Is there anything left to say about Twitter that hasn’t been said? The microblogging service has grown enormously over the past few years, in part because of how well it works with mobile platforms. We’ve reviewed a ton of them for BlackBerry, and plan to round them up soon enough. Today we’ll take a quick look at Twitterlerts, the latest from Electric Pocket. It has a purpose different than most BlackBerry Twitter clients. While they’re more about using Twitter to set your status and reply to others, Twitterlerts is more about keeping up with news and other items while you’re on the go. In fact, you don’t even need a Twitter account to use Twitterlerts.
You can easily search for keywords, and save searches if it’s a subject you browse frequently. The neatest part is that you can set up the application to send updates to your inbox. You can then set up a certain alert — a ring, vibration, and/or LED notification — so you’ll know when new Twitter updates arrive.
If you do have a Twitter account, you can update your status, reply, and add followers based on your search. So it’s basic Twitter functionality with an enhanced search mechanism. That’s not going to pique everyone’s interest, but it sounds like a useful application if you use Twitter as more than a way to send brief updates to friends.
You can get Twitterlerts for $5 from the BBGeeks Store. If you want to give it a try first, you can get a free trial from App World.
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