Via their company blog yesterday, Seesmic updated BlackBerry users letting them know that the company would be ending support for Seesmic for BlackBerry on June 30th in favor of their more popular mobile operating systems like Android, iOS, and Windows Phone 7. In my opinion, Seesmic for BlackBerry was no third party Twitter client to write home about in comparison to its Android and iOS counterparts, but, quite honestly, this is really the case for more cross platform BlackBerry Twitter clients, as the iOS, Android, and Windows Phone 7 versions are much better than their BlackBerry counterparts.
What should be noted here is that Seesmic is not some small-time, fly by night, development company just trying to get by. With Twitter acquiring TweetDeck, Seesmic is easily one of the biggest third-party social media tools companies on the web and they’ve decided that continuing to create tools for the BlackBerry, which, even though is losing market share, is growing in users with over 65 million of them, isn’t worth the development effort.
That’s very telling RIM… We hope you are paying attention…
[Via Seesmic]
We figure that with UberTwitter being suspended, millions of BlackBerry users will be looking for another Twitter client to use on their device. If you happen to be one of those poor souls, we hope this list will make your search for a new BlackBerry Twitter client go a bit more quickly.
Here is our list of 7 BlackBerry Twitter clients to use while UberTwitter is suspended:
- Twitter for BlackBerry — This is the official BlackBerry Twitter client and I recommend installing it no matter what third party Twitter client you use. It can definitely get you by in times like these.
- SocialScope — I believe that SocialScope is in infinite closed beta, but, if you can get an invite, you may never even go back to UberTwitter.
- Seesmic for BlackBerry — We’ve only talked about Seesmic for BlackBerry a few times, but, Mac users seem to swear by it.
- HootSuite for BlackBerry — HootSuite is kind of cool because, like SocialScope, it connects to your Twitter and Facebook accounts.
- TweetGenius — Haven’t really heard anything bad about TweetGenius other than it cost $8.
- TwiXtreme – We talked about TwiXtreme when it first came out, but, not since. Maybe we should go back and check it out again.
- OpeanBeak — I honestly haven’t messed around with OpeanBeak since they changed the name from TwitterBerry.
For every third party BlackBerry Twitter client that I’ve put on this list, I’ve probably left 2 or 3 off. If you can think of a good Twitter client (updated in the last year or so) drop us a line in the comments.
UberTwitter wasn’t the only BlackBerry Twitter client recently updated. Seesmic for BlackBerry, a favorite Twitter client amongst desktop users, has been updated to version 1.4 with an improved user interface and now includes native profile integration for notifications.
New Seesmic for BlackBerry features include:
- Sound profile notifications available in the BlackBerry “Sounds” app
- Support of Ping.fm groups
- Notifications for new tweets, new replies and new direct messages
- Improved User Interface
- Picture thumbnails now displayed in the “Pictures” folder of the file explorer
- Use of XAuth with Twitter for more security
Seesmic for BlackBerry 1.4 is a free BlackBerry download. You can pick it up on BlackBerry App World, or, download it OTA via the following link: http://m.seesmic.com/
Seesmic for BlackBerry, a mobile version of the popular desktop Twitter client, was updated to version 1.1 and is now found on BlackBerry App World.
Many of the changes integrate Seesmic into the BlackBerry way of doing things such as adding auto-correct, spell-check, and standard BlackBerry shortcuts. The notification mechanism has also been overhauled.
Head after the jump to see the complete change log…
[click to continue…]
There is a new BlackBerry Twitter Application on the block with a familiar name. Seesmic, the popular desktop Twitter client is now available for BlackBerry devices running OS 4.6 and higher.
I’ve only had the opportunity to play around with Seesmic for BlackBerry for a short while, and, even though currently in beta (alpha for the Storm, Storm2, and Tour), Seesmic for BlackBerry is a pretty nifty BlackBerry Twitter client and has a many of the bells and whistles of other BlackBerry Twitter clients currently available.
I really like how searches and lists saved in your Twitter account automatically appear in the Seesmic for BlackBerry Client.
Seesmic for BlackBerry is a free BlackBerry download and you can pick it up by visiting www.seesmic.com from you devices browser.