Doing a simple search for “Twitter” on the App Store brings up thousands of Twitter clients, specific for both the iPhone and the iPad. I myself love my iPad, and use it mainly for emails, Twitter and viewing the web. Having the ability to pick and choose out of thousands of Twitter clients for your iPad though, can seem like a very daunting idea for most.
Below are some of my personal favourites and the reasoning behind them, including some key features which make the Twitter experience that much more fun!
TweetDeck
For those that have used the TweetDeck for Desktop and have come well accustomed to the columns specific for different content, you’re in luck. With the ability to add custom columns, searches and editing your Twitter Lists, TweetDeck for the iPad seems like the perfect companion. TweetDeck for iPad also has the ability to seamlessly integrate with your TweetDeck account, meaning having the ability to fully sync with your TweetDeck for Desktop feeds as well.
@TweetDeck for iPad also supports multiple Twitter accounts. However, unlike the Desktop version, there is no ability to use other services at the same time (FaceBook, MySpace, Foursquare, Buzz, and even LinkedIn). The interface of TweetDeck for iPad is very similar to the Desktop application, giving those users that have fell in love with TweetDeck from the beginning another version to fall in love with. With beautiful landscape and portrait interfaces TweetDeck is definitely worth taking a look at.
Twittelator
Having never heard of @Twittelator, I was astounded by how well Stone Design Corp. pulled it off. After using the application for a few minutes, I had fallen in love. With the beautiful landscape and simple portrait interfaces, it was definitely a keeper. In landscape mode, your main timeline is featured to the left, where you have the ability to view selected sections to your right, such as DM’s, @replies, Channels (Twittelator specific), Search, Lists and Drafts.
A very noteworthy part of Twittelator is the Channels function. The Channels function allows you to select a specific category which has been tweeted about and then pulls all of the tweets surrounding that specific category. This is the feature that sold me Twittelator, the ability to view hundred’s of tweets only on the subject of Apple, or even Web Development. It was this function that, pulled off so beautifully and integrated so perfectly, kept me hitting the Twittelator icon on my SpringBoard.
Osfoora HD
I know that Jerry has already covered Osfoora HD, but I would just like to add some details that has made Osfoora HD my Twitter client of choice so far.
The main point I would like to make is that of the elegantly designed interface, both in landscape and portrait. Osfoora HD’s navigation is absolutely beautifully created, with a simple navigation bar at the bottom (including Timeline, Mentions, Messages, Search, Lists, Favourites and Nearby) to all of your standard controls on any Twitter client featured just below the status bar (Ability to add Multiple Accounts, Osfoora HD Settings, Edit Profile, Mark All As Read, Drafts, Compose).
Another extremely easy to use and navigate selection is when you select a tweet. A pop down menu is shown and you are now given even more options specific to that one tweet, such as Reply, Reply-All, Favourite, Retweet, Direct Messages, Email Tweet, Translate, (Delete option if the selected tweet is yours) and View Conversation (if the tweet is an @reply).
Osfoora HD absolutely smashed all my expectations and easily rose to the challenge of using all the space of the iPad’s screen.
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