Java ME - Projects - Jitter

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Download
• In the News
• Usage
• Notes
• Compatibility

Introduction

Abiro Jitter (Java Twitter) is an easy-to-use and fully-featured Twitter client for mobile phones.

Benefits compared to using SMS to communicate with Twitter:

• Less expensive than SMS (and especially so if you have a flatrate subscription), as information is sent over the data connection
• Notifications don't fill up your SMS Inbox
• Support for more languages (actually any, provided the phone supports them)
• More functionality, e.g. listing of timelines and users, as well as direct messages
• More responsive

Jitter communicates directly with the Twitter server, increasing performance and reliability.

Download

[ Download for free from GetJar ]

[ Download for free from ClickApps ]

[ Download for free from Abiro ] (always the very latest stable version)

In the News

Others

• 2007-05-07: david@linsin.de - Jitter
• 2007-04-25: zSAPping - links for 2007-04-25
• 2007-04-20: Freakitude - Jitter: Tiny Cellphone Twitter Client
• 2007-04-20: Twitterati - Abiro Jitter: another mobile Twitter client

Abiro

• 2007-04-20: Making a Twitter client, a few more hours later
• 2007-04-19: Making a Twitter client, the first 2 hours

Usage

Configure: Enter Setup for username and password, and whether you want to see your own messages in timelines. Perform Save.

Send an update: Enter a message and perform Update.

List messages or users: Perform Friends/Public/User Timeline, Direct Messages, Friends, Followers or Featured.

Send a direct message: Enter a message and select Send Direct. Then enter a username, or select from the list of users, and select Send.

That's all there's to it. Have fun!

Notes

Regarding username and password:

• Please register at twitter.com if you don't already have a Twitter account.
• Both are case sensitive.
• They are saved between sessions, so you don't need to enter them again.

Regarding symbol sets:

• Jitter supports all languages, but your phone needs to support fonts that include local characters and symbols.

Compatibility

Any mobile phone with CLDC 1.0 / MIDP 1.0, which should be pretty much any phone supporting MIDlets. In other words, if you can run downloaded games on your phone, you can also run Jitter.