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Last month, Twitter launched its BlackBerry app. Then, it bought Tweetie. Now, in a move that's guaranteed to stir up more conversation among third-party app developers, Twitter has expanded its mobile kingdom to the Android platform thanks to a brand new app.As Twitter explains on its blog, the new app allows Android users to easily access their timelines via a special homescreen widget, and view tweet locations on maps. Twitter integration runs deep through the operating system: users can see their friends' latest tweets from their address book, in GoogleTalk apps or from any other application that uses Android's QuickContact bar. The app is already available for download in the Android Market, but will only run on Android 2.1 and above. If you have an older version, Twitter recommends that you just go directly to its standard mobile site -- we recommend Twidroid.
As Mashable notes, Twitter's latest foray into the Android app market may rub some third-party developers the wrong way -- especially Loic Le Meur, CEO of Seesmic and maker of one of the more popular Android Twitter apps. Earlier this month, Le Meur brushed aside the notion that Twitter might pose a threat to independent app developers. Twitter's decision to enter the Android app market comes as no great surprise; it's already made its intent to consolidate all too clear over the course of the past few weeks. Now, it's up to independent developers to adapt and react to a marketplace that's suddenly become a lot more crowded. [From: Twitter, via: Mashable and TechCrunch]
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Subscribe to commentsStasMay 3rd 2010 3:52PM
thanks, this was very helpful.
Thomas HoustonMay 3rd 2010 4:57PM
@Stas, have you used the app yet?
Zak Jones!May 6th 2010 2:11PM
I think the only surprise was that it took them this long.