iPhone: Apps – Twittelator Pro

twittelatorpro.jpgAt a cost of £2.99 I ‘ummed and ahhed’ over Twittelator Pro for quite a while: did I make enough use of Twitter to justify buying an app; were its features enough to justify cost over free; would I use Twitter more if I had those features? It’s rare for me to agonise over £2.99, but these things are all relative, and in the world of iPhone apps, £2.99 is no small outlay!

Ultimately it was my good friend Rob GT‘s constant eulogising about this app that wore me down and I decided to part with some hard-earned; and I’m glad I did – this app simply rocks.

I don’t ‘tweet’ a great deal, but that was, in part at least, due to the faff created by using some of the free offerings; don’t get me wrong – some are great – but I don’t really have time to tweet all day, so if I am to engage with the ‘Twitterverse’, then simplicity of operation is key. In Twittelator Pro you get a feature-rich, simple to use and generally appealing vehicle with which to navigate the world of Twitter, and whether you ‘Tweet’ once a week, once a day, or, as some people I follow seem to do with ease, once (or more) an hour, Twittelator Pro will not disappoint you.

In terms of appearance, the default display is a charcoal grey, which looks efficient without being harsh, and the text is clear and easy to read. The use of shadow provides a smooth aesthetic, making each tweet easy to identify and read. Scrolling is smooth and switching between screens is quick and done by tapping the buttons at the bottom of the screen, which offer the choice of: friends, mentions, messages, settings, and more.

Writing tweets is easy and efficient, and made even better by being able to compose your posts in landscape mode, offering an easier to use keyboard. But the niceties don’t end with a widescreen view: auto shortening links; auto shortening tweets; automatic adding of hash tags from a saved list; and copy and paste of links, tweets and more. All of these features make tweeting quick and painless. Add to that the fantastic interface for choosing response options, such as whether to retweet, reply, message, copy tweets, copy links to tweets, make a tweet a favourite or e-mail a tweet and it really doesn’t get much better.

Reading tweets is equally easy, with a simple tap on the ‘tweeter’s’ picture bringing up that person’s profile, or tapping their name bringing up the response options. Links are easily accessed and can be viewed within the app itself or in Safari, depending upon what option you have selected, and thumbnails of tweeted images are displayed with tweets, allowing easy access to full-size versions with a simple tap.

The app is highly configurable with three colour schemes, options for font size and numerous other tweaks available: number of tweets to supply in view, link shortening service to use, whether or not to display your location, display order, refresh rates, how to treat images, and the list goes on. But perhaps the killer option is the option to add a Safari bookmarklet: following the simple instal procedure adds a java applet to Safari that allows you to send any page you visit directly to a tweet. Using this feature is easy-peasy: arrive at a page you want to share, call up the bookmarks, tap your Twittelator Pro bookmark, wait a few seconds while Twittelator Pro launches, and get writing in the pre-prepared tweet that included the URL you just visited.

And if all of that was not enough, even the app icon shows a great attention to detail, an attention which is plain for all to see right through the app. If you use Twitter already then this is a must-have app, and if you don’t use Twitter you should start jut so you can use Twittelator Pro :-)




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