Mobile Twitter takes a step forwards

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Never mind the variety of Twitter clients for Symbian, it seems that all you really need is the Web browser on Symbian phones these days. Twitter has announced a new, highly optimised mobile version, mobile.twitter.com, apparently using one third the bandwidth of the previous setup, screenshotted below for your interest. At least this will give new users on less powerful phones access to the popular social network, which was Twitter's aim. Good stuff, even if I personally prefer the AMOLED-friendlier Dabr alternative (also linked below).

From the Twitter blog:

Today we’re updating Twitter for mobile web (mobile.twitter.com) in an effort to give every person on the planet a consistent Twitter experience. People who access Twitter from feature phones, low-bandwidth networks or older browsers can now enjoy the new version of Twitter we introduced in December. 

Like Twitter for iPhone and Twitter for Android, mobile.twitter.com is fast, like a native mobile app; it uses one-third less bandwidth than the previous iteration. We’re rolling out this new mobile web experience starting today, and will continue to make Twitter the most accessible way to connect with the world, even with the weakest signals and the simplest devices. 

Here's the new mobile version in action in Web on my Nokia N8:

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Showing the main @timeline, my @replies and trending hashtags and topics (apologies for some of the content!)

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Showing my Profile page, the web interface settings and the results of a Twitter search...

Notice that Web, as usual with generic web pages, renders the whole thing in white, which is quite unfriendly on AMOLED displays, as on the N8. It's for this reason that I normally opt for Dabr instead (dabr.co.uk), a third party interface to exactly the same Twitter APIs, but which boasts a number of 'dark' themes (e.g. 'Purple'), with potentially huge power savings for anyone browsing Twitter a lot.

And, just in case you're not already following all of us on the 'All About' team on Twitter, we're:

Source / Credit: Twitter Blog