Android getting 'official' Twitter app, too

By Phil Nickinson  | Apr 14 2010 | 9:43 pm  | 19 Comments

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Just as we predicted (more or less), Android's going to be getting its own "official" Twitter client. Head Tweeter Evan Williams said as much today at the annual Chip Twitter conference (yes, there is such a thing). And by "official" we mean either something of Twitter's own design, or a third-party Twitter client purchased buy the head Tweeters themselves, just like Tweetie on the iPhone. (We're betting on the latter.) As to which (if any) client might get swallowed by the big bird? Your guess is as good as ours. [via Tech Crunch]

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entwined82 says:

I hope Twidroid

Jared DiPane says:

Twidroid has potential UI wise, but I would rather the speed and ease of Hootsuite honestly.

nycraze says:

Great news! I hope they release it fast.

johnolesen says:

Tweetie for Android would be nice.

entwined82 says:

a port of Tweetie is interesting. Thats one thing I hadn't considered but would absolutely love.

cpuking2009 says:

Tweet caster is the best I seen on the android platform.A speed increase would be nice.

Buckaroo Banzai says:

They should buy Twidroid, Touiteur & Seesmic and atom-smash them into the perfect client. However, they will likely buy some lame-o existing app and then half-ass their approach, making us wait until version 3.0 until it equals something already on the market. Uh-huh.

Vonbane says:

I vote for Tweetcaster.

kevinthorn says:

Hmmmm.... Tweetdeck has been announced as coming to Android...now this news!!! Could it be...."Tweetdeck, the OFFICIAL Twitter client for Android"?? I hope so.

california droid. says:

I hope its either EchoFan or TweetDeck.

James Tanner says:

Not surprising. Well, maybe that it took this long is. Blasterous is on Android (and of course iphone - boo hiss) - albeit its only a version 1.

Duvi says:

I believe they'll do a port to android of Tweetie. They probably can get an Android dev from one of the current apps and for them to work with the creator of Tweetie.

AndroidianSlip says:

i perfectly happy with Touiteur and the way it has been progressing. As long as I can keep using it, I don't really care what Twitter does.

kpageisgreat says:

I really like Touiteur now. I like the overall aspect of it. and hopefully it can progress to something better

mi_canuck says:

most "official" Android apps suck anyways, since this isn't really anything to get excited about... Twidroid is big and bloated... Touiteur works great, but buggy, especially with custom ROMs... there's really no great solution... Android just sucks

Buckaroo Banzai says:

With "canuck" in your name, just so you know, your opinion is completely irrelevant on all matters. Ah, Canada... America's hat.

misterfan says:

Cool news.

I use Touiteur, not a fan of Twidroid at all, nonetheless whatever Twitter chooses won't really make much of an impact since there's always going to be choices.

stringtokenizer says:

Found another twitter client app for android is called sobees.

http://www.askabouthugo.com/general/sobees-anothertwitter-client-for-you...

TeddyS13 says:

I Like the HTC Peep