Twitter for Android

 
 Twitter for Android does a perfectly decent job, but there are better ways to access Twitter  

Great features are undermined by a few bugs. And did we mention the superior competition?
 

Free Third-party rivals eclipse the official app 

it's not surprising that the people behind Twitter decided to release an official app for Android.
The problem is that, even though it's official,there area number of other great apps out there that let you access Twitter and offer g-eat features - we're looking at you TweetDeck.
With this in mind,Twitter had to come up with something pretty special to get people to migrate to its service.

Luckily this app is a revelation for Android users - a functional yet fun piece of software. That's not to say that it is without a few bugs.

The interface cf the app will be instantly familiar to Twitter users.

Here you can tweet, re-tweet, look at lists, your profile and what messages and mentions you have.  

Drill into the options screen and you can set how often the app updates from Twitter.

Load it up on your phone and it integrates itself into the handset. Essentially this means you can flick through your contacts and see who has updated their Twitter accounts - a nice touch.

While tweeting and receiving works a charm, though, there aren't multiple accounts and you can't re-tweet and ado your own comment. And the fact that it is only available for Android 2.1 aid above is also frustrating. The other problem is the list of updates that appear seem rather short. Given that Twitter is a constant source of information it is frustrating having to keep refreshing. Twitter has also kept the 'can't re-tweet with a comment' nonsense that it does on its site

While you can update your feed with images, this was a bit buggy for You can tweet, re-tweet, look at lists, your profile and see what messages and mentions you have us.On a number of instances we were left hanging while the image failed to upload - this happened both on Wi-Fi and a 3G signal. And then there was the case of missing profile images, like some feeds were too data heavy for the app.

But there are some great features. These include the ability to see the day's trending topics and there's also a real-time search function that is a joy to use. Couple this with the GPS functionality and you have enough to keep you entertained.

The problem is that there are a number of better third-party apps on the market that not even Twitter can compete with, which makes this app rather redundant.