Review: Tweetdeck Refresh plus new iPhone App
Just a little bit ago tweetdeck released its refreshed desktop client and iPhone app. I was pretty stoked to find them showing a new site design as well. There is a video review of the Tweetdeck interface and as well as RAM usage.
Tweetdeck – Desktop
View on Vimeo.
Updates Include:
Manage multiple Twitter accounts easily
Keep your TweetDeck safe with sync and back-up
Avoid Twitter spam with TweetDeck’s spam button
Rating:
I think that with the amount of RAM that tweetdeck uses it gets docked a flame because thats where it could be improved. Also another reason is because it doesn’t allow you customize fonts. I think the UI is a long way from more sleek counterparts like Tweetie but the functionality makes up for it.
Tweetdeck – iPhone
The iPhone app has some interesting new features that some other apps (at least in twitter) haven’t untilized. It allows you to sync your columns from the desktop version which is amazing. Its easy to keep in touch. It also allows you to swipe to go from column to column. Makes great sense to me and just seems natural. It also has an alert window just like the desktop version. You can cross them out with X’s just like its full fledged counter part. All in all it looks pretty good.
The negatives that I noticed were A. No landscape option. Why is this a minus? Well 3.0 is coming out (tomorrow) an we are going to have landscape in a good amount of programs especially SMS. So I think the iPhone user will be more accustomed to typing with their thumbs. B. You can shake to reload the new tweets. Sounds all find and dandy but….. cut/copy/paste is going to utilize shake as an undo feature. Basically this boils down to undo-cut/copy/paste doesn’t work in Tweetdeck. (at the point that I am testing it tonight. It may tomorrow with official 3.0 launch) I use copy and paste a ton with twitter so using it on a full fledged iPhone version would be second nature. All in all not a bad stab at the first iPhone lineup from Tweetdeck. Hope to see more out of the app from them in the future.
Rating:
I have mixed reviews of the iPhone version of Tweetdeck. I have issues running it and it seems to be less than stable. I am also running 3.0 on an orignial iPhone. However, it runs other apps flawlessly and does not crash. I think the thought process with being able to swipe for columns is an ingenious idea however, the execution is not that great. I am excited to see where this app goes in the future.
Grab the Feed
Short and sweet, and the apps for the iPhone is definitely a good entry point for Tweetdeck to compete against the likes of Tweetie and the dearth of other Twitter apps for the iPhone.
Two thumbs up.
Nice video. Impressed with how quick you got this out too.
I’m pretty excited about the iPhone version, I’ll be getting my first iPhone when the 3GS comes out over here and it’s gonna be cool to have my columns syncing. Presumably the sync also works between two or more computers too? Again useful. I’ll be checking this out fully tomorrow now – it’s getting kinda late/early here now.
Thanks Hugh! I bet sync will work. I only have iPhone and laptop to test between otherwise I could confirm it.
I’m a TweetDeck v0.25.1b user. How do I upgrade without losing all my Groups, Searches and column setups? I don’t see an update button anywhere.
You just go the site and have it replace it. Should keep everything because of the profile you have setup. Then when you make a tweetdeck account everything will sync via computers or iPhone. (thats how mine worked RE: update)
I just noticed there is also a cloud button on the bottom of each column (desktop) and it tells you what is popular in that column. Pretty interesting feature.
Nice review Chad!
There does seem to be a crashing issue with iphone Tweetdeck too which even rebooting doesn’t sort out. I know I’m not the only one affected by this so hopefully there’ll be a fix soon as it’s the only real barrier to enjoying it fully.
I have noticed that as well. Especially if I tried to use cut/copy/paste commonds on screen. Made it crash several times. Also if you shake it (undo or tweetdeck’s reload if you have it enabled) it makes it crash.
Nice article.
I tested the iPhone version myself using iPhone OS 3.0 Developers-edition.
It looks oke and got some great features indeed.
But… it’s pretty buggy. It closed 4 out of 5 time automatically using it normally.
Besides that; my opinion about the buttons is that some could be deleted. Why give the user several options to switch columns / view and second, slide between screens.
Bad luck you can’t copy-paste and the ‘more’ button gives you only 1 option. Glad it’s only a beta.
Last thing is the pop-up window, it’s not working that well. Once pressed and read the new messages, it’s buggy in clearing the window.
It’s a good start and it will be good eventually. They should look at OS 3.0 I think and make some difference / choices.
We’ll see in the future =).
Now that TweetDeck can handle multiple accounts, it and Seesmic seem to be running neck and neck for me. This definitely makes me want to give TweetDeck another shot. Decisions Decisions lol