Twitter just purchased the amazingly popular iPhone application Tweetie 2. Loren Brichter(the creator of Tweetie) will now be part of the Twitter mobile team. The iPhone application is by far the best experience of Twitter on the iPhone hands down. The desktop version of Tweetie is not a bad application for Twitter on the mac I personally use it daily and have chosen it over the many other mac applications. So as everyone knows this is great news for Tweetie and Loren. Twitter will be converting the application to “Twitter for iPhone” for FREE, currently it is $2.99. Since it’s amazing this is fantastic news for everyone.
So where is the bad news in this? It’s for the other developers. Twitter buying Tweetie is a clear message that it is the best. It is the application that they prefer and they are endorsing it as the ideal experience for using Twitter on the iPhone. It’s name “Twitter for iPhone,” is perfect for searching in the App Store. When people search for “Twitter” it will definitely be the top application with the best reviews for FREE. I can’t even explain how happy yet surprised I am for the acquisition. It’s great for Loren and the future of the application but it’s very surprising to me that a major company like Twitter would brand themselves with a personal application.
Overall this was a great decision and I can’t wait to be a part of the future of Twitter for iPhone.
Original articles:
From Twitter’s blog: http://blog.twitter.com/2010/04/twitter-for-iphone.html
From Loren’s blog: http://news.atebits.com/post/509476371/an-amazing-ride
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