Tweetie Has a New Rival – Birdfeed 1.2
Tweetie is the most successful app for the iPhone when it comes to Twitter. Almost a quarter of the tweets I read say ‘from Tweetie’ underneath indicating that the tweeter is using the popular app.
A few months back, a new kid on the block called Birdfeed was released and it definitely made some waves. However I think user loyalty took precedence and people stayed with Tweetie. However, the other day an updated version of Birdfeed was submitted to the app store for approval.
This version aims to fight tooth and nail with Tweetie using Twitter’s upcoming geolocation feature as its main weapon. The geolocation feature will allow you to post your current location along with your regular Tweet. Although Tweetie will also have this integrated, Birdfeed is making it its headline feature but putting the Geolocation entry box along the top of the screen as opposed to Tweetie whereby one must go through a menu to bring it up.
There will also be mapping of the Tweet’s location so users can click on your Tweet and view your location.
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Maybe I don’t utilize gelocation the way others would, but I would not choose a twitter client based upon this feature.