RIM has launched a new update to Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones that adds features including geotagging, new language support, cleaner interfaces, new notifications and more. Here are more details:
New Twitter for BlackBerry v 1.1 features include:
Direct Messages - Renamed "Messages," direct messages are now threaded in the style of BBM conversations. Related messages are grouped together, making the direct message area less cluttered
@mention Push Notifications ? Users are now alerted with push notifications to the ribbon when they have @mentions, helping users quickly reply to @mentions
#Topic Autocomplete ? When users include a hashtag in their tweet, a dropdown list of key words will be presented based on previously used #topics
Social Feeds Integration ? Deeper integration with Social Feeds allows users to perform Twitter actions right from Social Feeds, without launching the app
Retweet Updates ? Retweets now appear in the Home timeline with a tag of ?retweeted by you,? quickly alerting users that a retweet has been sent
New Gesture Support ? BlackBerry smartphone users with a touch screen device can now refresh page content by simply dragging a finger down the device screen and releasing it
Additional language support ? New languages supported include Polish and Czech
Did you know? Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones has been downloaded more than 10 million times!
Twitter for BlackBerry 1.1 runs on BlackBerry Device Software 4.5 or higher and requires a data plan. Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones v1.1 is a beta download available through BlackBerry Beta Zone: www.blackberry.com/beta
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