Apr 21 2009

Twittix 0.93 soon to be released Preview and 5 licenses here

Posted by Sascha-O in 3rd Party Application, 5800 XpressMusic, App-Review, E-Series, N-Series, N95 8GB, N96, N97, S60, S60 5th Edition, S60v3, S60v5, Symbian, tags: s60v3

Twittix 0.93 soon to be released Preview and 5 licenses here

Twittix 0.93 is on its way to the world of symbian smartphones and i was lucky enough to get my hands on a preview version of the app. I was even luckier by getting 5 licenses from MojosMobile to give away with it.

The main improvements in Version 0.93 are Twitpic support, Tweet/message to sms and the API Counter in my eyes.

Twitpic support: Well, not much to say about that, it gives you the possibility to directly post images to Twitpic from Twittix.

Tweet/message to sms: Very interesting feature. You can “send” the tweets directly to your message editor. So, if you grab something interesting there you want to share with your friends that are not on twitter (uh, is that possible nowadays anyway?), just sms them the tweet.

API Counter: Very nice feature again. You might already know it from tweetdeck. Twitter only allows 100 client API requests per hour, so if you update and check too often from any third party client it just might give you an error. With the API Counter you are able to check how many API requests you have left until the hourly reset.

The other improvements are minor but i still will mention them here.

Receptions in list of DM Tab added
Advanced Hotkey Functionality added: 1 = Instant Tweet 2= Account-Swtich * = FullScreen
Sound issues on some devices fixed!

So you can see, Twittix is under heavy construction and every release brings some new features requested by many users. I´m totally sure that when it reaches version 1.0, Twittix will be the most feature rich s60 client for Symbian devices. It works on v3 as well as on v5 devices. A 14 day trial is available at MojosMobile.

And here is your chance to win a free license code. Just mention in comments what you like/dislike (if you dislike it, dou you still want a license?) and what needs further improvement. The winner will be picked randomly when version 0.93 is released, which should be in less than 48 hours.

Edit: What i forgot, please leave a valid email address in comments if you want one of the licenses as we need to contact you in case of winning.

I hope you liked my first article on Symbianworld.org more to come soon.

http://DAILYMOBILE.SE Phat^Trance

welcome to the s60 scene Sascha-O
frontieruk

User interface, it’s really cluttered where it uses the phones background
doalvares

I’d like to be able to change the font. It is too small and difficult to read.

Plain background, not the phone’s one.
doalvares

It doesn’t show many tweets. I’d like too see more or to be able to see older tweets
http://www.fwrnando.com Fernando

it needs a default Network Destination setting!
Sascha-O

@doalvares: tweet limit not there anymore in 0.93

@fernando: That was already implemented in 0.91
Brian Doherty

I like the fact that it respects the theme on my phone. I use the “Switch mode” on my E71, and it’s good that it keeps my dark theme at night. Also, I like the Hide on the right soft-key, just like Profimail. In the not so good category: I can’t figure out how to add a new person to follow. Also, I tried the search feature and it crashed.
http://womlanka.com mack005

I am using a licensed version Twittix 0.92 which i won from NokiaUsers.com It’s upgradable to 0.93, right, i mean once its available?
alsiladka

I would like an option to fetch the tweet which was replied to by the current tweet and view it along with the reply.
http://www.fwrnando.com Fernando

@Sascha-O nope, the current setting gives you the choice of the default access point, but not of default network destination (network destinations are access point groups organized by priority, introduced on FP2)
Doalvares

@doalvares: tweet limit not there anymore in 0.93 ¡¡Great!!

As alsiladka said, it would be great to see the original tweet along with the answer.

Will we receive a notification when the new version is available or we have to check the website for that. In that case, this feature would also be very welcome.
Sascha-O

@mack005 sure, the license is for all versions of twittix tha will come in future.

@others be sure your comments will be given directly to the developers who are quite happy to get advices on improvements.
Brook

I really like the way that Twittix blends into whichever theme I have chosen, though twittix does feel slightly sluggish sometimes. I’m very stoked though about the prospects of a quick, feature rich twitter client, and I’m very glad that there are at least two. C’mon Twittix, give Gravity a run for it’s money.
Hannes

Great Twitter Client!
Looking forward for the final release
What I really like:
Appreciate switching between twitter timeline, mentions, messages and search for #
Viewing of other profiles with single click following
Accelerator to switch modes.
The German translation

what would rock:
Use build in gps to tweet location.
A preview of the twitpic link
extended support of picture and short link services
direct reply and browse through multiple replies
handle multiple twitter accounts
mark specific tweets as favorites
make it adjustable and couple more themes

Thanks Sascha!
Sascha-O

@Hannes Twittix is available in german, english and italian(?). Not sure about italian though. But it supports 3 languages so far. More to come for sure.

Edit: Ok, not italian yet. But they search someone to translate to italian. Let them know if you want to do it.
Ben

Dann möchte ich auch mal auf Deutsch versuchen.
Da ich Twitter regelmäßig nutze, würde ich mich über einen Key freuen.

Des Weiteren bin ich täglich hier auf dem Blog.

Vielen Dank und Herzlich Willkommen.

LG
Ben
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