{"id":9621,"date":"2010-04-09T10:54:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T02:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=9621"},"modified":"2010-04-09T10:54:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T02:54:00","slug":"twitter-for-blackberry-smartphone-application-launch-in-public-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/09\/twitter-for-blackberry-smartphone-application-launch-in-public-beta\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter for BlackBerry Smartphone Application Launch in Public Beta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just received the news that Twitter for BlackBerry Smartphone application is available for download. It has many new features which I think is useful for daily tweeting \ud83d\ude42 . I don&#8217;t have the new screenshot of the app. This pic is from the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.blackberry.com\" target=\"_blank\">BlackBerry blog<\/a>. Details and features after the break.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/directmessages.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9622\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/09\/twitter-for-blackberry-smartphone-application-launch-in-public-beta\/directmessages\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/directmessages.png?fit=480%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"directmessages\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/directmessages.png?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/directmessages.png?fit=480%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9622 aligncenter\" title=\"directmessages\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/directmessages.png?resize=480%2C360\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/directmessages.png?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/directmessages.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Features of the Twitter  for BlackBerry smartphone application include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Push Notifications for Direct Messages<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Direct Twitter messages are delivered to the users\u2019 BlackBerry  application through the use of BlackBerry\u00ae Push technology <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">When  a direct message is received, the user will be notified with a splat on  the Twitter ribbon application as well as the home screen icon<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<strong>Timeline Support<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Users can view the timeline of the Twitter users they are  following, the Tweets posted by the users and the replies to the user<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<strong>Following &amp; Followers<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Users can view a list of the Twitter users who they are currently  following or who are currently following them<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<strong>Tweeting and Re-Tweeting<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Users can post new tweets, delete tweets, re-tweet (forward),  reply to tweets (@Replies), and send direct messages <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">User  can send a tweet to various other options including Facebook\u00ae, Email,  PIN, SMS, MMS, and BlackBerry\u00ae Messenger<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<strong>Keyword, User, and Proximity Search<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><strong>Keyword Search:<\/strong> search for keywords from within the  application, the search results are displayed as a Timeline <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><strong>User  Search:<\/strong> search for other Twitter users from within the application. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><strong>Proximity  Search:<\/strong> Search for tweets within a chosen location<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<strong>Tweet Photos<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">User can post a photo from within the app, their BlackBerry  camera, or media card as part of a new Tweet <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Users  can also view photos in the stream<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<strong>Trending Topics<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Users can view a list of the top 10 trending topics on Twitter,  and they are able to click on a topic to bring up a Timeline<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<strong>Profile Editing<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Users can edit their own Twitter profile or change their profile  image from the application<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<strong>Seamless integration into core BlackBerry Applications<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">The application is integrated completely into Media, browser,  BlackBerry App World\u2122, and message list<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<strong>URL Shortening<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">User can tweet or send direct message of websites from the Browser  using URL shrinkage (bit.Ly support)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\nUsers can download the application from BlackBerry App World (in the  Test Center) or by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/mobile.blackberry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">mobile.blackberry.com<\/a> from their BlackBerry  smartphones.*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>* The Twitter for BlackBerry application is available for BlackBerry  smartphones running BlackBerry OS version 4.5 or higher with at least  64-MB of built in memory (with at least 750KB available). Users require  an active BlackBerry data service plan with Internet access to access  the application. Data charges may apply for customers that have a  limited data plan.<\/em><br \/>\n[ad#boxlist]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just received the news that Twitter for BlackBerry Smartphone application is available for download. It has many new features which I think is useful for daily tweeting \ud83d\ude42 . I don&#8217;t have the new screenshot of the app. This pic is from the BlackBerry blog. 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