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The HootSuite Twitter/Facebook app for Android, iPhone, and BlackBerry have all been updated recently with a selection of new features. BlackBerry definitely got the most lovin’ this go-around, as now you can check in to Foursquare, Facebook Places, and take advantage of native Twitter location services using the app. Android got a few tweaks to search pages, user profiles, while the iPhone and both the others received a variety of new localizations.
HootSuite is a social networking app that started browser-based, primarily targeting social media professionals, and has since spread to mobile. They’ve got metrics, schedule tweeting, support for multiple people on single accounts, or single people managing multiple accounts, and a lot of more advanced functions that anyone in marketing, PR, or support would find really helpful. It’s not just Twitter that HootSuite manages, either – they’ve got hooks in Facebook, LinkedIn and a handful of other networks too.
Right now, I still use the official BlackBerry twitter app for its tight integration with the native address book and messages app, but RIM is taking such a long time with geotagging tweets that I might make the switch to HootSuite at least for a little while.
If you’re interested in giving it a shot, you can find HootSuite in the iTunes App Store below, or download the BlackBerry version by visiting hootsuite.com directly on your BlackBerry. Android users can find it in the Market.
[via HootSuite Blog]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
