Jun 3

Written by: Mike Temporale
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 1:30pm

I’ve been using Twitter for the last couple months as a good quick way to stay in touch with friends and to provide quick updates about what in the world I’m doing. I started out using a Windows Mobile app called TinyTwitter that would allow me to read and post from my account. But I’ve so many problems with it that I think it’s time to try out another app. Mauricio from GeekZone suggested I take a look at Fring. I had used Fring a while back, but after downloading and installing the current version, it’s clear that things have changed and been improved. It appears to handle a number of communication protocols - from MSN Messenger, to AIM, to Skype, to Google, to Twitter and even a couple more. Overall I would say Fring is packed with features. Unfortunately, there’s a couple negatives as well. First, I found it to be very cluttered and confusing to navigate. That’s not terrible, but it’s a little annoying. I’m sure over time I would get used to the layout and better understand things. The other problem, which is more of a showstopper in my books, is the power usage. My battery went from about 80% when I went to bed last night, to just about 10% when I awoke 5 hours later. That’s pretty bad in my books. I need better battery life than that. I didn’t even realize that it was running, but it was and it chewed through all my power.

So now I’m back looking for different Twitter apps for Windows Mobile. If you have any suggestions, please share them with me. Until I find something worthwhile, I’ll just use the mobile version of their website. It does a pretty good job by itself!