How to Twitter from your mobile phone with O2 in Ireland

Posted by: Krishna De | Posted on: December 29th, 2009 | 11 Comments | Posted in: Marketing online, Social media, Social Media Ireland, social media marketing, Twitter

So you didn’t get the iPhone, Blackberry or smart phone that you had on your list to Santa? One question I get asked about a lot is how to Tweet when on the road.

Just before Christmas, Twitter announced that in association with O2 in Ireland that they have made the Twitter SMS service available if you are using the O2 network. O2 is the first carrier to launch Twitter SMS in Ireland – all you need to do is send “START” to 51210 and either sign up for Twitter or activate your phone with your current Twitter username.

Receiving tweets is free(but limited to just 500 Tweets received a month – so you just might want to be selective about who you receive Tweets from on your mobile phone. I also remember back in the early days of Twitter when receiving Tweets on your mobile was freely available that I had a lot of friends outside of Ireland and it was not so great getting a notification at 4am that they had just Tweeted!

Currently to send texts to Twitter, there’s a charge of 11c (including VAT) per message for Prepay customers and 9c (ex VAT) for Postpay customers.

Do you Twitter from the road and if so how do you stay connected with your friends on Twitter?

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Check out the guidance from Twitter with quick text commands when Tweeting from a mobile.

Check out Twim, a mobile Twitter client that runs on devices that are compatible with Java MIDP 2.0. You can browse history, replies, friends, direct messages and public feeds with the application. I have not tried it but it looks a great application. Photo credit above to Tommi Laukkanen the developer of Twim.

See more details on the O2 website about the Twitter service.

Learn more about how to use Facebook and Twitter in your business at the forthcoming workshop on 12 February 2010 run by the IIA (I’m the facilitator).

Follow O2 Ireland on Twitter and of course you can follow me on Twitter!