Twitter Apps for the iPhone: Twinkle
“Twinkle, Twinkle Little App, Posting Tweets Is Now A Snap!” With a slogan like that, how could Twinkle go wrong?
Twinkle is a free Twitter iPhone app that works very well doing what it does. You can send tweets, including a photo taken within the application or previously. You can read your friend’s tweets and messages sent to you.
Here is a brief video showing the features of Twinkle:
The truly killer apps in Twinkle are the Location and Nearby features. If you turn it on, Twinkle will broadcast your location so other Twinkle users nearby can find you. You can use the Nearby feature to read the tweets of people who are near you. You can choose anywhere between 1 mile and 1000 miles (although I suspect the usefulness of this feature is diminished at that great of a distance). I have found lots of Utah Geeks just by looking at Twinkle’s nearby feature and finding people who live in my neighborhood who are just as cool as I am.
Long ago, I heard about DodgeBall, which was a location-based Twitter-like service that you could use with your cellphone. DodgeBall only worked in big cities like New York and San Francisco. They never did come to Salt Lake City before Google axed them. Google never really gave DodgeBall a chance, but now that I have Twinkle, I don’t need DodgeBall.
If you are feeling like you’re the only person on the planet, download Twinkle on your iPhone and see all the people like you nearby. It’s the best cure for loneliness and it’s free.