Twitter acquires Tweetie
Yesterday (4/9/10), Twitter acquired the iPhone app ‘Tweetie’.
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve entered into an agreement with Atebits (aka Loren Brichter) to acquire Tweetie, a leading iPhone Twitter client. Tweetie will be renamed Twitter for iPhone and made free (currently $2.99) in the iTunes AppStore in the coming weeks. Loren will become a key member of our mobile team that is already having huge impact with device makers and service providers around the world. Loren’s work won the 2009 Apple Design Award and we will eventually launch Twitter for iPad with his help.
Twitter is going to make Tweetie free, as well as renaming as it to ‘Twitter For The iPhone’ (kinda dull, imo).
I hope this is a smart decision for twitter and tweetie! It in theory sounds like a great idea, but what the future behold for us?
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~CoryClaxon
@CoryClaxon
