Guest author David Gilson provides a brief look at Tweets60, a freeware alternative to the well known commercial Gravity. It certainly lacks Gravity's polish, but how useable is it in real life? David also explains why he prefers freeware - it's to do with lack of hassle more than lack of cost, a very valid viewpoint.
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Agreed. I've just installed it recently and found it to actually be very convenient.
What's more it's FREE!
I set it to refresh every 10 minutes, and it works rather flawlessly so +1 !
I also considered purchasing Gravity. However, since I am waiting to upgrade my handset as soon as the E72 arrives I opted for TweetS60. I didn't want to pay another $10 for a second license.
I am glad I did, it does everything I need and it was FREE!
why not browse to www.dabr.co.uk?
Been using tweets60 for quite a while myself and I do find it extremely useful. I will, however, be purchasing a license for the pro version due to be released at a very reasonable price shortly, mainly for the twitpic support.
I found that the java based twibble is not a bad option as well, quite feature rich. Can use twitpic service straight too.
If you have Gravity and get a new phone you dont have to pay again. Just email them your new IMEI saying you got a new phone and they will add it to their database. I've did it twice now.
yes, tweetS60 is a great free alternative, and its just easy... download and install.
Had this article been written before some of th updates were done to tweets60 then I'd have said buy gravity, as I started with Tweets60.
I have also spent some time with the Snaptu app which is very good for other things than just twitter, but it is UK centered.
It's a great piece of software which I use daily!
It's great that the app is free and all that, but is there really any point to twitter?
Oh great another 'what's the point of twitter' comment? You will fit in with those 'what's the point of e-mails, websites, mp3 players, sms, instant messages, TV, radio, mobile phones etc' Daily Mail readers.
Unregistered wrote:Oh great another 'what's the point of twitter' comment? You will fit in with those 'what's the point of e-mails, websites, mp3 players, sms, instant messages, TV, radio, mobile phones etc' Daily Mail readers.
Notice the use of the word "another".
When people attempt to defend twatter they usually come up with lame straw man statements like the quote above. All of the list in that quote have obvious uses, apart from the last item concerning daily mail perhaps. But nobody has yet manage to justify this:
0 minutes ago: Nasty mess need to clean up
1 minutes ago: Used my fleshlight.
2 minutes ago: Perusing how great it is to have no human contact this week.
3 minutes ago: Scratched my butt hole with a toothpick
I am normally trying to find free software all the time, however Gravity is the best application which I have purchased.
I had the application on my N95 and now have it on my N97, the best thing is that if you talk to @janole on twitter he normally will swap the IMEI to your new phone rather than you having to purchase again.
However he does remove your old IMEI so if you want to install to more than one phone you will have to purchase more than one license.
"0 minutes ago: Nasty mess need to clean up
1 minutes ago: Used my fleshlight.
2 minutes ago: Perusing how great it is to have no human contact this week.
3 minutes ago: Scratched my butt hole with a toothpick "
Then you sir/madam are simply close minded or simply too stupid to look for good contents. You probably thought the same about blogs and forums once before.
If you do not like twitter then there is nothing to stop you from ignoring it. There are bad contents, but the joy of twitter is having the ability to follow whichever content you want. If you can't see the point of that then I pity you. I pity you even more since you clearly to not like the concept of twitter, yet is willing to troll.
Unregistered wrote:If you do not like twitter then there is nothing to stop you from ignoring it. There are bad contents, but the joy of twitter is having the ability to follow whichever content you want. If you can't see the point of that then I pity you. I pity you even more since you clearly to not like the concept of twitter, yet is willing to troll.
I do ignore twitter!
But I am still am curious as to the point of it, so I ask. As usual, one or two try to defend it but still cannot answer the question of what it is for. Not a troll, genuine question. I do see the point of other media, such as blogs and forums, but I don't see why the content of twitter can't better be expressed on blogs and forums.
No worries, twitter will be all but gone in 24 months. Passing fad.
I too am curious about what twitter is for. It would be useful if people could provide a substantial explanation rather than "you are too stupid to find good content" type personal insults that are usually what you expect from people who haven't anything better to offer.
I'm also curious. What is the point of twitter?
"you are too stupid to find good content"
You mean good content in 140 characters?
Why not Twittix?This is be able to see pictures on your phone and upload.
I've been using the service for a few weeks now. I work as an academic in information systems, and have a number of colleagues who are keen Twitter users, so mostly use it to keep up with what they're doing. As a work tool it's useful - very much up to the minute, a good sense of what's been happening right now or at least in the past day or two. I've not seen any of the celebrity Twitter feeds that people talk about so much, though I do follow a few public figures and journalists close to my academic field. I think the description of Twitter as 'micro-blogging' works for me - postings are more up-to-the-minute and shorter than blogs.
Unregistered wrote: mostly use it to keep up with what they're doing. As a work tool it's useful - very much up to the minute, a good sense of what's been happening right now or at least in the past day or two.
Excellent.
However I prefer to talk to my work colleagues.
Having used both apps including Snaptu to access tweets, I found that the ability to download and even read the tweets offline, e.g. when on the move, is the most useful feature of Tweets60 as compared to the rest. Snaptu needs to be always connected to the network and you can only retrieve a few tweets at a time, makes this quite cumbersome. As for Gravity, although there are more features, it's not free and it too needs to be connected to the network all the time. With Tweets60, I can do a quick refresh then move on and continue to read or refer back to the old tweets that have been downloaded.
I like Tweets60 very much too, but how can I delete my direct messages?
how can i upload pictures using tweets60 on my E63 phone?