While there are many great Twitter apps for iPad (Osfoora, Twitterific, Twittelator and TweeDeck), it’s always different when the Twitter app is the official version. Finally, our wait is over. The official Twitter app for iPad is now available as a free download. There’s one word to describe the app – Panes, as in lots of panes.
So, the moment you fire up Twitter app on your iPad, you’ll see the familiar contents of your Twitter account – Timeline, Mentions, Lists, Messages, Profile, Search and your other Twitter accounts if you have set it up already on the app. At the center of your iPad’s screen is the main content pane containing whatever you’ve currently tapped on the navigation bar on the left. Interestingly, the whole content pane occupies only 50% of the iPad’s screen real estate. On the right is a blank black pane. This is reserved for displaying Tweets, Photos, links, and other contents posted by your friends as they appear in the timeline. Tapping on individual tweets will bring up the contents on the remaining part of your iPad’s screen.
Another great feature of the Twitter app for iPad is inline video viewing. So when you see a video link on the timeline, you can tap on it and it will be opened on the right pane. But since loading these videos take some time, you can continue browsing your timeline while the video loads on the right pane.
Twitter app for iPad also makes full use of the iPad’s pinch gesture to take actions on tweet as well as to load author profiles.
Overall, the app is a pretty good one. The fact that its interface offers something different from other Twitter app for iPads make it a worthwhile download.
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