The Guru’s Ultimate Guide To Twitter On Symbian

In January of this year, there was not a single option for Twitter on your Symbian-powered smartphone, save for a few mobile-friendly websites, and of course SMS. However, when it rains, it pours, and we’re now swamped with a handful of great options for Twitter on your Symbian-powered smartphone. It’s tough to make a decision as to which is the best, so we figured we’d test them all for you, and put together this handy guide.

Below you’ll find three tables – one for native applications, one for java/widgets, and one for mobile websites/webapps. We’ve compared the features, and you’ll also find links to download or try the various options. These were all tested on my Nokia N79, as well as the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, where possible. Share this page with your friends – we’ll keep it updated as new versions roll out, so that it’s always accurate.

Below are the 4 native Symbian applications that we’re aware of.

However, if you don’t care for the native applications, there are a number of Java/Widget applications available, too. Of course, this chart isn’t EVERY application out there, but it’s the top few that I know of. If you know of another, please do let us know and we’ll get it added to the list.

Finally, there are a few key mobile-friendly websites, also referred to as ‘web apps’, that offer a quite nice Twitter experience. These are compared below. You can click the title of each site to visit it.

Twitter By SMS

If you’re in a selected area, you can also use Twitter via SMS. There are 4 numbers you can send tweets to, depending on where you live:

In the US: 40404
In India: 5566511
In Canada: 21212
All Others: +44 762 4801423

There are a number of commands you can use, listed here:

ON – turns phone notifications on
OFF – turns phone notifications off
STOP or QUIT – stops all messages to your phone (including Direct Messages) immediately
ON username – turns on notifications for a specific person to your phone
OFF username – turns off notifications for a specific person to your phone
FOLLOW username – enables you to follow someone
LEAVE username – stops following someone
@username – directs the message at someone, so that they can see it in their ‘replies’ section
D username – sends a direct message to someone
WHOIS username – requests profile information for someone
GET username – requests someone’s most recent tweets
NUDGE username – reminds a friend that they need to update their status
FAV username – marks a contact as a favorite
STATS – requests your number of followers, and following, as well as any words that you’re tracking
INVITE phonenumber – sends an SMS invite to someone, encouraging them to sign up for Twitter
TRACK word – begins tracking a specific word
UNTRACK word – stops tracking a specific word
UNTRACK all – stops all tracking
TRACKS or TRACKING – returns a list of words that you are tracking

Don’t forget, you can follow the Symbian-Guru team on Twitter, as well. The site’s twitter is @symbianguru, and pulls any new posts, though TheGuru also adds commentary of the various phones/services/apps that he’s testing. TheGuru’s personal account is @rcadden, Dotsisx’s personal account is @khouryrt, and Wampyre’s personal account is @wampyre.

UPDATED 5/15 – Added Fring to the native apps table, in light of their Twitter Add-on v2.0 being more full-featured.

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