Twitter launches official Android app

Making good on its promise, Twitter today announced that its official Android Twitter application is now available.

Twitter for Android is a fantastic application to use, and sharing any link or photo is super simple too – just look for the share button in your favorite application and choose Twitter.

Reading tweets is easy in a bunch of places on your phone. Quickly access your timeline with the home screen widget, view a tweet location on a map, and see your friend’s latest tweet in your phonebook, GoogleTalk list or any application that uses Android’s QuickContact bar.

Twitter for Android

Unfortunately, it is only available for devices running Google Android 2.1. Another notable omission is the lack of support for multiple Twitter accounts. Hopefully future versions will rectify these two limitations.

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