We talk about different twitter apps a lot here and it’s mainly because every single twitter client app seems to fall short in one regard or the other. We wait patiently for an in-house twitter app made directly from RIM (BlackBerry). The people (person?) at YATCA are in the same boat. The only difference is they made their own twitter client app to use until BlackBerry makes one.

Yatca is one of my favorite twitter client apps simple because it’s simple. One of the cooler features is that it can integrate into the message box. New tweets come in like they’re new mail. It has a notification icon whenever you get a new one too. It’s simple so it has a small footprint; use it to tweet, reply, read other tweets and see people that reply to you.. that’s it.

Because it does integrate into your message box, I wouldn’t recommend it for anyone who follows a lot of people because your inbox will be overflowed with tweets.

This new update seems to run a little smoother.

You can download the version for you at http://yatca.wordpress.com.

I got to play around with the newest unfinished version of tweeteev today. Tweeteev is another yet another twitter client application (this, btw, is the name of another twitter client called YATCA). When tweeteev came about, the makers stated …

…the interface, features and experience that Tweeteev provides will totally change the way you use Twitter on your mobile phone. Stay tuned, coming soon on a mobile device near you.

So I’ve been waiting for a while now.

The first version that was leaked earlier this year was buggier than a South American rain forest but it did show some promise.

This new version that came out is even better. Yah, it’s slower then a snail on a salty desert, but I can definitely see it being my twitter client of choice once they speed up the app (if they can speed up the app). Much easier said than done.

You can try it out by going here.

I installed then deleted TweetGenius again today. 3rd time this month.

Is something wrong with me? Or is it just that I’m dissatisfied with SocialScope.

no… that can’t be it.

There’s something new in the horizon though

Well, not new, but updated. A new version of the popular client UberTwitter is available but it’s only a beta version. I like where the developers are going with it. It’s pretty and it’s loaded and I mean LOADED with features. This version is still pretty buggy though. Can’t wait to see the final product.

Beta version download -

http://www.ubertwitter.com/bb/rogue/download.php
use the BlackBerry browser

Dear tweetgenius,

I have a secret I have to tell you.

I have a big crush on you. Just the mention of your name gets me feeling all excited.

I think you’re beautiful… more so than any other I’ve seen. Yah, when you’re around, I can’t help but look at you over and over again. You’ve got all your buttons in the right places. You’ve got what I want.

But, you’re bad for me. You make me leak my memory like crazy.

Yah, I know, you say you don’t. But we both know, you do.

Even after you said you changed, it’s not enough.

I’m leaving you, once again.. for SocialScope.

Don’t forget me though; I won’t forget you.

Hope to see you again soon,

-BlackBerry ILT

I bought TweetGenius pretty much right after I got my BlackBerry Storm… (which was almost a year ago) and I don’t think I’ve had it on my phone for more than a few days. Originally, it wasn’t created for the Storm, so the display in portrait was messed up. Recently, TG was updated including a new version for the specifically for the Storm.

The Good-

• The display works in both landscape and portrait views on the Storm
• I love the look of the app. It’s honestly my favorite to look at. This includes the icon and the notifications of new tweets.

The Bad-

• Scrolling is really terrible. It’s slow and sometimes unresponsive.
• The app costs 8 dollars. (I originally bought it for 5).
• When opening a list, the app doesn’t go to the most recent tweet sometimes. I find this very annoying.
• Search looks messed up
• There isn’t a tweets-that-are-around-me feature (which I’ve grown to enjoy reading).

The Ugly

• TweetGenius hemorrhages application memory. What I mean is it leaks memory like crazy. When I run it, within a few hours, my application memory has dropped 10 mb or more. App memory is precious on my Storm!

Screen Shots

Conclusion

I like the direction TweetGenius is going, but once again, it’s going to be deleted off my phone. Fix the scrolling and, more importantly, fix the memory leak and I’ll gladly use it as my primary twitter client. Of course, both these issues seem like they’d be hard fixes so we’ll see how long it’ll take to for them to update the app.

Moments after I wrote this post, I just got an update from tweetGenius saying they’re testing a new Storm Build… maybe an update is coming sooner than I expect!

Other posts of interest

• List of twitter apps
• First TweetGenius Review (pre-update)