Twinkle is available!

mattmccarty · 10:02 PM

One of the better apps from the old Installer is now available in firmware 2.0. I will have a full review in a bit.

Go ahead and download this free app!

App Store Link

quick review

conshok26 · Jul 17, 2008, 09:58 PM

very happy about this. I missed this app very much.

wok · Jul 17, 2008, 10:06 PM

Love it so far! Seems to scroll a lot smoother and just be zippier than twitterific and twittilator.

Also, I believe they're running a parallel "twitter" service that just uses your email address as username, you can also link your twitter account in settings, but its interesting that it's creating another service. neato

mattmccarty · Jul 17, 2008, 10:08 PM

I love the updated interface. It looks like OS X Leopard a little bit, which is a good thing!

kwjohns · Jul 18, 2008, 03:51 AM

How do you change your "identity?" I made a typo and now it won't change.

bryanpage · Jul 18, 2008, 06:24 AM

At least you got asked for an identity - for me it just picked one of my email addresses and websites and used that without even asking! I don't know where it got it from as I've never been a Twinkle user before.

Plus it is crashing whenever I try to tap on any links in a tweet.

So far I'm preferring Twittelator...

Sherb · Jul 18, 2008, 06:47 AM

To change my identity, I just erased my email and went to enter another one. It then let me change it.

websyndicate · Jul 18, 2008, 07:31 AM

Finally I was really hating that other app. I really miss twinkle from when I had it on the installer

bryanpage · Jul 18, 2008, 07:38 AM

I can change my email address fine, but it's not changing my username/status/title.

pcorajr · Jul 18, 2008, 07:43 AM

Cool App it seems to be and ok twitter App but i dont know if it will replace twitterriffic

genshi · Jul 18, 2008, 07:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bryanpage

At least you got asked for an identity - for me it just picked one of my email addresses and websites and used that without even asking! I don't know where it got it from as I've never been a Twinkle user before.

Plus it is crashing whenever I try to tap on any links in a tweet.

So far I'm preferring Twittelator...

Did you create an identity for Tap Tap Revenge to upload high scores? If so, both those apps share identity info since they are made by the same company.

I'm having issues with Twinkle crashing (I know they say 2.0 is unstable, but I have about 30 apps from the App store now and only Twinkle is crashing consistently.) Also, I can't believe someone was already using my normal user name! That just sucks... (not twinkle's fault though.)

It looks promising if it gets more stable for me.

WhySoSerious · Jul 18, 2008, 07:54 AM

sorry, but i'm not putting an app on my phone called "Twinkle".

"hey jerry, just get ahold of me on twinkle"

"too-ta-loo...!"

Diversion · Jul 18, 2008, 08:22 AM

Twitterrific was causing my iPhone to reboot upon starting up.. it was random but annoying... would reset my statistics.. so in with Twinkle and out with Twitterrific.. both good imo, though.

Fuchal · Jul 18, 2008, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhySoSerious

sorry, but i'm not putting an app on my phone called "Twinkle".

"hey jerry, just get ahold of me on twinkle"

"too-ta-loo...!"

Sucks to be you then.

too-ta-loo!

matperk · Jul 18, 2008, 09:32 AM

I'm glad twinkles back, but in my first twit using it, it froze once....

Hopefully it was just user error.

io_burn · Jul 18, 2008, 09:37 AM

Twinkle is tied with Pandora for the killer iPhone app at the moment. The geotagged tweets is just too cool. If you're anywhere near a metropolitan area your local wall is insane. This blows Twitterriffic out of the water with a 1,000 megaton nuclear warhead... AND it's free with no ads!

Remarkable!

Saladinos · Jul 18, 2008, 10:20 AM

I used this on my Jailbroken 1.1.4 phone, and I loved it. The local wall is also very cool - in London, where I was, there was a fantastic local community.

I'd recommend you all try it out. This is one of the best applications out there.

io_burn · Jul 18, 2008, 10:51 AM

So something I'm curious of- http://tapulous.com/blog/2008/07/tapulous-is-hiring/

How does a company with three products, all of which are free and have absolutely no advertising have money for salary? I'm assuming a venture capitalist that missed the memo on the whole ".com business plan where you give everything away for free" doesn't work...

plumbingandtech · Jul 18, 2008, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by io_burn

So something I'm curious of- http://tapulous.com/blog/2008/07/tapulous-is-hiring/

How does a company with three products, all of which are free and have absolutely no advertising have money for salary? I'm assuming a venture capitalist that missed the memo on the whole ".com business plan where you give everything away for free" doesn't work...

Possibly living off savings until they get hundreds of thousands of free downloads that they can approach venture people with.

But I think they are working on a paid deluxe version of tap tap so they may just go that route instead.

pcorajr · Jul 18, 2008, 12:14 PM

My question is why 2 profiles? You have a name in the twinkle network? and also sing in with you twitter account?

SlapMonkey · Jul 18, 2008, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by io_burn

So something I'm curious of- http://tapulous.com/blog/2008/07/tapulous-is-hiring/

How does a company with three products, all of which are free and have absolutely no advertising have money for salary? I'm assuming a venture capitalist that missed the memo on the whole ".com business plan where you give everything away for free" doesn't work...

http://tapulous.com/about/

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tapulous

We have great designers, iPhone hackers from the good old days, award-winning Mac developers, and lots of entrepreneurial energy. Plus we have great investors, and we love them for believing in our vision:

bryanpage · Jul 18, 2008, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by genshi

Did you create an identity for Tap Tap Revenge to upload high scores? If so, both those apps share identity info since they are made by the same company.

Ah - yes that explains it. Thanks.

Still would be nice to be able to change username though

javaGuru · Jul 18, 2008, 02:51 PM

Anyone else having problems getting Twinkle to refresh their comments etc..?

trentiles · Jul 18, 2008, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by javaGuru

Anyone else having problems getting Twinkle to refresh their comments etc..?

The Twinkle servers seem to be down for the last hour now. Geolocation doesn't work. Tweets aren't coming though either. Hopefully they fix this soon especially seeing they aren't even addressing it on their support forums.

razorianfly · Jul 18, 2008, 03:02 PM

This app is stunning in appearance.

I think it's the best looking app on the store, currently - and it's functional.

5 Stars.

R-Fly

Jul 17, 2008, 09:19 PM	#1
mattmccarty macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Collins,GA	Twinkle is available! One of the better apps from the old Installer is now available in firmware 2.0. I will have a full review in a bit. Go ahead and download this free app! App Store Link quick review __________________ I love my white Macbook, so much so I dream of owning a new unibody every night. Last edited by mattmccarty : Jul 17, 2008 at 10:02 PM.

Jul 17, 2008, 10:08 PM	#4
mattmccarty Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Collins,GA	I love the updated interface. It looks like OS X Leopard a little bit, which is a good thing! __________________ I love my white Macbook, so much so I dream of owning a new unibody every night.

Jul 18, 2008, 06:47 AM	#7
Sherb macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Colorado	To change my identity, I just erased my email and went to enter another one. It then let me change it. __________________ 2.66 Mac Pro - 250 GB - 160 GB - 2GB Macbook Pro - 2.4 - 200GB 2GB iPhone 3G 16GB

Jul 18, 2008, 07:31 AM	#8
websyndicate macrumors member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Spokane Valley,WA	Finally I was really hating that other app. I really miss twinkle from when I had it on the installer __________________ 2ghz MB CD w/2gb Ram 100gb 7200rpm 18mb cache. 2ghz Core Duo New iMac 20inch 4gb Ram and yes my iPhone and many other apple thing. Too many to list

Jul 18, 2008, 07:43 AM	#10
pcorajr macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2007	Cool App it seems to be and ok twitter App but i dont know if it will replace twitterriffic __________________ 20" iMac 2.4 GHz 4GB Ram. 8 GB iPhone

Jul 17, 2008, 09:58 PM	#2
conshok26 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Tonawanda, NY	very happy about this. I missed this app very much.

Jul 17, 2008, 10:06 PM	#3
wok macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2006	Love it so far! Seems to scroll a lot smoother and just be zippier than twitterific and twittilator. Also, I believe they're running a parallel "twitter" service that just uses your email address as username, you can also link your twitter account in settings, but its interesting that it's creating another service. neato

Jul 18, 2008, 03:51 AM	#5
kwjohns macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2007	How do you change your "identity?" I made a typo and now it won't change.

Jul 18, 2008, 06:24 AM	#6
bryanpage macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2008	At least you got asked for an identity - for me it just picked one of my email addresses and websites and used that without even asking! I don't know where it got it from as I've never been a Twinkle user before. Plus it is crashing whenever I try to tap on any links in a tweet. So far I'm preferring Twittelator...

Jul 18, 2008, 07:38 AM	#9
bryanpage macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2008	I can change my email address fine, but it's not changing my username/status/title.

Jul 18, 2008, 07:54 AM	#12
WhySoSerious macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Dallas, TX	sorry, but i'm not putting an app on my phone called "Twinkle". "hey jerry, just get ahold of me on twinkle" "too-ta-loo...!" __________________ It's all part of the plan... MacBook Pro 17" HighRes Glossy \| Snow Leopard 2.4 GHz Intel C2D \| 4GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM

Jul 18, 2008, 08:22 AM	#13
Diversion macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2007	Twitterrific was causing my iPhone to reboot upon starting up.. it was random but annoying... would reset my statistics.. so in with Twinkle and out with Twitterrific.. both good imo, though.

Jul 18, 2008, 09:32 AM	#15
matperk macrumors Demi-God Join Date: May 2004 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin	I'm glad twinkles back, but in my first twit using it, it froze once.... Hopefully it was just user error. __________________ MacPro 8x2.26/12GB RAM/4TB HP Mini 110-1125NR 4TB FW Drobo / Digital Rebel XTi

Jul 18, 2008, 09:37 AM	#16
io_burn macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Naperville, IL	Twinkle is tied with Pandora for the killer iPhone app at the moment. The geotagged tweets is just too cool. If you're anywhere near a metropolitan area your local wall is insane. This blows Twitterriffic out of the water with a 1,000 megaton nuclear warhead... AND it's free with no ads! Remarkable!

Jul 18, 2008, 10:20 AM	#17
Saladinos macrumors 65816 Join Date: Feb 2008	I used this on my Jailbroken 1.1.4 phone, and I loved it. The local wall is also very cool - in London, where I was, there was a fantastic local community. I'd recommend you all try it out. This is one of the best applications out there.

Jul 18, 2008, 10:51 AM	#18
io_burn macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Naperville, IL	So something I'm curious of- http://tapulous.com/blog/2008/07/tapulous-is-hiring/ How does a company with three products, all of which are free and have absolutely no advertising have money for salary? I'm assuming a venture capitalist that missed the memo on the whole ".com business plan where you give everything away for free" doesn't work...

Jul 18, 2008, 12:14 PM	#20
pcorajr macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2007	My question is why 2 profiles? You have a name in the twinkle network? and also sing in with you twitter account? __________________ 20" iMac 2.4 GHz 4GB Ram. 8 GB iPhone

Jul 18, 2008, 02:51 PM	#23
javaGuru macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2007	Anyone else having problems getting Twinkle to refresh their comments etc..?

Jul 18, 2008, 03:02 PM	#25
razorianfly macrumors 65816 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cheshire, United Kingdom	This app is stunning in appearance. I think it's the best looking app on the store, currently - and it's functional. 5 Stars. R-Fly __________________ Founder of RazorianFly.com • Co-Founder of RFly.Me. Shorten URLs on your iPhone • Contact Me • Twitter @razorianfly •

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