Best Ways to Use Twitter With Nokia Phones

If you’re one of the millions of people using Twitter, I’ll tell you the best ways to use it with your recent Nokia or S60 phone. I’ll show you what applications to use and how you can show location, videos, and pictures with your tweets.

Twitter Nokia e71

Application For Twitter

A common question I see is what application to install to use Twitter on their S60 Nokia phones. The answer is twibble. You can even use your phone’s GPS for twibble to include your location with your tweets. You can supposedly insert photos thru twibble, but I got errors trying. I’ll tell you more about tweeting with photos so keep reading. Download twibble mobile.

Using the S60 Browser For Twitter

If you do not like Twibble, a better way to send tweets is accessing m.slandr.net through the browser. Update: I now prefer to use dabr.co.uk because it seems to have more options and looks prettier. You can send tweets, view replies, and check direct messages here as well. This is for you if you don’t want to bother installing anything on your phone. Alternatively, you can use m.twitter.com to keep it simple and don’t need to see replies nor direct messages.

Dabr Slandr Twitter Twibble
Dabr, Twibble and Slandr For twitter

How to Add Photos with Tweets

Add twitpic as an upload site in Shozu. Take a photo, add a title for the picture, then send it to twitpic using Shozu. Here’s a sample tweet with a photo inserted through Shozu.

Sample Tweet Twitpic
Sample tweet using twitpic

How to Add Videos with Tweets

Another cool way to use Twitter with your Nokia phone is by adding live video streams. You can read about it on my previous post

Your Thoughts

So there you have it… the best ways to use Twitter with your Nokia phones. Are you a Twitter user? Let me know in the comments below which methods above you have already been using and/or have not known about. Also consider following me on twitter.

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  • Great tips. Tried twibble since you twitted it to someone and it's the best twitter client i've tried. I was using twitter on twitter.com through opera, I liked it because I didn't have to login every time.
    I've tried qik as well with twitter thanks to your twitt too. It works really great and it's really useful.
  • great! glad i helped. are u able to successfully insert pics with twibble? I tried three times and didn't work.
  • Stefan Sarzio
    I don't use twitter, but identi.ca via IM (jabber/xmpp).
  • Use Mobypicture to add photos, and coming this month video and audio to your tweets!

    It also posts directly to your Flickr account and your own blog.

    Check it at www.mobypicture.com
  • Martain
    Hi Mark,
    I am a Twitter member for some time now and start sending tweets with Twibble today! Thanks for the tips. I was looking for a useful program on the Nokia E61 for a while...
  • Hi,

    I use http://ping.fm for status updates (twitter, facebook, myspace, etc.). Pretty cool.

    For tweets I use http://www.fring.com

    Shozu isn't working that good on my phone (N82): many time my mobile phone was freezing.
  • Thanks for mentioning ping.fm. I did not know about this before. Now I can update my twitter and facebook status at the same time. It's also an invite-only but guess what... I used twitter to search for codes. Thanks again!
  • Mark, but if you authorize twitter from facebook your twitter updates are also your facebook updates... is that what you mean with "I can update my twitter and facebook status at the same time"?
  • I don't want all my twitter updates to show on my facebook. I want to be able to send an update to show up on fb + twit same time. I have different sets of friends on the two networks and wouldn't want twit replies to show up on fb
  • Finally a decent Twitter client for Nokia phones. I was getting tired of using Slandr as I had to reload the entire page each time. Thanks for sharing this.
  • i was using twittai at present. lets see what twibble can do more than twittai.
  • i'm also using twibble. it's not quite as user friendly as twhirl on the PC or twitterific on the Mac but it is the best phone based client i've come across so far.
  • Fabiola
    great recommendations. I was already using shozu (mostly to post pics to several networks) and tiny twitter to post tweets, but after reading your article, i decided to use twibble and it works GREAT. Tiny twitter crush from time to time and it was never up to date with the tweets. Thanks.
    my n95 is way cooler now. another cool way to post pics to twitter is thru MMS to the twitpic email address that the service provide to. you can also use a twittermail address to post tweets to twitter thru MMS.

    hugs.-
  • Stefan Constantinescu
    You forgot to mention my favorite mobile twitter client: daber.co.uk!
  • www.ping.fm is great for this. As above you can update all your statuses at the same time, or blog to multiple places, all from your mobile.

    You can also customise it so you post *only* to your twitter stream, or any combination of social networks that you choose.

    Best service I've seen in years to be honest. I use it constantly
  • @Chris - LG, i'm a big fan of ping.fm
  • Evelien
    Hey Mark,

    Thnx for sharing this twitter analysis.
    I have a question about nokia's Share online. That is an application that is already installed on my nokia e71. It has functionality for sharing photo's on flickr, ovi and vox. do you know if it is possible to include twitpic in that application? (a sort of interface in stead of sending an email)
    i've tried twibble, but found it too unlogical in usage.

    Regards!
  • @Evelien, share online is very limited.

    If you want twitpic on your phone, you have to get Shozu. Many people prefer to use it over Share Online because you can also post the same pic to facebook, flickr, and lots more services at the same time with just one upload.
  • Jeff
    Question for everyone here, how do I set up Twibble where it auto updates itself without the security warning asking to access the Internet?

    Thanks!
  • Alf
    Thank you.
  • Very useful article, Twitting with my n95 now. Cheers!
  • Thanks for the useful pointers. Just installed Twible and Dabr which is really cool. Its great to e able to keep up with my friends and contact's tweets whilst i'm on the move.
  • Paul Martin
    Found your advice on Google - really helpful!! Thanks!! Am using twibble - so far, so easy!! Thanks.
  • Twibble doesn't work on Nokia N96... soz:) Got very latest firmware active (the one that gives you audio themes), but when I start Twibble, it switches itself off after 5 seconds:)

    I do like the icon though in my applications menu, so I'm not uninstalling it (yet)...
  • toppercool
    I prefer to used mobile app. like twittix and shozu to share image and video
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