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We focus on GPS Tracking devices here at Rocky Mountain Tracking and even though there are new innovations in our field (coming soon!) we want to focus on the new Apple iPad and it’s Twitter influenced social media apps in this article.  We monitor new innovations in technology and feel the need to share with our gadget friendly blog readers!

Since the iPad is so new, the major social media apps have not been ported over for the iPad.  They will be there soon, but for now we must focus on what is available.  The top social media apps for iPad are in the Twitter category.

The Apple iPad

Here’s a review of these Apps:

TweetDeck

There’s nothing like a ‘buggy’ and ‘quirky’ app that makes life frustrating and this is especially so on a new device such as the iPad that you might still be getting used to.  Face it, some of us have gotten an iPad without the prior ownership of an iPod Touch or (heaven forbid) an iPhone.  TweetDeck, on the iPad does us no favors.

The interface is at issue here and the several problems with it make this a ‘thumbs down’ review.  First, you cannot open links in landscape mode.  Switching to portrait allows you to open them albeit in a very small window.  Second, the window that shows a single tweet is inordinately large.  So, the two need to be swapped.

The good things about TweetDeck are that it is the best place to follow many tweets all at once, and you can sync your desktop and iPad (if you have both) so that your columns are available on both.  If you are a power Twitter user, you will like this feature.

Twitterific

Not known as well as TweetDeck, Twitterific is nonetheless a powerful rival to TweetDeck.  The good thing about this is that the competition will drive both to be better in future releases.

It has none of the interface anomalies that TweetDeck does so you can open links in both landscape and portrait mode on Twitterific.  Also, the size of the windows is right based on what you are opening.  A webpage link is large and a single tweet is smaller but appropriately proportioned.

Twitterific’s landscape mode gives you an option pane on the left with the twitter feeds on the right.  This makes it easy to get to the options you need very quickly.  The downside of this pane is that it is not user customizable.

Since TweetDeck has an advantage in having a larger user base, and it allows for chugging through many tweets, it still remains the one to beat in a head-to-head competition.  But, those pesky ‘bugs’ remain the top concern.  Look for future releases to take care of these problems and bring it up to the same level as is Twitterific.

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