Until recently, Canadians were unable to use Twitter from their mobile phones. Let me clarify, Canadians could send Tweets through their cell phones using SMS, however they could not receive incoming SMS tweets. Bell Canada then picked up the tab on behalf of their own customers giving a part of the Canadian market their SMS enabled Tweets back. Did Bell evaluate the opportunity to make their customers happy, or were they aware that it really wouldn’t cost them that much in exchange for the earned media and positive PR from the move? Well let’s take a look at how users actually use Twitter.
Interesting that only 17.9% of people use Twitter through the cell phone which really, was the original intent of the application. So, if almost half of all Twitter users access it through the web, what tools do they use to manage their hundreds or thousands of followers?
My experience has been with TweetDeck., so I am one of 7.3% of users. Where do you land?
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TweetDeck for the win, but still I forget about it and use the website.
It is easy to forget to launch it, just put it in your startup folder and voila!
When I’m at my desk, I have multiple Twitter widgets setup through Netvibes.com. (a customizable “dashboard” kind of like iGoogle, but fancier)
On one screen I’ve got my twitter stream, some twitter search feeds I follow, a secondary (business) twitter account, etc.
I also use Twitter on my mobile phone (sending and receiving) through TweetByMail.com, a free service that acts just like SMS, but using mobile email. (so it will work with most any mobile phone, Bell or otherwise)
I’ve also got a few search terms I’m tracking (like my name, website, etc) that get sent in real-time to my mobile phone, so I can respond if necessary.
-Ryan
How the heck do you get any work done, @wowRyan? Are you kids just a different breed?