Showing posts with label Android Social. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Android Social. Show all posts

Boid for Twitter (Alpha) - The Best Twitter Client For Android

Posted by Sibyl A.S. ♡ On Tuesday, April 24, 2012 2 comments
I may be one of the few who like the official Twitter app for Android. Compared to most third-party Twitter apps, it has a cleaner looking UI. I'd go for clean and beautiful UI over functional clients like HootSuite or Tweetcaster any day. With that being said, wouldn't it be great if a Twitter client had a nice user interface but still was functional? Well my friends, you probably haven't meet Boid for Twitter.


Boid for Twitter is a unique Twitter client that takes advantage of Ice Cream Sandwich and makes use of its - must I say - overly used Swipe gesture. With just a swipe, you can access different tabs/columns which includes Profile, Direct Messages, Home, Mentions, Trends, and Favorites from left to right.


Incredible UI




On the top are icons for the tabs/columns previously mentioned.


On the bottom, you'll find on-screen navigational buttons which change depending which tab you are on. You can basically post tweets, search for tags and users, and hit refresh on all tabs.


Option to send direct messages and access your profiles vary with the opened tab.


So yeah, Boid for Twitter supports multiple accounts.




Twitter updates for all accounts will be unified on the Home column.




Assign colors to your profiles to help distinguish tweet updates from different accounts. Just select the profile from the Profile Column and choose from blue, purple, black, and yellow among many others.




Set the default column.
Whenever you launch Boid, you will be immediately taken there.




Pull to refresh.




Add/Delete a column.




Change the theme.
Currently limited to Dark, Light, and Dark and Light.








Post tweets longer than 140 characters.
The app supports Twtmore.


So far, only phones running ICS are compatible with the app. So if you have a non-ICS phone, you won't see it on Google Play no matter what you do. And may I remind you that Boid for Twitter is still on Alpha which means it could have few bugs here and there. The latest version is stable though. No force closing of any sort :-) Also worth mentioning is the fact that the Boid team is actively pushing out updates throughout each week. Last week's bugs could be this week's fix. 


What are you waiting for? Go download it at Google Play for free! Boid for Twitter may be on Alpha but it sure looks like its nearing its final release. For more information, feel free to visit the Boid for Android website. And if you're wondering what the team has in store for Boid, you might as well check their roadmap too. Hope you like Boid just as much as I do ;-)


[ Google Play Download Link ]

Official Formspring For Android

Posted by Sibyl A.S. ♡ On Monday, January 30, 2012 No comments
The official Formspring for Android is out! It is a social platform that lets you ask questions anonymously or with your own Formspring account. If you want to gossip, stalk, or learn more about someone - be it a friend or a stranger - you should download this app and sign up for an account too!

[S]he Talks App Rating & Review
Formspring
by Formspring



RATING: 4.5 out of 5.

For an initial release, I'm impressed with the official Formspring for Android app. In fact, it made me sign up for Formspring!

PROS
  • App is FREE
  • Clean and smooth UI
  • Refresh tabs by clicking menu button and selecting 'Refresh'
  • Option to log in with Facebook and follow Facebook friends on Formspring on first use.
  • Option to connect your Formspring account to Facebook and Twitter
  • When answering questions, you are always given the option to post answers on Facebook, Twitter, or none of the two.
  • Notifications work
  • Home tab lets you browse through recently answered questions of the people you follow
  • Send a photo under your Home tab by selecting the camera icon on top right
  • Inbox tab lets you preview all unanswered questions directed to you
  • You can answer questions from the Inbox
  • Under Inbox, announce that you need questions by clicking the top right button. You can make announcements to Formspring followers, Facebook friends, and Twitter follower
  • Ask tab lets you ask questions to contacts or people you are following
  • Access your Profile to see questions you've answered
  • Connect your Formspring account to Twitter, change your profile photo, and edit notification settings by clicking 'Settings' button on top right corner of your Profile tab.
  • Friends lets you monitor followers and people you're following
  • You can find friends on Facebook, Twitter, and Address Book who have Formspring accounts via Friends
  • Searching by username to add friends is also possible through the Friends tab
  • Friends tab also allows you to invite friends via email. Emails of friends are instantly acquired for you.
CONS
  • Option to log out is difficult to reach. You have to go to Profile > Settings > Log Out
  • I had difficulty connecting Formspring to Twitter. I had to log in with my laptop to connect it to Twitter.
  • Tabs are on the top part of the screen. If you have a large screen phone and small hands, it'll be difficult to reach them.
FINAL VERDICT:

For an initial release, the official Formspring for Android app is near perfection. But I would like to see an easier way to log out. Also, I think it would be better for everyone if the tabs appear on the bottom part of the screen for easier access with large-screen phones.


Don't forget to follow me on Formpsring :) My username is BloggingAda. Please be respectful with your questions.

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