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Twitter on Mobile?

  • 23-03-2009 2:56pm
    #1
    chan-lizard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭


    I was just wondering can you receive text updates to your mobile for free because I just tried to activate my mobile with my account and it won’t work.

    A friend told me that you can’t get updates on your mobile in Ireland and it only works in America

    Anyone know if this is true?
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Comments

  • #2
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,536 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    txt updates don;t work in Ireland, you can however browse to twitter website or depending on your phone install software to use with twitter


  • #3
    chan-lizard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭chan-lizard


    Thanks,

    How popular is twitter in Ireland as i was thinking of making one for Business updates Re: event reminders for our customers


  • #4
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    Really not that popular


  • #5
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Tallon wrote: »
    Really not that popular
    Its not as popular as Bebo perhaps, but it still has a strong following here.


  • #6
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    aidan_walsh wrote: »
    Its not as popular as Bebo perhaps, but it still has a strong following here.

    Really dont think its the strong at all!


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  • #7
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Moved from Comp and Tech.


  • #8
    Davy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,340 CMod ✭✭✭✭Davy


    Tallon wrote: »
    Really dont think its the strong at all!

    Seems to be growing. A lot of companies have started on it already. As said already the text updates don't work here yet.


  • #9
    Jonathan
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 8,260 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jonathan


    If you wanted to pool a few old sim cards together for webtexts, I'd build a twitter update service.



    I already wrote a php script to interface with twitter, and I have that cron'd to pull a feed once an hour.

    Wouldnt be that hard to forward it on to a mobile using Sam's cabbage.


  • #10
    strecker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,509 ✭✭✭strecker


    To use twitter on your mobile just use opera mini and then www.m.tweete.com it's ultrafast and uses hardly any data! Def'ly not significantly dearer than sms...

    Alternatively install the excellent snaptu application - very light on data also. And snaptu gives you facebook, livescores, bbc rss reader, sudoku etc etc as well.

    I like twitter...sort of like mental yeast infection; after a while it starts to itch and you crave others to scratch. No, I hate it!


  • #11
    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    jmccrohan wrote: »
    Wouldnt be that hard to forward it on to a mobile using Sam's cabbage.
    And what kind of royalties would I receive :P


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  • #12
    Jonathan
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 8,260 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jonathan


    Sam Vimes wrote: »
    And what kind of royalties would I receive :P
    A warm fuzzy feeling :P


  • #13
    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    jmccrohan wrote: »
    A warm fuzzy feeling :P

    It's a deal!

    mmmmm, fuzzy


  • #14
    Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,699 ✭✭✭Brian


    @jmccrohan: You can get free SIM cards from O2, I believe.


  • #15
    thebrother23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭thebrother23


    Vodafone UK and Twitter have announced that receiving tweets will now be free:
    http://blog.twitter.com/2009/03/full-sms-service-for-vodafone-uk.html

    Maybe we should start badgering Vodafone Ireland to do the same:
    https://www.vodafone.ie/helpsupport/contactus/index.jsp


  • #16
    Ron DMC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,297 ✭✭✭Ron DMC


    If you add your details to twe2.com you can at least get @replies sent to your phone.

    Can't get all messages though. I guess we'll have to wait for the Irish networks to get on board for full support.


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