Twimply is designed specifically for use on mobile phones. Its main features:
- Basic stuff: Tweeting, Timelines, Lists, (Un)Follow and Search
- Save links for later: Instapaper and Delicious support
- Designed for small screens
- View pictures in tweets
- No need to install or update
- No need to register
- Accomodates for your phone's shortcomings
- View links in your favorite browser
- It's free
Basic stuff: Tweeting, Timelines, Lists, (Un)Follow and Search
Twimply supports all basic functionality you expect: Update, Reply, Retweet, Direct Messages, Favoriting. You'll find links for all these options underneath every tweet.
Your main timeline is shown by default, but you can also see your Mentions, Direct Messages, Favorites and other users' timelines. You can also view your own lists, and other users' lists you've subscribed to.
You can follow and unfollow users through Twimply.
You can search Twitter and view the results directly in Twimply.
Save links for later: Instapaper and Delicious support
From Twimply, you can save links in tweets directly to your Instapaper or Delicious account for later reading, when you have more time or a bigger screen at your disposal.
Designed for small screens
Twimply is designed with small screens in mind: it will look good in screens that are only 240px wide, or even smaller.
View pictures in tweets
For every picture in a tweet, a thumbnail preview is shown underneath. Currently supported services: Twitpic, Mobypicture, Twitgoo, Yfrog.
No need to install or update
You don't need to install Twimply: you can use it directly from your mobile browser. And because it's web based, you'll never need to update.
No need to register
You do not need to register for Twimply. All you need is your Twitter account. (And if you wish to use them, your Instapaper or Delicious account.) We do not store any of your account information: everything is saved on your phone (or computer) only.
Accomodates for your phone's shortcomings
Mobile browsers do not have the same full set of features as desktop browsers. Twimply accomodates for those shortcomings: for example, if your phone's input screen doesn't show you how many characters you used, Twimply will check this before submitting your tweet. Also (too get a bit more technical) mobile browsers' javascript support differs from that of desktop browsers. Therefore, Twimply is designed to work very well even without any javascript.
View links in your favorite browser
Mobile apps that aren't web based use the phone's own browser by default for viewing links. Since Twimply runs in a browser itself, you can pick your own favorite. (I highly recommend Opera Mini, which is very fast and also offers useful features like keyboard (numpad) shortcuts.)
Twimply is free
And last but not least: Twimply is free to use, and I intend to keep it that way.