This post is inspired by LiewCF’s “7 ways to tweet”.
Ever since I’ve started mini blogging (or more specifically mobile status broadcasting :p) with Twitter, the need for me to tweet from mobile has soon been realized. The need for mobile tweeting became significantly obvious, especially when I was traveling for Peninsula trip convoy.
In fact, mobile tweeting has made mobile blogging easy! Simply by showing the latest tweets in my blog, I can easily update my blog with short messages that describe my life, without the hustle of writing a comprehensive post with proper content structure and titles. Check out my Twitter updates at twitter.com/tiensoon
So what’s my most preferred way to achieve mobile tweeting with my Sony Ericsson P1i?
- Twitter Mobile at m.twitter.com
- Tweet by SMS to +447624801423
- Fring
There are many apps out there that allow you to tweet from mobile phone. But hey… I’m not going to tell you all the options available; instead, sharing experience on approaches that I’m most comfortable with.
Twitter Mobile
To me, this (m.twitter.com) is the most convenient and least interruptive medium to follow my buddies’ tweets. When I feel like checking out my friends’ statuses when I’m on mobile, simply open my phone browser (provided I’m in a 3G, GPRS or WiFi zone) and I’ll be signed on to Twitter Mobile – a simplified light weight interface showing the latest 20 tweets, and a text field to post my tweet.
The interface is so light weight that, I don’t need to really matter much about the amount of data transferred. It wouldn’t burn my phone bill hahaha
Tweet by SMS
Go to Twitter devices, put in your mobile phone number, send verification code to a designated number, and you can start tweeting from mobile phone by SMS to the following numbers:
- 40404 (US)
- 21212 (Canada)
- 5566511 (India)
- +447624801423 (any other country not listed above, including Malaysia)
So for my case, if I’m in any region with dissatisfying GPRS speed (ya… at some places, GPRS is also a problem), then I will tweet by SMS. I’m charged RM0.20 for each international SMS.
However, personally, I don’t like to receive Twitter updates by SMS, so I’ve turned off device updates. With more than 40 tweets a day from my friends, Twitter updates via SMS will be quite interruptive to me.
When I’m on mobile, I still prefer to view latest tweets by Twitter Mobile.
Tweet from Fring
I’m using Fring as the instant messaging client to connect MSN, Yahoo Messenger and Google Talk from my phone. Fring awesomely supports Symbian 9, Windows Mobile and UIQ 3, and recently iPhone (still quite an infant for iPhone).
Now, Fring also supports Twitter! By selecting Twitter from my Fring contact list to chat, tweet can be updated conveniently when I’m using the instant messaging client on my phone.
By the way, if you’re a smart phone or PDA phone user, you should really consider using Fring for your instant messaging needs, especially if your phone supports WiFi connection.
What about you? What’s your preferred mobile tweeting approach?
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