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Twinkle is the first and most famous social networking application for the iPhone and iPod touch. Hundreds of thousands of people have sent more than 30m messages on the application since it's launch. Friends have been reunited, new friendships have been formed and there have even been relationships started over Twinkle. Available since the first day of the appstore, this app is a must have f... Read Moreor your device. Discover interesting people near you and around the world. Connect and send messages and pictures to new and old friends.

Twinkle works as its own social network, but users can also connect to Facebook and Twitter and use Twinkle as a super-location aware client for reading/setting Facebook status/reading and tweeting Twitter status. We think it is the fastest and most efficient way to know what your friends and family are up to and to tell them what you are doing.

Features:
- Chat with people nearby by searching for messages posted in a radius around you (you can search everything from 1 mile to the world)
- Broadcast what you're up to and choose to send your status to Tapulous, Twitter and Facebook networks with one push of a button
- Attach pictures to your tweets or Facebook statuses
- Full-featured Twitter and Facebook support

What the media has been saying about Twinkle:
- "One of my favorites is Twinkle, a Twitter widget that lets you see posts from users in your area, even if you don't subscribe to their feeds. Twinkle reminded me of what a great geoapp can do: take an existing service and make it more practical by adding location data." Wired
- "Twinkle’s best trait is its location awareness. When you post to Twinkle, other Twinkle users can see what city you’re tweeting from. And a tap on the Nearby button lets you see tweets from Twinkle users near you, which is pretty cool." PC City
- "if you're in a Twitter-rich city, drilling down to 1- to 5-mile radius around you will let you know all sorts of things going on in your area as they're happening." CNET

Testimonials:
- "Thanks to Twinkle I met up with a guy for a coffee at LAX last week while waiting for a plane" - JenA
- "The BEST Twitter app for iPhone" - SubJuiced
- "I feel a lot closer to my neighbours, to the pulse of my community" - KyleMac
- "Can't believe it is free. Get it right now!" -Kay11
- "One of the top hits for the iPhone. Rock on Tapulous" - Jammed
- "Keeps gettin' better. Congrats Tapulous." Tyler

App Details

Category:: Social Networking
Release Date:: Jul 07, 2008
Homepage:: http://www.tapulous.co...
Publisher:: Tapulous
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Boxcar Review: Endorsed By The League Of Insane Twitterholics

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:25:06 UTC +00:00

The App Era

**WIN A COPY FOR FREE!** We all know Twitter is a massive destruction from work and school, this app is here to help you with that. Boxcar ($2.99) This app is the inaugural app endorsement of Twitterholics Anonymous (it’s fake for those without humor). Ever been to work or school and too distracted to tweet? Wish you’d be notified of mentions and DM’s? Well addict, meet daddy! Settings The app supports a wide array of Twitter clients. And yes, even both and free Twitter clients. This review is specifically tested with Twittelator Pro (my super love). However, free applications can be used against this like Twitterfon and Twinkle. You simply open the app and choose the client you want DM’s and mentions opened with. Please note that the app currently does support within app DM’s if you want ‘em opened and read “SMS” style. Push Me Up Once you have all Read More

Local Tweets: 9 Ways to Find Twitter Users in Your Town

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:01:12 UTC +00:00

Mashable

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29 Twitter Apps for the iPhone Compared

Sat, 02 May 2009 19:27:34 UTC +00:00

Mashable

Remember the days when we could count iPhone apps for Twitter on one hand? Well, those days are long gone, and if you’re having trouble keeping up with all the new additions, you’re not alone. Which apps are the real deal, worth the price, over-hyped, underrated, or just a plain waste of space? We’ll break it down for you and showcase the best based on categories like pay to play, freebies, search and trends, one hit wonders, and multi-purpose. Keep reading to find out which apps are worthy of your attention. Tell us what you think of the apps below in the comments. Tweetstack: Newcomer Tweetstack brings your TweetDeck columns to the iPhone. Tweetstack is also one of the most feature-rich Twitter clients we’ve seen, and we’re all a-twitter about multiple accounts, retweets, extra search goodness, and custom tabs. The only thing bringing Tweetstack down is the incredibly lengthy load time Read More

Keeping in touch with iPod touch Fans

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:27:46 UTC +00:00

iPod Touch Fans

#1 12-24-2008, 02:27 AM Community Manager Join Date: Sep 2007 iPad 2 (Black) 16GB We've been getting a lot of questions about alternative ways of following the latest developments at iPod touch Fans, so today we are happy to announce some great developments. First of all, the best way to get all of the news from iPod touch Fans as soon as it's posted is to use our Front Page News RSS feed:You can add this feed to your desktop RSS reader, online feed aggregators like Google Reader, or even reader Apps like Web Feeds ($3.99) or Free RSS Reader. We have also set up a Twitter account, which we will be using for notable news, behind the scenes snippets, and commentary:We would love to hear some reader input on what exactly you would like to see on our Twitter feed! Make sure to "Follow" us if you have Read More

Reviews

great interface, great service, one dealbreaker.

PrivacyNerd

Version: 1.0

I loved Twinkle from the moment I first used it a month or so ago. The new version of the app has a more polished look and some nice features. However, the need to sign up for a Tapulous account on top of the twitter account was a headscratcher. And unfortunately, Tapulous has no privacy settings, so anything I post from Twinkle isn't really protected from prying eyes the way twitter posts are. Other than that, fantastic app and a great add-on to the Twitter API.

Vampiric social network app masquerading as Twitter

Captain Wonkybutt

Version: 1.1

It really is the best Twitter app. Unfortunately it posts all your what would be private updates to Tapulous' Twinkle stream before cross posting them to Twitter. Tapulous is well aware of this confusion. When I contacted them the COO, Andrew Lacy, responded that it wasn't really a problem because, "The majority of Twinkle users are actually not on Twitter." SHENANIGANS my tweet stealing friend. SHENANIGANS. You're designed an intentionally misleading product. Shame on you.

Its gone down hill

Packard Sonic

Version: 1.0

It used to be simple. user name and password. Now its asking for my email and username? I don't get it... I seen that its now attaching to some other website and when I attempt to log in, it cant find my posts or anything else that I get twitters on. The old app crashed a lot but it at least could find my posts and I could post on it. Until you remove that Tapulous website from the equation I wont be using it again anytime soon and removing it from my phone altogether. You were good, but now you just plain stink! If I could give you any less stars I would but one is as low as they allow...

Twinkle is cool.

KryssiW

Version: 1.1

As someone that only just tried out twitter, twinkle's got me hooked. Chatting with people in the area is a great way to pass the time, and it's incredibly easy to do. That said, here's a list of stuff I want. 1. A distance option of 3000 miles. I'd like to be able to see everyone in the US, without seeing everyone from Australia too. (I'm on the east coast) 2. A blocking feature. 3. The ability to click on "@poster" so that I can see their posts. 4. A friend list and a way to add friends whose posts I can no longer see. 5. Extended profiles, so we can tell other people a little about ourselves. Think about it!! These are things that would only make twinkle better. Then I'll give it ten stars. :)

I'm constantly harrassed on twinkle

Askslim.org

Version: 1.1

Ever since I started using twinkle there is one person that has been harrassing and threatening me. He constantly use racist and homophobic slurs, which constitute hate crimes. He has said several times he was comming to where I was to shoot or assualt me. There is no option to block people and admin will not ban him. Not only should the app kick him off they should report him to the police. I'm amazed that they will not help me at all.

Great Twitter App! ...and so much more.

TheMBC14

Version: 1.0

There's one reason why other apps are crashing and burning when they're trying to locate friends near you: you have to register to a completely different social network. Why would people do that nowadays? Most people have registered where they want and have stayed there. Done. Well, Twinkly knows that and uses location-based services to show you other Tweets with a 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, and 1000 mile radius! And of course there's an option to show everyone's tweets from Twinkle.

Almost 5 stars, minus 3 for poor form

chuym

Version: 1.0

I _only_ used this when I had jailbroken my phone and was sad to see it not in the store at first. As I was about to download it I noticed that people were talking about having to sign up for yet ANOTHER service. In this day and age, trying to have people who are on one service sign up for a superfluous service just does not make sense. I am fairly disappointed and hope that this gets taken care of in the next release. That or I will stay with Twitteriffic.