Gwibber, TweetDeck and Twibble in da house

Gwibber

I'm using Gwibber to track twitter tweets and facebook status updates in my social networks.

Gwibber is great because it can track both in one place (it can connect to other social networks too, but fb and twitter are the two I'm using). Facebook status updates of my friends show up in red, and twitter tweets show up in blue. Rock!

Pros:

• Single view for facebook and twitter
• Automatically shortens URLs as soon as you paste them in
• OS integration - notification bubbles appear on my desktop as new messages arrive

Cons:

• No easy and automated way to retweet or direct message
• No search filters (although you can subscribe to twitter search rss feeds to get this)

Update: It does have search filters - go to Gwibber / Search

TweetDeck

I'm also using an Adobe AIR application called TweetDeck.

TweetDeck has the ability to create search filters on the public timeline, so you can scan for people who are talking about things that interest you, and find people to follow.

Pros:

• Search Filters
• Good ability to retweet and direct message

Cons:

• Uses a proprietary run time (for an open source alternative take a look at Appcelerator - I would use the Tweetanium app, except the Linux runtime isn't available yet)
• No visual notifications for indivdual messages, annoying audio notification

Twibble

I use Twibble on my Nokia E61i phone, which runs the Symbian S60 OS. It's a lightweight client that allows me to tweet (send an update to twitter) wherever I am. I've set up my twitter account to cascade my tweets as updates to my Facebook status. Facebook bought Twitter and the two have integrated nicely.

As well as an Adobe AIR desktop version, Twibble is available as a java application that will run on any phone that supports Java applets and has an internet connection. Go to m.twibble.de to download it to your java smartphone.

Pros:

• Runs on my phone and allows me to update my twitter and facebook on the go
• Retweeting and direct messages supported

Cons:

• Maybe I just haven't found it, but I can't seem to increase the number of updates that it will hold

Update: I just downloaded the latest version of twibble. Make sure that you delete the previously installed version first, to ensure that it does update.