline and when selected will launch the Blackberry browser and connect to the site posted.

In the menu next is Block, having the ability to block Tweets whilst on the move or when I don’t have access to a workstation I feel is a good feature and hopefully something we all don’t have to use to often.

There are a number of timeline options the first being ‘My Friends’ this gives you a detailed view which includes their name, bio, pic and website information. Plus you can also view their full profile. The ‘My Followers’ provides bio information on all those people following you.

‘Everyone’ is an option I have avoided as it reads to me like everyone on Twitter and that is one timeline I don’t want to try and load on my Blackberry. The other Everyone option is the ‘Everyone Near You’ which list people in a local geographical area either located by GPS or by their own setting of the location.

There are a few other options such as copy tweet, search twitter but these are all self explanitory.

For me this has to be one of if not the best Twitter mobile client available, it is feature rich and it just works as it has been designed to. The only thing I will say is that it can eat battery life if left running for long periods of time, but other than that it is now my weapon of choice.

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Tags: blackberry, Twitter client, ubertwitter

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