The View From Space

Checking out the new (at least for me) Twitter for Android App.  Interesting interface, quite different from the iPhone.  

Pluses:

- Option to animate screen (floating clouds).  Nice little touch although I dont use it.

- Allows you options to sync your twitter friends info to your contacts list (All, only with existing contacts, or none)

- Home screen has up-to-the-second trending topics being posted

Minuses:

- No swiping, instead there’s a pull down menu that has the standard, reply, RT, etc buttons. 

- RT, it’s the new style that automatically RT’s once pushed.  To add comments you need to Share then select twitter.  Not sure if I like that.  Twidroid (my current twitter app of choice) offers you RT or RT with comment buttons.

- Min update interval is 5 min

- Exiting app removes sign in data and requires you to re-sign in the next time you open

- Although able to select bit.ly as url shortening service, no option to enter bit.ly API key to access account

For the time being I’ll be sticking with Twidroid.  Whether it’s because of familiarness or it actually outperforms Twitter for Android, I’m not sure.  Need more soak time on Twitter for Android before I can make a final decision.

If you’d like to download the app go to the Market on your Droid or visit this link