Just few hours after the announcement of Twitter app for BlackBerry, Twitter also announced their acquisition of Tweetie, the popular twitter client for iPhone.
Tweetie (won 2009 Apple Design Award) will be renamed “Twitter for iPhone” and made free (currently USD$2.99) in the iTunes AppStore in the coming weeks.
The Tweetie developer, Loren Brichter, will be hired as a key member of Twitter mobile team and help Twitter in the development of “Twitter for iPad”.
My two cents
Tweetie is a great twitter client for iPhone, which I’m currently using too. I’m glad that Twitter acquired the app and make it free. A good news for all iPhone users!
However, I also hope that the acquisition would not terminate the development of “Tweetie for Mac”, another project of Loren Brichter.
Tweetie for Mac has not been updated for a long time. I afraid, after working with Twitter, Loren might not have anymore spare time to update the software.
It seems like Twitter is actively entering Twitter client market, which I think is a must. Personally, I don’t visit Twitter website to tweet. I only tweet on my twitter client, on iPhone or Mac.
So, first is Twitter for BlackBerry, then Twitter for iPhone. What’s next? Twitter for Android? Twitter for Symbian (Nokia)?
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