Tag: Loren Brichter

  • The Tweetie Era

    There was a particular moment in the history of the iPhone when everything just seemed to click.

    The App Store was still young. Developers were discovering what the iPhone could actually do. Twitter was becoming a daily habit for an ever-growing number of people. And somewhere in the middle of all of that came Tweetie.

    Looking back, it is easy to think of Tweetie as simply another Twitter client.

    It wasn’t.

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  • Tweetie 2 to Launch with the Mac App Store Tomorrow

    RazorianFly was the first to report in the world that Tweetie 2 for Mac by Loren Brichter would exclusively launch with the Mac App Store, hours before the public launch of the digital store by Apple.

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  • Twitter for iPhone: First Impressions and Reactions

    Well, it happened. Loren Brichter’s @Tweetie 2 for iPhone is no more. Instead, Twitter has renamed the software ‘Twitter’, and the app is now available on the App Store for the mighty price of FREE.

    I’ve spent a little time with the software over the last few hours, and can now give you my first full impressions. (more…)

  • Textie – Free SMS From the Creators of Tweetie

    iPhone Integration [rating:3.5/5]
    Usability [rating:4/5]
    User Interface [rating:4.5/5]

    [rating:overall]

    From the creators of the award-winning (and now official) Twitter client Tweetie, comes Textie. A new, free and visually pleasing way to send short bursts to people, on the move. (more…)

  • The Tweetie 1.3 Fiasco.

    Sure, we all know Apple’s App Store review process is flaky, but last night they showed the world, it’s officially broken. Apple rejected to publish an update to the extremely popular Twitter client Tweetie [App Store] solely based on some bad language being present in Twitter trends at the time
    of it’s review.

    Although Apple saw sense in the end, and the update has now been approved, I and others have been left asking; Why did this happen?! .. (more…)