Twinkle - THE Twitter Client for Mac

As many people are currently using Twitter to stay in touch with

friends, or just to brabble stuff on the internets, I considered

testing Twinkle, another Application from Tapulous.

After creating an account (this has to be done via internet

on the Twitter Homepage) and installing Twinkle on my iPhone,

I was ready to go.

No, wait: Twinkle urges you also to create a Tapulous ID

(which you might already have, when you installed Tap Tap Revenge).

The reason is: In case that the Twitter Service is down (due to outage) 

you could still post your messages and also, 

this service from Tapulous is providing the storage for your pictures

you attach to your messages.

Additionally it serves for the purpose of the “near location messages”.

The first thing I noticed was that the Application is well polished

graphically.

My first tests were a little bit disappointing (with Version 1.0)

due the fact that the message postage lagged a little bit while writing

and also due to some problems Tapulous had with their S3 Servers.

Those things are fixed in the latest Version 1.1 which can be

downloaded over at the iTunes Store.

The Display of the messages is clean and clear,

yellow bubbles for the people you follow, blue ones for your posts.

The “proximity” function is pretty neat and a great feature of this App.

Due to location services (same used as for Google Maps Application)

you can select to see Messages by people near to you. 

A very interesting function which gives Twinkle a real advantage

over Twitterific for iPhone.

And last but not least, it is important to note that this application

is completely free, so when you are already and avid Twitter Service user,

you might give Twinkle a chance and try it out before purchasing

the Twitterific Premium Software - I personally consider the free

Twitterific Application ad-ware.

You maybe will not pay the Application, but getting “Adds” on it is

kind of disturbing.

I can guarantee if you like using Twitter you will enjoy doing

your Twittering on your iPhone through Twinkle.

Definitely an Application worthy to be installed on the iPhone.