I just tried Twitter for BlackBerry 3.0, and to be honest -I hate itI think there are a few problems. This is why:
- Version 3.0 does not have the GPS capability added in Twitter for BlackBerry 2.0. You no longer have the option of adding a location to your tweets; which is something I liked to do. So now RIM is ELIMINATING features - great job!
EDIT 4/3/12 - 10:05 AM: I've heard from version 3 users that this feature does exist in version 3. However, there is no option to add location to tweets in my Options menu (yes I did look there before posting this).
EDIT 4/3/2012 - 11:54 AM: The option is there. It's under Options -> Manage Accounts -> enable/disable in whichever applicable account. Thank you to user MADBRADNYC for the help!
- The BBM integration comes with a very big caveat: every freaking time you tweet you get a dialog box asking if you want to post your tweet to BBM. There is no way to dismiss this permanently and it's redundant anyhow: you can already choose whether to share the tweet to BBM from the Compose Tweet PopScreen.
- The new method of displaying Twitter handles is ridiculous. Instead of displaying the Twitter username/handle next to each tweet, the new version displays the 'real name' in boldface and the handle in lightface next to it - if there is any room. Given that the real name is usually longer, and sometimes cannot be fully displayed this is a puzzling choice by RIM. What's worse is that there is no way to change this. This change may be in keeping with how Twitter's new web interface is designed, but Twitter's web interface is meant for a PC monitor. There is considerably less space on a BlackBerry screen.
- The claims that it's "easier to share photos" is a canard. It's the same process as 2.0, they've just added support for pic.twitter. IMO, sharing photos via Twitter for BlackBerry has always been pretty simple.
That said, does anyone know how to downgrade to version 2.0? Is there somewhere I could grab the installer?
I'm hanging on to this version. It still has better performance (e.g. less hang) than version 2.