Complete Guide to TwitterBerry, the BlackBerry app for Twitter

Posted by Rae on March 28, 2008 | 38 comments | Filed under : BlackBerry Applications

I totally admit to being a Twitteraholic. Heck, even the BBGeeks site itself is on Twitter. So when I found TwitterBerry, you better believe the first thing I did was download and install it. Below you’ll find an overview/guide of the new Twitter application for the BlackBerry which was made by Orangatame Software.

As always, before you download the application, you can take a look at a video preview we made of the application so you can “try before you buy” without having to download it yourself (and as usual, the application is free, but you get what we mean):

NOTE: Before you download the TwitterBerry Application for your BlackBerry, you will have to ensure that you are meeting the minimum system requirements and have a supported device. You will need:

And must be using one of the following devices:

Downloading the software

Getting the new TwitterBerry application for your BlackBerry is pretty dang easy. Simply head on over to the following URL and click on the one of the links under the “download now” heading (you are given the choice to load it to your USB or download it over the net):
Download the TwitterBerry application for BlackBerry smartphones here.

Clicking this link will take you over to the official Orangatame Software download page. Here you will be presented with two options as mentioned above. The first is to load via USB to your BlackBerry (available to Internet Explorer Only). The second option is to download the app straight to your BlackBerry over the air (only a good option for those with unlimited data plans).

Choose your desired method and click the link. If you chose over the air, you’ll be prompted to install it. If you downloaded to USB, you’ll need to upload the application to your BlackBerry and then install it.

That’s it folks. You will now see a small Twitter icon on your BlackBerry display. Click this icon, enter your username and password for Twitter and begin Tweeting on TwitterBerry!

Overview

TwitterBerry allows you to access all of the basic functions of Twitter. Every time you click on the T icon, you’ll be presented with a screen that asks you “What are you doing?”. Here you’ll type your latest Twitter message. As with the online version, you’ll be limited to 140 characters a message. As you type, the number of available characters left will go down.

Click on the menu button and you’ll see a list pop up that gives you a few options. Friend’s timeline will allow you to see what your friends are doing and the get replies feature will allow you to see the latest replies to @yourusername. The public timeline will allow you to see the latest tweets being sent out by the general public.

While TwitterBerry is a great app for keeping up with Twitter while on the road better than you can with SMS, there are still several things we’d love to eventually see supported including that currently are not:

There is however, one major problem with TwitterBerry – the unreliablity of the site that offers it. Sometimes the site goes down for a few days and then comes back up. Unfortunately, we have no way of knowing when it will have uptime or downtime, so if you click on the link and don’t go anywhere, we’re sorry for the inconvenience – try again in a few days and see if the site comes back up. In spite of that though, if you GET the app, it works fantastically. We’ve made several attempts to contact the folks at Orangatame Software to no avail. We’ll keep you posted. And while you’re on Twitter, subscribe to BBGeeks there and we’ll keep you abreast of any updates in regards to the TwitterBerry app.

Additionally, if you really like Twitter (have we mentioned that we do?) then you might want to check out these other guides to various applications you can use to access and post on Twitter that can save you some time and effort:

- Twitterfox Review
- Review of the Twhirl Twitter Client
- Using Netvibes as a Client for Twitter
- Review of TwitterTools to integrate WordPress and Twitter
- Twittering and Twitterific – A Review
- Twitterfeed Review
- Twitter and TwitBin – Microblogging Made Easy
- and for fun: The Guide to Being a Drunken, Debaucherous Twit

UPDATE

The good folks at Oangatame have updated the TwitterBerry application and included a bunch of new features for the Twitter community. Read more about the TwitterBerry 0.6 release here.

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1 attayaya October 25, 2009 at 8:51 pm: i still confuse using twitterberry on my BB Bold. but i keep trying
2 Updated walk through of TwitterBerry for BlackBerry | BB Geeks October 13, 2009 at 11:05 am: [...] to my feed or subscribe to us on Twitter!Can you believe it was over a year and a half ago that we initially reviewed TwitterBerry? That one was written by our resident Twitter expert, Rae, and since then the craze has spread. [...]
3 Ranking the BlackBerry Twitter clients | BB Geeks September 15, 2009 at 10:01 am: [...] BlackBerry Twitter clients. We’ll be adding more to this soon. In fact, look for an updated TwitterBerry review in the near future. Once it’s up, it’ll find its way onto this [...]
4 Moe September 3, 2009 at 1:39 pm: How do I get rid of all the twitterberry notifications on the homescreen of my blackberry???? HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!! send me an email ppl
5 Walking through BlackBerry Twitter client BBTweet | BB Geeks July 28, 2009 at 10:00 am: [...] also reviewed a number of BlackBerry Twitter clients, and the list is growing. It started with TwitterBerry (due for an update), and progressed to UberTwitter, Tiny Twitter, Twibble, and Blackbird. Today we [...]
6 leon knopik July 27, 2009 at 6:18 pm: Every time o try and login its says wrong password and usename when I know I put in my email address and my password but still says wrong ….. Could u please help
7 Theme Review Wednesdays: TweetBerry, FutureX, Storm | BB Geeks July 15, 2009 at 10:00 am: [...] and that’s not going to end any time soon. It started a year and change ago, with our TwitterBerry review — which, we know, is due for an upgrade. More recently we’ve reviewed UberTwitter [...]
8 Saundra June 15, 2009 at 11:13 pm: Did not see the Blackberry Curve 8900 on list. Please clarify. Thanks
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10 asadkhan May 26, 2009 at 11:13 pm: i was first intrigued by twitter when a us piolot safely landed his aeroplane in the river and somebody informed twittercom on his twitter and the news spread the world like wildfire with minutes the world over.then i read an indian bolliwood super star when he said blackberry has become a scourge among the youngsters.being advanced in age i may take some time to understand it.but the news of a103 year old lady using twitter gives me heart.i much younger.
11 Keeping Up With BBGeeks Across the Web | BB Geeks May 12, 2009 at 1:30 pm: [...] the BBGeeks Complete Guide to TwitterBerry as a primer then go ahead and sign up for a free Twitter account. Follow BBGeeks to join in on the [...]
12 Llus May 7, 2009 at 8:51 pm: I just got this disturbing issue… Every time i get updates from one specific, only one, member that i`m following, my device gets stuck !… It stays like that from 5 to 10 minutes and it´s pretty troubling seeing this memeber tweets. It happens ONLY with this member, what can I do?…
13 Kisha April 25, 2009 at 9:57 pm: I can’t get my tweet updates back they don’t come even when I type “ON” on my twitterberry?? What can I do to get my updates and tweets back??
14 j dog April 11, 2009 at 3:07 pm: I have twitterberry and facebook apps on my 8350i. When I upload a picture to twitterberry it takes 45 minutes to load it. I works great for facebook but not for twitter. Is there something I need to do? This is when I take a picture from my phone and want to send it to someone.
15 Have you experienced the BlackBerry “yawn effect”? | BB Geeks April 7, 2009 at 7:29 am: [...] the tips these executives dole out: it’s nothing really new. A few suggest applications like TwitterBerry, Viigo, and Facebook. Then there is the advice about putting away the Berry sometimes and not [...]
16 Sabra14 April 3, 2009 at 12:33 pm: I already use TwitterBerry on my curve and love it. Is there an application or download for having multiple twitter accounts go to the same number? I’m trying to get my personal and business Twitter account to my phone. help!
17 Rob Turner March 1, 2009 at 9:13 pm: I just text fbook (the numbers on the BB) and update my facebook status with the “@ water I want to say” and with the twitter app in facebook it updates my twitter for me.

Not quite as good as the app but works for me as I dont have the browsing enabled on the Blackberry.
18 amy February 7, 2009 at 10:13 am: I just downloaded and installed Twitterberry to my BB Storm yesterday, and somehow managed to get the “public” feed as the default – now I can’t figure out how to change it and deleting/reinstalling didn’t help. How can I get back into the set-up menus and change so I can actually see the tweets of the folks I follow instead of everyone else who happens to have a twitter account? Help me please! Thanks!
19 alan January 30, 2009 at 12:27 pm: Valerie, Twitter does not have any chat rooms. It is designed as a big chat room for the entire world. The more people you add (follow) and follow you back the more updates you start to see from them. Its like keeping a mini social blog that only consist of 140 characters or less. it updates you the status of every user everytime they input or tweep (message).
20 valerie January 23, 2009 at 4:29 pm: can you pls tell me what app i need to be able to enter the twitter chat rooms? i have twitterberry and i really love it but i would like to also go into the chat rooms. i have a blackberry curve with unlimited internet. in my normal browser i can enter the chat rooms but it does not allow me to view the tweets. if you can pls help me i would be forever thankful. my twitter name is @galtheval.

thank you,
valerie
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24 BlackBerry News From The Wire for the week of 1/5/2008 | BB Geeks January 8, 2009 at 11:58 am: [...] the service that wants you to answer the question, what are you doing? We’ve talked about the TwitterBerry application before, noting the good and the bad. A recent survey has it ranked as having the most Tweets per [...]
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27 Kami Huyse December 5, 2008 at 5:08 pm: I direct message people on Twitterberry all the time, just type d username and then your message.

Also, it allows you to get Direct Messages and Replies by hitting the Menu button.

As you say, I haven’t seen a way to add people, or to retweet a message I like. Those functions would make it much more useful
28 Twitter Help Monthly Roundup Round 4 | BB Geeks November 10, 2008 at 12:26 pm: [...] barifrankel says: HELP! I use Twitterberry on my curve but how do i attach links or pics to my tweets from my blackberry? Thank you! Twitter is sure taking off and we are glad to see you all on here. If you are also new to Twitter, check out the complete Guide to TwitterBerry! [...]
29 Geek Review: FindMe for your BlackBerry | BB Geeks May 12, 2008 at 12:31 pm: [...] you to update your social media profiles including the Facebook for BlackBerry application and TwitterBerry. Today we are going to check out an application called FindMe developed by Electric Pocket. Using [...]
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31 Orangatame launches TwitterBerry 0.6 | BB Geeks May 7, 2008 at 12:20 pm: [...] to our site. You may want to subscribe to the feed or follow us on Twitter.When Rae wrote about the TwitterBerry application for BlackBerry, she listed a number of features she’d like to see in an updated version. [...]
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