My Favorite Way of Accessing Twitter from My iPhone
Over the last couple of weeks I have been looking for the best way to access Twitter from my iPhone. There are two basic ways of accessing Twitter from an iPhone: through a mobile browser or with a Twitter application. One method that is often overlooked is notification services. A notification service is a mixture of an application and a website. My favorite notification service so far has been Boxcar.
Boxcar is great for Twitter because it can send notifications for your entire timeline. Many Twitter applications only allow notifications for @ replies and DMs. Boxcar sends notifications for every tweet as they are sent. To some this may seen annoying, especially at night. Luckily, Boxcar allows you to set up a 'Quiet-Time.' During the Quiet-Time your iPhone will not receive any notifications from Boxcar. In my opinion, this makes Boxcar more like a desktop Twitter client. The Boxcar application is free when you set up one service. If you want to set up an additional service like Facebook or email, then you must complete an in-app purchase. I suggest you give this a fair shot. I really enjoy it.
Kyle L.
Reader Comments (1)
It crashes while setting up on my iPhone. I've read that sometimes it does not work well with jailbroken devices.