Vodafone have just launched the ability for UK customers to Tweet via a mobile short code 86444.
The SMS updates posted on Twitter will be free of charge for the first few weeks from launch – then they will be part of customers’ bundles. After the free period regular charges will apply to customers without bundles but all text message updates sent from Twitter will remain free of charge.
I thought this was a very cool idea – you can get a Twitter Mosaic t-shirt with the pictures of all your friends on the front… and the Mosaic of your followers on the back!
You can also get mugs and other gifts too!
Just enter your Twitter name and it will show you what it’ll look like!
-spellchecker (currently English only, can be deactivated in settings if you use Twhirl in other languages)
-your Twitter @replies will display even if you are mentioned in the middle of a tweet
- don’t miss anyone quoting your name
-share all your updates to all your favorite social software via Ping.fm support: Twhirl now posts to Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and more
-follow any topic in near-realtime: searching for a term or a brand and then activating it as a saved search it will bring all future mentions of it into your timeline
-record a video and post it straight to Twitter, then get your Seesmic video replies and follow the video conversation
-get new Seesmic replies and videos in realtime thanks to XMPP support
-support for bit.ly url shortnener with stats and history
-support for direct messages and favorites on laconi.ca/identi.ca
I’ve tried both TweetDeck and Twhirl overtime and I think I’m finally coming to the conclusion I prefer Twhirl…
I’ve recently succumbed to Twitter and I’m starting to reap it’s benefits. If you are just getting into Twitter then this post on the Sociable Blog might help as it highlights the Top Twitter tools to use in 2009!
My two favourites are:
This allows you to post pictures and share them with friends on Twitter.
Which gives you the ability to post to Twitter by sending an email to a specific Twittermail email (ie abc123@twittermail.com) you can also receive tweets sent to your username (ie @username) all via email.
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