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For starters, <a href="http://tweetdeck.com/iphone/">Tweetdeck for iPhone</a> is free of charge, compared to the £2.99 it costs to download Tweetie. This won't break the bank, but when there's a free Twitter app with the same functionality, Tweetie's developers must be worried. The app is organised in much the same way as the desktop client, initially with three columns for all friends, DMs, and replies. You can move the columns along with your finger and click on a column to focus on it: <img alt="Tweetdeck iPhone" height="377" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3338/3635362790_517c319dce_o.jpg" width="260" /> Clicking on any tweet will give you the detail, and provides options to click on links, reply send a DM to that user, or retweet it: <img alt="" height="377" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3409/3635362834_601e17de6d_o.jpg" width="260" /> If you click on a link in a Tweet, it opens up within the app, but allows you to zoom in to read the text more easily. This is preferable to opening links in the phone's browser, making it easier to get back to the main Tweetdeck screen: <img alt="Link opened within Tweetdeck app" height="372" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3611/3635400892_ed1b381e35_o.jpg" width="260" /> Retweeting and replying is easier on the Tweetdeck app too; it could be done on Tweetie but takes one less click to achieve: <img alt="RT on Tweetdeck" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2435/3635362860_1eebafabd2_o.jpg" width="260" /> Like the desktop version, it's a great reputation monitoring tool, and it's easy to set up a search for a particular keyword or phrase, or add a user group: <img alt="Add columns" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3642/3634582551_b44de74344_o.jpg" width="260" /> This just adds a new column, which can all be moved left or right as you prefer: <img alt="" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3334/3635362914_46b8bd635f_o.jpg" width="260" /> Perhaps I pressed the refresh button (you can also set it to refresh when you shake the phone) too often when trying out the app as I reached the API limit of 100 'calls' per hour, though I don't think I refreshed 100 times. This means I have to wait for the next hour for it to reset, which could become annoying, though you can at least monitor this at the top of the screen to avoid this issue: <img alt="Tweetdeck API limit reached" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3352/3635390734_cffc9fb179_o.jpg" width="260" /> Tweetdeck for iPhone is excellent, easy to use, and has managed to translate most of the functionality of the desktop client onto the mobile app. There's a feature comparison of Tweetdeck and Tweetie on <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/06/16/tweetdeck-vs-tweetie/">Mashable</a>, which concludes that Tweetdeck is the one to choose, and it's hard to disagree with that conclusion. Tweetdeck for iPhone provides an attractive user interface, and is fast, full of useful features, and completely free of charge. The <a href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=tweetdeck%20iphone">initial feedback about the app on Twitter</a> seems pretty positive too. Definitely worth downloading.

For starters, <a href="http://tweetdeck.com/iphone/">Tweetdeck for iPhone</a> is free of charge, compared to the £2.99 it costs to download Tweetie. This won't break the bank, but when there's a free Twitter app with the same functionality, Tweetie's developers must be worried. The app is organised in much the same way as the desktop client, initially with three columns for all friends, DMs, and replies. You can move the columns along with your finger and click on a column to focus on it: <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3338/3635362790_517c319dce_o.jpg" alt="Tweetdeck iPhone" width="260" height="377" /> Clicking on any tweet will give you the detail, and provides options to click on links, reply send a DM to that user, or retweet it: <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3409/3635362834_601e17de6d_o.jpg" alt="" width="260" height="377" /> If you click on a link in a Tweet, it opens up within the app, but allows you to zoom in to read the text more easily. This is preferable to opening links in the phone's browser, making it easier to get back to the main Tweetdeck screen: <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3611/3635400892_ed1b381e35_o.jpg" alt="Link opened within Tweetdeck app" width="260" height="372" /> Retweeting and replying is easier on the Tweetdeck app too; it could be done on Tweetie but takes one less click to achieve: <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2435/3635362860_1eebafabd2_o.jpg" alt="RT on Tweetdeck" width="260" height="375" /> Like the desktop version, it's a great reputation monitoring tool, and it's easy to set up a search for a particular keyword or phrase, or add a user group:  <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3642/3634582551_b44de74344_o.jpg" alt="Add columns" width="260" height="375" /> This just adds a new column, which can all be moved left or right as you prefer:  <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3334/3635362914_46b8bd635f_o.jpg" alt="" width="260" height="375" /> Perhaps I pressed the refresh button (you can also set it to refresh when you shake the phone) too often when trying out the app as I reached the API limit of 100 'calls' per hour, though I don't think I refreshed 100 times. This means I have to wait for the next hour for it to reset, which could become annoying, though you can at least monitor this at the top of the screen to avoid this issue: <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3352/3635390734_cffc9fb179_o.jpg" alt="Tweetdeck API limit reached" width="260" height="375" /> Tweetdeck for iPhone is excellent, easy to use, and has managed to translate most of the functionality of the desktop client onto the mobile app. There's a feature comparison of Tweetdeck and Tweetie on <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/06/16/tweetdeck-vs-tweetie/">Mashable</a>, which concludes that Tweetdeck is the one to choose, and it's hard to disagree with that conclusion. Tweetdeck for iPhone provides an attractive user interface, and is fast, full of useful features, and completely free of charge. The <a href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=tweetdeck%20iphone">initial feedback about the app on Twitter</a> seems pretty positive too. Definitely worth downloading.

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I've just downloaded the newly released Tweetdeck for iPhone, which contains all the features of the desktop version, currently the <a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3131-tweetdeck-makes-twitter-so-much-easier">best way to organise your Twitter activity</a>. Having used Twitterific for mobile tweeting before, I have been using Tweetie lately, but will Tweetdeck for iPhone convince me to abandon it?

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Econsultancy has published a <a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/mobile-marketing-buyers-guide">Mobile Marketing Buyer's Guide</a> which is aimed at those who are investigating the market for mobile marketing platforms, with profiles of 14 leading suppliers and an analysis of market trends. See also our <a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/mobile-statistics">Mobile Statistics Compendium</a> for data, facts and charts relating to mobile.

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