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Got an iPhone and want to know what apps are available for your to use it to get on Twitter? In this post Joe Meenen from Cute Machine (follow him at @cutemachine) explores your options.

If you searched through the App Store lately you should have noticed that there is a diverse selection of Twitter clients to choose from. That is no wonder, as the App Store now holds over 13,000 applications. Twitter clients come with different flavours and philosophies. To declare any one as the king of the iPhone twittersphere would be to presumptuous. Nevertheless, in the list below you might find the perfect tool for your Twitter needs. Here is every list item under 140 characters for better readability for us tweeples.

• Twittelator – (Free) Good groups concept for viewing different timelines. Twittelator Pro (4,99) with many more features.
• Summizer – (2,99) Advanced search capabilities. Configure search terms and then get the results in the future with just one tap.
• Tweetie – (2,99) Huge feature set. Recommended by John Gruber from Daring Fireball fame.
• Twitterrific – (Free) Ads on top of the timeline. Twitterrific Premium (7,99) with even more features. Very nice user interface.
• Tweetsville – (3,99) Has also a good feature set. Supports TwitPic.
• Twittervision – (Free) Impressive world view. Tweets get displayed on a world map. Double tap on a tweet to translate it into your language.
• NatsuLion – (Free) Clear design with separate views for different timelines (user, sent and unread). Uses accelerometer to hide tab bar.
• Tweeter – (Free) The most minimalist Twitter client. Post tweets and that’s it. Source code available.
• TwitterFon – (Free) Developer asks for a donation. TwitterFon is licensed under GPLv2. You can download source code from an svn repository.
• Twinkle – (Free) One of the most popular Twitter clients.
• iTweets – (0,99) There are free clients which offer more features, but if you need just the basic features this might be for you.

There are also some hybrid applications, which do have built-in Twitter support. If you are using other social networks along with Twitter you might be interested in these two:

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Twitter can control your Mac. Today Danny Hinckley from Maciverse (follow him @dhinckley) explains how to do it.

One of the best things about Twitter is its adaptability to the tools we use in our everyday lives. In addition to its increased use with cell phones, Twitter is also very useful for performing tasks on your computer, especially when you’re away from it.

Now you can use Twitter to have your Mac send you important files, turn off your computer to keep your power bill low, send an email with the date of your Mother in Law’s birthday, and many other functions you perform when you do not have access to your Mac.

With some initial setup you can have your Mac ready to provide you with the information you need away from the computer and on the go.
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Which Twitter Applications have you valued the most in 2008?

Here’s a quick list of 5 that have enhanced my own use of Twitter this year and why:

1. TweetDeck

TweetDeck has become my primary Desktop Twitter client over the last 6 months of the year and has quite literally changed the way that I Tweet on a number of levels.

One of the biggest impacts that it has had is in the way that it builds ‘groups’ into my twitter workflow. This has helped me immensely to manage the noise that is associated with following and being followed by thousands of people.

Groups enable you to select any number of Twitter users to follow in a special window. This means that if you miss their twees in the ‘all tweets’ timeline you are likely to see their tweets in the group you’ve set up.

Also powerful in TweetDeck is the ‘Search’ feature which enables you to track keywords and who is using them right from within your Twitter Client.

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There are many Twitter clients available for Twitter users to download and use. Today Mike Nichols (follow him at @mikenichols0) from the Anxiety, Panic & Health blog reviews the popular Mac Twitter Client - Twitterrific.

Twitterific is the most popular Twitter client application for the Mac. It is simple, has a clean interface, and is easy and intuitive to use. It has some tradeoffs for this simplicity, as we will see. Twitterific can be used free of charge without limitation, but advertisements are displayed once per hour. If you pay the IconFactory $14.95 US, ads are removed. Twitterific is available for the iPhone and iPod Touch, as well.

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• A new paid iPhone Twitter Ap with real potential was released this week – Tweetsville. My initial impressions are very positive – it rivals Twitterlator Pro.
• Bloomberg reports on the future business model of Twitter.
• TechCrunch reports on the release of ‘Twinger’ (private alpha) – Build your own Twitter with Twinger
• Business Week writes on Twitter alternatives – Building a Better Twitter
• Some users trying to upload background and avatar images are having error messages – Twitter is on the case (lets hope they get it fixed soon)