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"With today's release of the official Twitter client for the Android platform, it's only fitting  that we give you a side by side comparison and let you know which one remains standing.\r\n\r\nUntil today, I have used Seesmic on my Motorola Droid for quite some time.  I'm very pleased  with it, overall.  The latest revision even included a widget that will show a random tweet  from the timeline of someone you're following, and allows a quick-access to post a new tweet of  your own.  Though to be honest, I still used the Twidroid widget until I wrote this, as I found  it to be more functional for what I want it to do.\r\n\r\nWe'll look at a comparison of three main areas: Aesthetics, Features and Overall.\r\nAesthetics\r\nSide by side, the Twitter app is much &amp;quot;prettier&amp;quot;.  The light blue over white application fits  with the Twitter website UI, and Twitter's web client users will be very familiar with the  popout menus on each tweet.  The menu allows you to reply, retweet, favorite or share anything  from your Tweets timeline.\r\n\r\nSeesmic uses a color scheme that stays true to the desktop client,  sporting a gray background with red highlighting.  It's very classy looking and very  streamlined.  Manipulating a tweet requires you to actually tap the tweet itself, which will  take you to a screen specific to it, but more on that in the features section.\r\n\r\nSo for aesthetics, there's no hands-down winner.  It's certainly, however, a matter of  preference.  If you like the animated background and overall web-based look of Twitter, you'll  love the Twitter client.  If you want a cleaner, less &amp;quot;playful&amp;quot; look, Seesmic is your goal.\r\nFeatures\r\nThis is where the lines start to diverge.\r\n\r\nTwitter's official client offers a pretty extensive list of options, including the choice of  photo upload and URL-shortening service.  However, the official client goes a couple of steps  further with usability and offers some options that Seesmic doesn't.\r\n\r\nFirst, there's the main page that shows you a menu of options such as Tweets, Lists, Mentions  and the like.  But while on this main page, you'll notice that you also have a floating tag  cloud that will show you the trending topics.  It's a pretty handy feature, if those topics are  something that you follow.  There are also hot buttons for creating a tweet and for searching.\r\n\r\nThe main feature that the official client has over Seesmic is the ability to sync your Android  contacts with your Twitter ones.  Just like the menu for your Google or Facebook contacts, you  have the access to sync all or existing contacts, and to remove your Twitter data from your  contacts if you so choose.\r\n\r\nWhen viewing your timeline, you have the ability to view a person's timeline by selecting their  avatar, you have the menu that you can access by selecting the dropdown arrow on the right side  of the tweet and you can go to links directly from the timeline by touching them.\r\n\r\nConversely, Seesmic's main page contains your timeline.  Across the top of your timeline, you  have buttons for checking your replies, direct messages and also your profile.  The &amp;quot;Menu&amp;quot;  feature of Seesmic offers a few more choices than are offered in the official client, including  access to lists, search and the ability to change accounts.  The phone softkeys work for search  in both clients, but I honestly prefer the Seesmic approach somewhat as it seems more  integrated and not an &amp;quot;also ran&amp;quot; feature.\r\n\r\nThis is one area where Seesmic stands head and shoulders above the official client: multiple  accounts.  The feature is not included in the official client, but Seesmic handles this by  default.  You do not have integrated timelines in Seesmic, but you can easily flip accounts by  a couple of screen presses.\r\n\r\nMy one complaint of the Seesmic setup comes in using links.  When a user posts a link in their  tweet, you have to select that tweet then select the link.  I would really love it if Seesmic  would allow you to select a link from the timeline itself.  It seems to be an unnecessary step  to have to select a tweet first.\r\n\r\nThough the official client has a very clean interface, I have to give Seesmic the thumbs up on  usability.  Even the annoying requirement for links withstanding, I simply prefer the Seesmic  interface.  It seems more professional, and (at least in my experience) the app runs smoother  than I experienced with the official client.\r\n\r\nI also can't possibly downplay the ability to have multiple accounts.  As many of you know, I  have the @BradTNW account that I use for all things related to The Next Web, but I also have a  personal account that I use to communicate with my friends.  I use these accounts almost  equally, so having the ability to switch between them easily is vital.\r\n\r\nBoth apps have custom widgets.  The Seesmic widget, honestly, doesn't impress me much.  It has  only one size available (though it's a good size), but the random timeline selection is a bit  infurating.  Scrolling up and down through the timeline is available, but clunky at best.  The  quick access to posting a tweet is handy, but it should have somewhere to access my entire  timeline instead of a specific tweet.\r\n\r\nOn the other hand, the official client's widget choices are ace.  There's a larger widget, with  an update box, and a section showing the latest tweet, with arrows to move back and forth in  the timeline.  The smaller widget takes away the navigation arrows, but offers a quick reply  function, and clicking on the tweet will take you to your timeline instead of the tweet itself.   For widget function, the official client wins hands down.\r\nOverall\r\nThe real answer here is that there isn't an overall winner.  It comes down to what you need and  what you like.  Do you only use 1 account, or do you need more?  Do you like the Twitter  webpage look, or do you prefer something a bit more professional in appearance?\r\n\r\nThe official client is very well done, quite slick and gives a lot of features.  Likewise,  Seesmic is established, with a quick upgrade and bug fix path, but also offers multiple  accounts.  If Seesmic offered the ability to sync with my Twitter contacts, I'd be close to  Twitter perfection (oh, guys, fix that annoying thing where I have to enter a tweet to select a  link, please).\r\n\r\nMy advice?  Try them both.  See which one you like better.  Personally I'm going to use the  Twitter small widget, but I will still use Seesmic to access my accounts."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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