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twibble mobile 1.0.3

thilo — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:32:58 +0000

the latest release of twibble mobile comes with initial support of twitter’s upcoming geolocation API. E.g. the lat and long parameters in a status update will be used already if you have a GPS phone. However, you won’t see that much as it is still all in beta, i.e. the geo location information is not yet available in the public twitter stream. This release also fixes some bugs.

Changes in twibble mobile

thilo — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:55:45 +0000

The use of twibble mobile has always been free of charge since the very first versions about 2 two years ago. However, the development, hosting, support, etc. of the site and the software is expensive in terms of money and time. To cover some of the costs we are offering from now on a free version of twibble mobile which you can activate for a small fee. The free version has all the features of the activated one (incl. Search, Video upload, GPS, twitpic, Mobypicture, etc. ) but is limited to 10 tweets per list. There are no annoying ads eating your bandwidth even in the free version. With your fee you keep the twibble development going! Thank you for your understanding. –thilo

twibble desktop 0.5.3

thilo — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:02:55 +0000

the new twibble desktop with drag-and-drop uploading is available for download! It has

automatic updates (re-)enabled
video upload to Mobypicture
search added to tabs
bit.ly url shortener

and some bug fixes. You can grab it from the twibble desktop page.

twitter announces Location API

thilo — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:16:12 +0000

twitter has just announced to add Location to their API. That’s big news as you can add your location to any tweet e.g. when you’re visiting a concert or from an interesting place you’re visiting on vacation. Sure, using twibble you can do all this already. Check out this geocoded picture or this geocoded video. In both cases twibble added the GPS coordinates to the tweet (watch the map on the right). In twibble mobile you can open a map to watch the location of your followers (below the Location submenu).

We are very excited on this since the location features already available in twibble will be even more useful in the future!

Video tweets with twibble mobile

thilo — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:51:25 +0000

This post shows you how easy it is to send videos along with your tweet:

record a video with your mobile. A low resolution setting will help to reduce the size.
start twibble
optional: switch on your GPS if available to show where the video was taken. Wait until twibble shows ‘GPS’ in the title
press ‘1′ or ‘t’ to open the tweet form and enter your message
select ‘Attach file’ from the menu and navigate to the video you just recorded
select ‘Moby!’ from the menu

That’s it! This is an example (not quite a block buster but you get the idea). In the map on the right hand side you see where the video was taken. People at home or on the road using an iPhone or other device can instantly watch it!
If you can’t access your files pls read Q&A No. 3 in the FAQ.

twibble mobile 0.9.25

thilo — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:20:08 +0000

is available! The most import changes are:

the ui is more responsive when loading tweets
there is a new option to set the max number of tweets in a list (default 50)
more search options in the Joystick/Trackball menu
some minor wording changes to be more consistent with twitter: mentions (was replies), home (was friends timeline)

After installation check the application permissions to avoid the confirmation dialogs. Please check the twibble mobile site for details.

twitter is down

thilo — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:24:58 +0000

as you’ve probably noticed twibble doesn’t receive any tweets from twitter right now. That’s due to a DoS attack against the twitter servers. Check the twitter status page for updates.
update: twitter seems to be back to normal.

Video upload with twibble mobile

thilo — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:13:43 +0000

In addition to uploading pictures you can also upload videos via twibble mobile. Just select a video in the file selection dialog and send it to Mobypicture. This is an example by fellow twibble user chaosblog. Check out his great post (in German)!

twibble 0.9.24

thilo — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:24:49 +0000

if you’ve had problems running twibble on your Blackberry when quickly switching between different applications try out the new version 0.9.24. It also also fixes some issues concerning the update of timestamps and the dynamic menu.

Persistent searches in twibble mobile

thilo — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:54:12 +0000

In the latest version of twibble mobile you’ll find a new sub menu ‘Searches’ with your latest search queries. The entries are saved. This way you can easily follow your favorite subjects, users or hash tags on twitter. You can even construct complex search queries using the twitter search API. After performing a search you can go back to your tweets using the left/right keys.

Additionally the menus have slightly changed. When you click the middle joystick button (“Fire”) you’ll get fast access entries to the most important twibble functions (including links in a tweet). The menu soft button has the full menu. Finally twibble 0.9.22 fixes a bug when displaying GPS positions in a tweet.