Just before leaving for SxSWi, I bought myself a new mobile phone: An HTC Hero. I love virtually all of the phone. It is taking a bit to get used to the new options and new abilities, but it works.
The one thing on the phone that wasn’t working for me? Peep – HTC’s Twitter client. I didn’t have time to grab a different client before I left, so I was stuck using either the mobile client or Peep (when it worked) to do my tweeting. PAIN in the arse. For real.
On my desktop and laptop, I use TweetDeck. I have used CoTweet for business accounts as well (and will again), but most of the time it is TweetDeck. I love it. BUT, it isn’t on the Android yet. (Please, TweetDeck, get it there as soon as possible.)
Yesterday, I tweeted and Facebooked:
I didn’t put out my specific needs, because I wanted to hear from the world what they thought. My requirements?
- Easy to use
- Don’t hang my phone
- Handles multiple accounts
- Let me do everything (or close to it) that TweetDeck does.
The results kind of startled me: An almost perfect split between Twidroid and Seesmic. And I mean within one vote.
The Twidroid folks all seemed to be using the free version. Since it doesn’t do multiple accounts, I went with Seesmic. If I don’t like it, I may spring for the $5 and get Twidroid.
What I really want: TweetDeck on my Droid. What about you?
Tags: android, htc hero, mobile, peep, seesmic, tweetdeck, twidroid
@Richard: I am following your Twitter stream. Can’t wait to try the Android client out. Let me know if you need beta testers
Hi there,
Glad to hear you’re hoping for TweetDeck on your Hero. Just a heads-up that our Android client is well on its way and is looking very neat indeed so far
I think you’re going to love it. Keep an eye on my Twitter stream for more news over the next few weeks…
Richard Barley (@richardbarley)
TweetDeck Community Manager