It ’s official : after months in thedark , dank cavesof rumor and speculation , the official Twitter app for the iPad has now emerge into bright , favorable twinkle of the App Store .
denote former Wednesday eveningon the company ’s blog , Twitter for iPad comes as part of a universal update to the formerlyiPhone - only Twitter app . Besides the program ’s newly redesign icon , Twitter ’s iPad feel feature an exclusively new user interface designed around the construct of share content .
Bringing to listen a never - endingJapanese Shoji screen , Twitter allows users to beg links , pic , conversations — and just about anything else — all of which unfold up in a series of sliding panels . flick to the left or right will bring each control board center point , while the others heap neatly off - screen .
HTML5 - friendly video players like YouTube and Vimeo will play inside the app , and even better — they’ll load in a desktop pane while you ’re free to continue to range your timeline .
A whole bunch of neat niggling gesture are hidden away inside the program , as well : you’re able to pinch out on a tweet and get a pop - up window showing the source ’s visibility page , or apply two finger’s breadth on a reply to look at the complete conversation .
But despite all this talk , the only real way to get a horse sense of the ship’s company ’s app is to play around with it — and since Twitter ’s work up in a nice introductory screen for searching , seeing trends , and top Twitterers , you do n’t even need an chronicle to get started .
you may download Twitter for free from the App Store on your iPad or via iTunes on your computer ; the app requires your gadget break away iOS 3.1 or later .
