Twitter for BlackBerry Beta Update!

…. you say comming soon……. wheeeeennnnn please I need it….

Nice one.. that's will win me over from Uber ….the auto complete @ thing!

Any word on when a version that will allow us to Geotag our Tweets? Kudos for allowing us to view the Geotags with this version at least – awesome that it uses BlackBerry Maps for this too. Can't wait to get the new version.

I have a question. Why is it that in every Blackberry application, there has to be 2 or 3 different ways to do something? For example: Open the Twitter app (it's not just the twiiter app, i'm just trying to stay relevant to the post) and hit the Menu key. The menu is cluttered with all these stupid options that are already on the main interface. Theres a search button in the menu AND a search button on the main screen. This problem is with every Blackberry core application. Is just pressing the screen too simple? Or is it a patent thing that there always has to be 2 ways to to something?

We really need an update, I cant wait for all the added support, the sooner it comes the better! It frequently crashes on me when sending tweets, hopefully this will fix those

The “Quote Tweet” option looks lame, why not just replace the quotes with “RT”? I do like the additional photo support & username autocomplete features though!

Did you stop reading 1 sentence in ?
“I’m happy to tell you that a new version of Twitter® for BlackBerry® Smartphones is coming soon to the BlackBerry App World™ Test Center. This update should start rolling out tonight and is expected to be completely available by tomorrow evening.”

This is a good start, but you need to incorporate tradition editable “RT”. the quote method is ok, but much more cumbersome then needed.

um. read the first paragraph. it says it will begin rolling out tonight, and should be completed by tomorrow.

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I hope we can actually geotag are tweets soon.

Loving the new features! However I would had loved if the old style RTs were available instead of “Quoting” also the ability to upload pics to services such as TweetPhoto / YFrog instead of just seeing the pics. Anyways I just deleted the Ubertwitter app. Loving this app so far.

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Wow, this version actually made me use it instead of 3rd party twitter apps! Good update!

Now a few suggestion:
1. Support for Twitlonger (coz more n more 3rd party apps are using it, and it's practical!)
2. Aesthetics:
-add bubble style like from SMS and BBM, but subtle n not too big bcoz it costs space
-tweets from self and @mentions in timeline should be more differently shown, either by color or position of bubble
-smaller bar for the Twitter logo up there, a bit too large n costs space

Oww forgot one more thing!
- the notification icon in the banner should also display the number of new tweets, makes it more interesting to open the app bcoz of many new tweets!

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I love the improvements anticipated but I really need the automatic refresh to go past 5 minutes. I'm a tweeting machine! That is why I've been using UberTwitter since I can set the auto refresh to 1 minute. . . Until then folks. I'm on UberTwitter. . .

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I was hoping for a counter like BBM or FB app that shows how many new tweets we have.

The proximity search is facing problems after update, it just says looking up location and keeps looking and looking, nothing happens, then error prompts saying unable to locate location, Have set my profile location and yet this persist, it use to be working well. *hope there is a solution to this. Thanks

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i love it,now plz do the facebook app for bb,and plz put chat on it.

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Does anyone know a shortcut to get to the top of the home tweet page? When I load up the program, the first thing I see is tweets from hours ago, rather then the newest tweets at the top. Then I have to scroll all the way to the to top by sliding my finger from the top of the screen down many many times(Storm User). Thanks for any tips!

Does the app still start at the top of the timeline every time you open it, or stay where the user left off?

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it would be nice is it just had old school RT instead of quote with quotation marks. that is the purpose of quote. it is to add on to a rt. this quote is lame and why i will still keep social scope on my phone

@BlackBerry great update, but still no Bold in font options and setting it follow global options does not follow the bold setting! #bbmt4me ?

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multiple accounts support, twitlonger support, and just mesh the retweet option and quote option into the same one and just make the retweet option be able to edit the tweet itself. you will save UI space and get the same functionality.

This is why I went back to using UberTwitter. I hate the way this app(amongst others) makes you start at “now” then scroll back to get earlier parts of a conversation. Getting the punchline before the gag's not so funny.
Has anyone else noticed this app opens when you try to look at a profile from another twitter app too?

swipe right -> go to top

swipe right.

In my case, when I start the app, it start from the tweet where I left off. So I dont have complains about that. I dont know whats wrong with yours, but I dont have problems with that

Great improvements. Not every issue will be addressed hence the beta tag, but good that RIM decided to incorporate the feedback from its users.

Hello BB & Twitter users!

I've always used ÜT to tweet, until these updates are released. Very pleased with the new updates. Username auto complete & Quote Tweets are nice! I did not notice about the Go to User feature.. but yes it is an important feature to have.

Now, I notice that ÜT pretty much set the standard for new/upcoming Twitter apps. So, this is the time where T4B have to be crative. Features such as Alt+1 etc.. it is nice but not revolutionaire/necessary. It's faster to use the trackpad to go to Inbox etc.

Pro's Con's & Q's:
+ Lay-out! Can't argue about that. Compared to ÜT, T4B is much better.
+ All new updates are awesome!

- Quote Tweets: please consider to use old fashioned “RT:” instead of “…”
- More (logic) shortcuts: T4B uses F for Retweet.. isn't it better to use F as to Favorite Tweet (as in “UT)? New shortcuts would be nice.. ReTweet old style, RT newstyle, Follow, Unfollow etc.
- Twitlonger supprt could come in handy

? How's the battery usage between ÜT and T4B?
? Which one is faster?

Maybe another BB & Twitter users have more suggestions?

I hope that my feedback counts.. Thank you!

Cant you wait for 4 more minutes.. Hehe

Press (T) Top

I'd like two keyboard shortcuts for launching links from within tweets.

Usually a tweet contains a single link. Instead of having to tap on the message, then highlight the link and then tap for the menu and tap again to go to the link (4 steps!), I just want a keyboard shortcut to launch whatever link is in the current highlighted message in the timeline. If there isn't a link in it, or there are more than one, then it simply shouldn't do anything. But please, save me from jumping through 4 taps and trackpad gestures, I open links from tweets all day.

An improvement on that would be to allow me, perhaps with the alt key, to launch the link in the background without leaving Twitter.

Oeps Im sorry!.. u were right!

Please fix this too!

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Hello.. I've find out something to solve ur (our) problem:

When u start T4B, it needs couple of seconds until the timeline is refreshed. BEFORE the timeline is fully refreshed, u got to scroll down to a random tweet (e.g. where u left off).. wait until timeline is fully refreshed.. then scroll up

I hope it helps!

Hit T to get to the top of the Home page, and B to go to the bottom

Just like in the BlackBerry messages screen or browser, type the letter T!

Time to say good-bye Uber Twitter? Hmm. Maybe not just yet. At least not until support for multiple accounts is added. In any case, I am loving the new quote feature as well as the much needed username autocomplete.

Bug or something but I get an error message every time I post something: The Twitter server is down or being upgraded. Please try again later. Do you want to retry?” But it posts anyway… very annoying.

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Thanks for including the much needed “Username Auto Complete” feature! that's one of the best thing that has ever happened to Twitter For Blackberry

However I still cannot figure out what the “Go To User” feature is, I couldn't seem to find it anywhere in the menu. Helpp!

1. I'd like to have the “Q” button do a “Quote Tweet”. It would be a nice hotkey because I'm using Quote Tweet all the time and almost never use a Retweet, so it kinda bothers me that I have to open the menu and choose Quote Tweet to do that.

2. No icon for Quote Tweet when opening a tweet. I see only four icons as of this version .40 – Reply, Reply All, Favourite and Retweet. Would like to see an icon for Quote Tweet here.

Seems like Quote Tweet is still getting the short end of the stick here, despite the fact that most people use Quote Tweet more than Retweet. Everywhere I see people editing their RTs all the time, especially with third party apps like Ubertwitter which can do it naturally with a click of a button (since they can choose which Retweet method they'd like to use).

“Go to User – Users can now access Twitter profiles from anywhere within Twitter for BlackBerry Smartphones using the auto complete feature mentioned above. Simply select “Go To User” in the Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones menu”

This feature does not appear to be anywhere at all in the update? Or even in the screengrabs above? Huh?

my blackberry froze after the update….
cant have access to emails and sms…

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Isaac976,

Thanks for the feedback on this issue. Can you tell us which BlackBerry smartphone you are currently using? Can you consistently reproduce this error even after you have pulled the battery from your BlackBerry smartphone?

thanks!

Hey all,

I've just been informed that the “Go To User” function is coming in a future version of Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones. Sorry for the confusion!

Our wonderful friends at @BlackBerry help are looking into your other issues right now.

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Hi,

I would recommend trying to reinstall the Twitter for BlackBerry smartphone application.

Thank you

Hi,

Are you still having issues with your BlackBerry smartphone. If so you might want to reload the software on your BlackBerry smartphone as shown here: http://bit.ly/cKy9A0

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Hi,

You may want to complete a clean reload of your BlackBerry Device Software as show here: http://bit.ly/cG8oer ^PM

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Hello,

Check out this link: http://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/features/s…

Thanks

I updated on my blackberry now it wont run I’m getting this error Uncaught exception java.lang.Error

I don’t use the AppWorld. Is there an OTA version?

One change I noticed with the new version is that I cannot click a URL link in a tweet to go directly to the page via the browser. Instead, clicking the link (on a Storm 2) takes you to the profile page for that account. What I know do is select the link and then hit the menu button twice to open the browser. Still more steps, but a little easier to execute.

Can I use this app in other phone? Like Samsung?

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FYI

I couldn't post tweets from my bb after downloading the beta version. I then discovered it was as I had Swedish as my input language. After changing to English, worked fine.

With Swedish as input language the cursor jumped back into the message box when you pressed the 'Tweet' button.

I prefer UberTwitter for only that reason. When I start up T4B, it starts immediately at the newest tweet, instead of where I left off. Otherwise, I really dig the update.

Can I use this app in Dubai?

Well goodbye Twitter on my Blackberry. How do I uninstall? It tells me I must update, spends ages downloading something, asking what language I want, spending ages more downloading something, then gives me an error message saying my session has expired. And so on ad infinitum. Very frustrating. So now I can't see Twitter on my Blackberry at all. Yet I cannot seem to delete it, and it keeps telling me that I have unread tweets. Even more frustrating. GGGGgrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Hi, I have the same problem. I'm using the BB 9700 and it is saying that it cannot find my location. I'm outside and the GPS found my location. But twitter says it can't find my location.

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Hello, when I have DM from twitter, they appear in mm Blackberry's Tour inbox, but if I erase them from the inbox, they are also erased from the actual twitter account. NOT GOOD. How can this be fixed, since I want to clear my inbox, but keep the messages in the twitter account

Just add support for twitlonger and you can bust ubertwitter! and option for old style and new style retweeting would be good! other than that, this is app is superb.

“does not yet allow users to add geolocation to their tweets”
Why on earth not? Uber for me until this sorry state of affairs is fixed.

“Twitter services not available” is what I get when I try to login to twitter. What is the possible reason? BIS is working, internet's working fine. I am in Russia

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twitlonger and the RT

Is there a way to get Twitter for Blackberry to not stay at the top when new tweets come in? I hate having to scroll down to read new tweets then having to go back up.

Hello,

This is a Twitter for BlackBerry smartphone application for the BlackBerry smartphone.

Thank you.

Hi,

Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate your input as we are constantly working on improving our products.

Thank you

Hi,

Navigate to Browser on your BlackBerry smartphone press the menu key select Options-Cached content and clear all the content. Remove the Battery from the BlackBerry smartphone to restart. Then download the Twitter for BlackBerry smartphone application from http://www.blackberry.com/twitter from the browser on your BlackBerry smartphone.

Thanks

Hi,

You would need to specify the location on your Twitter profile for it to pick up your location.

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Hello,

This is by design. You can disable your Tweets to show in your main inbox by going to Twitter for BlackBerry smartphone application – press menu key select Options. Uncheck the box Integrate in Messages application.

Thank you

Hello,

I would uninstall and re install the Twitter for BlackBerry smartphone application from http://www.blackberry.com/twitter

Thank you

Hi,

This is by design and can not be disabled.

Thank you

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Now we just have to wait for the update for Facebook, and we will be as good as gold!

I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked this app. I am a die hard ubertwitter user but they made me made one day so I sought another solution. Sometimes there is a bit of a lag as I scroll and the quotes are lame (but at least you have a solution). I love the tool bar across the top and the fact it spell checks for me.

blackberry best smartphones ever
i am so proud of my smarthphone blackberry so i jsut cant explain it. it make my everyday's life much easier! thank you blackberry !

Hi,

Thank you for your feedback. Its always good to hear positive comments

Thanks

EVERYTIME I try to use “Quote Tweet” I get the error message 'Incorrect Signature' – I have NEVER used this option successfully – Can someone help me, I have no idea what I'm doing wrong? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated – Thanks!

weird question … does anyone here know how to remove twitter and all its components from a bb tour? For some reason it was added to my phone today and no matter what I do I can;t get rid of it. I have tried removing it from phone and the desktop synch. But everytime it reboots, the download twitter icon comes back. Please Help!

Hi,

You can provide feedback on Twitter for BlackBerry by signing up at BlackBerry Beta Zone http://bit.ly/9lOMxu

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I was thinking an official twitter app wouldn't have twitlonger, but iphone does so I expect it

“Pressing the screen” Not all blackberrys are touch screen.

i already tried this but its still not working. i’m here in the philippines. pls help. thanks!

Hi,

The icon you are referring to sounds like a virtually preloaded icon. When you click on the icon does it take you to the browser to download Twitter for BlackBerry smartphone application? If so this is like a shortcut icon (its not the actual application) and you can hide it. Highlight the icon press the menu key and select hide.

Thank you

RT RT RT<———–GET WITH IT!

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WHYYY doesnt my blackberry give me the option to “run” the twitter for blackberry app!!?!

Hello,

Make sure that you download the latest version of the application here: http://www.blackberry.com/twitter

Thank you

Hello,

Make sure that you download the latest version of the application here: http://www.blackberry.com/twitter

Thank you

bring on geotagged tweets!! i want people to know where im tweeting from! come on RIM, if the others can do it, so can you!

Hi I have Donwloaded Twitter for Blackberry , Reebooted but I cannot view Twitter either in Application, Download nor as icon anywhere else,
Only Place i can see it in Option , Application, but i cant run it from there, how to do it ?

Hi,

Try uninstalling and reinstalling Twitter for BlackBerry by going to http://www.blackberry.com/twitter on your BlackBerry Browser.

Thank you

I'm sure no one would be forced to turn on geotagging if it were offered, so why not? I'd like to have it and it's a major focus of iphone envy.

Hi Pavel,

How could I get rid of this shortcut from the blackberry manager? I have approximately 160 users that reported Facebook, Twitter and my space shortcuts.

Thanks,
SP

Hi,

These shortcuts can only be manually hidden from the individual BlackBerry smartphone. You can however create an IT Policy that will block/prevent these applications from being installed/used.

Thank you

I had the same problem. Go to Options > Advanced Options > Service Books, and find the icon’s service book, which should be labelled under the same name. Select “Delete” from the menu. That should get rid of your icon.

To delete your icon(s)/shortcuts, go to Options > Advanced Options > Service Books, and find the icon’s service book, which should be labelled under the same name. Select “Delete” from the menu. That should solve the problem.

Can you delete a full direct message conversation on this app or only one tweet at a time?

Within your Messages folder, if you hit the Menu key and select View Folder, select Twitter and you will then see all your direct messages. Hit the Menu key again and select Delete Prior and this should delete them all at once for you.

I downloaded the updated version of Twitter, and although the download seems to have completed and I’ve rebotted, the application isn’t appearing anywhere on my berry…any advice? Thanks

Hello,

Did you check your downloads folder, or instant messaging folder?

i have blackberry storm 9530, i just downloaded twitter on my blackberry,and it installed properly but somehow when i will check it on my phone i cant see twitter,but in the app worl it says installed. how come this happen? and what would i do to see the twitter icon on my blackberry. thanks

Hashtag autocomplete is needed!