When I joined twitter I felt a bit lost until I took the time to check out some apps. I can only imagine if you are navigating the world of twitter apps and are not sure which ones suit your needs the best. For the most part I have to say it is trial an error. One app might look and sound great however until you use it, you just don't know.

Despite twitter itself having gone through some changes since it's inception, the apps and clients themselves have blown up to suit the various OS, Mobile Devices, etc. I for one can not name them all. Some have gone, some have become major players.

Disclaimer: Before proceeding any further, I'd like to add that I am not paid/compensated in any way for listing any app, article or info regarding any twitter client on this site or anywhere else for that matter.

After watching the twitter stream at different times of the day on different days, these were the top clients being used to tweet. (In random order)

Tweetdeck
Hootsuite
Web
TwitterFeed
Seesmic


For scienfic data, see: http://www.twitstat.com/twitterclientusers.html It has an up-to-date breakdown of 200+  most used apps.

I for one, prefer Tweet via mobile which depending on your provider and your plan will dictate which twitter app will work on your device. One thing I need to also emphasize is that word of mouth is your best way to see what has worked for others. Ask around, do your homework because not all apps are created equal. Yes they all feed into twitter. However the timing, ease and where-else you can send your tweets vary from client to client.

Due to inevitable changes, I believe this article written by Marshall Kirkpatrick is very pertinent to this topic: Twitter 2.0 API Rate Change Could Lead to a World of New Apps and Features by ReadWrtieWebb


http://TweetChat.com
http://www.tweetertags.com/tags
http://twuffer.com/
http://twittercounter.com  runs with http://twittercounter.com/pages/twittermail
http://twibs.com/ A Twitter Business Directory
http://www.twi5.com
http://wefollow.com/

http://www.accessibletwitter.com/
http://cotweet.com/
http://tweetgrid.com/
http://tweetfunnel.com Group Tweeting Management
http://twitterfeed.com/
http://strawpollnow.com/
http://www.viigo.com/home
http://ubertwitter.com/
Formerly Twitterberry: http://orangatame.com/products/openbeak/

http://www.tweet-u-later.com/
http://posterous.com/
http://seesmic.com/
http://splitweet.com/
http://friendfeed.com/
http://echofon.com/
http://www.digsby.com/
http://www.atebits.com/ (tweetie)
http://brizzly.com/
http://tweetminer.net/
http://m.tuitwit.com/ (Indonesia) (Mobile)
http://motionobj.com/simplytweet/
http://apiwiki.twitter.com/
http://twitterrific.com/
http://twitter.com/apps (to view Applications Using Twitter or Register an Application) Logged in.
http://twitturly.com/   Tracks/Ranks Tweeted URL's
http://tweetstats.com/ (donations welcome)
http://justtweetit.com/ (directory)
http://twistori.com  Auto Scrolls Love, Hate, Think, Believe, Feel, Wish, Xmas and Twistori Tweets
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http://tweetchat.com/
http://twitgoo.com/
http://twitpic.com
http://www.mobypicture.com/lovestwitter
http://vidly.com/ (Video Sharing on Twitter)
http://twitcam.com/
http://www.twitvid.com/
http://yfrog.com/
http://www.twittergadget.com/
http://tweetmenews.com/
http://www.grouptweet.com/

(Activism Tools)
http://act.ly/
http://twibbon.com/
http://experienceproject.com/twitcause
http://twonate.com/

http://splitweet.com/
http://www.twitscoop.com/
http://www.twitterment.com/
txt http://twitter.com Log in go to Settings
http://getspaz.com/

http://twitthat.com/
http://www.stone.com/Twittelator/

(Audio/Music)
http://twaud.io/
http://blip.fm/
http://twt.fm/

http://mytwitterbackgrounds.com/
http://mytwitterweighsaton.com/my_first_tweets  (http://twitter.com/myfirsttweet) auto retweets your 1st tweet
http://myfirsttweet.com/oldest.php
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/aug/HQ_M09_147_TWEETS_FROM_SPACE.html
NASA: 1st to Tweet from Space
http://trendsmap.com/ (Twitter Trends)
http://twhirl.org/
http://tweetings.net/
http://su.pr/ (by Stumbleupon)
http://peoplebrowsr.com/ (free until Jan 4)
http://tlists.com/ (coming soon)
http://livetwitting.com/ (for sale)
http://tweetpo.st/
http://truthtweet.com/ (verifies tweeters)
http://trinketsoftware.com/Twikini/ (for windows mobile devices)



Breakdown by OS . See: http://twitter.pbworks.com/Apps
Breakdown by Popularity and Platforms: http://oneforty.com/
Twitter Video Tutorial Search Results via: Ask Bing Google Yahoo Or Check out MonsterCrawler.com Twitter Tutorial Search Results

Widgets, goodies and things by Twitter. See: http://twitter.com/downloads


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