Check out XEmoji, my first application for the iPhone/iPod touch!
Most of us have heard about emoji and probably using it now. XEmoji is the first reference tool to all 461 emoji icons available for use in the iPhone or iPod touch. Looking up for an icon in XEmoji is easy – the icons are arranged and categorized in the same order as they appear on the emoji keyboard!
Each icon is explained in detail – some of them are self-explanatory (like the phone, computer and smileys, etc), but there are some dubious ones like the carp streamer, moon viewing and hinamatsuri. As one kind reviewer said, get XEmoji to avoid emoji faux pas, and to look smug when people don’t understand what you’ve just texted them about.
Unlike other emoji applications, this is the only emoji application that you might want to keep on your iPhone or iPod touch – good for your future referencing needs. Oh yeah, it also enables the emoji keyboard for your iPhone or iPod touch!
Check out XEmoji from the iTunes App Store (or XCoolApps.com) for more details – it’s available now at an introductory price of $0.99.
Aside to TweetStack which we reviewed previously, I thought I’d review both Tweetie and Twitterfon Pro separately. However, I am currently stuck between using both amazing Twitter clients for the iPhone and iPod touch, and I thought I’d share my views thru this app vs app review. Read on to find out more!
Tweetie was one of the first paid Twitter client that I had the opportunity to try out. It comes with a very clean, polished interface and is one of the most competent Twitter clients available to date. I have a strong feeling Twitterific 2 made it to the public all thanks to the pressure of this app by one-man-show Loren Brichter.
I previously tried Twitterfon when it was free and there’s no Pro version to boot. It was one of the best free Twitter clients available at that time. However, when the Pro version came, with features like themes and multiple accounts support, I was somehow sold.
Twitter has been getting a lot of attention lately – with its number of users growing exponentially. I currently tweet on two different accounts, a personal one as well as one dedicated for this site where I use to announce new posts and other topics related to our favorite Apple devices.
I have tried a multitude of different clients, both on the desktop as well as mobile where I eventually stumbled upon TweetStack and liked the idea that I could actually import my ‘stacks’ from the TweetDeck desktop client into the application.
TweetStack is a full featured Twitter client, with the main selling point of being able to manage stacks. If you happened to follow a lot of Twitter users, you’ll start to get the idea of a clutter – lots of tweets, some useful, some utterly rubbish. In TweetStack-speak, stacks refers to groupings that you can create in order to minimize the clutter everytime you check your Twitter feed.
Apple seems to be gearing up again, highlighting apps that they showcased in their ads for the iPhone 3G. If you have always wondered what are the apps that they showed during one of the ads, then wonder no more.
Hit the iTunes Store from your Mac, PC or the App Store application in your iPhone/iPod touch and check out the newly placed icon for a showcase of these extraordinary apps that not only entertain, assist and educate – they are simply a delight to use too.
Find an app that lets you snap pictures of books or CDs and then instantly read a review about it. What about flicking through a list of apartments available for rent near your neighborhood? If you own a small business, then you might want to check out an app that lets you turn your iPhone into a mobile terminal, really!
Twitterrific by The Iconfactory is an award-winning Twitter client for the iPhone and iPod touch. It’s easy to use, fully featured and simply beautiful to look at. Find out more and sign up for a Twitter account at http://twitter.com.
Version 2.0 of Twitterrific, winner of the Apple Design Award for Best Social Networking Application is now available. Check the iTunes Store and update your copy.
Key new features in version 2.0 are:
redesigned user interface
new themes and layout options
multiple accounts support
detailed author information
support for searching Twitter
support for browsing Twitter trends
timeline filtering
view conversation threads
retweeting support
improved new tweet posting interface
advanced settings
This new update sets Twitterrific to be on par with the other Twitter clients for the iPhone – addition of the retweet function, a very much sought after feature, is very welcomed. And so is the new themes and layout options. There are some minor annoyances though – clicking on some links (like in the credits screen) would actually kick you out from the app and launch Safari; why not just use the embedded Safari browser?
Twitterrific is available in both free and premium versions – the free version is ad supported, while the premium version costs only $3.99 each, down from previous pricing of $9.99.
Get Twitterrific from the iTunes Store and start tweeting away where ever you may be.
Twitterrific Free (iTunes link)
Twitterrific Premium (iTunes link)
Check out XEmoji, my first application for the iPhone/iPod touch! 
Most of us have heard about emoji and probably using it now. XEmoji is the first reference tool to all 461 emoji icons available for use in the iPhone or iPod touch. Looking up for an icon in XEmoji is easy – the icons are arranged and categorized in the same order as they appear on the emoji keyboard! 
