We enlisted three best Twitter clients for Windows Phone 7. Rowi was one of them. Today I'll be telling more about it and what's in the next update of the app. The update will be live in day or two (already submitted and is being tested by Microsoft), but we have got some exclusive hands on the app and one thing that came into my mind was "Awesome !".
The lite versions remains pretty same, you have pivot (instead of panorama) for timeline, mentions and DMs and can configure them or add / remove few tabs or pivots. But the Direct Messages will have a look similar to the the text messaging we have on Windows Phone 7. Yes it has the Metro look which is nice and easy to use. Screenshot of the DMs conversation style:
There are few bug fixes too in the lite version.
Now the big one: The full-featured version has got Toast and Tile notifications. Yes, you have toast notifications for Direct Messages and Mentions and if you miss them, you have live tile to notify you. Glance and Go! Here are few screenshots of the toast and tile notification:
The toasts are similar to new text message toast notification and there are two counters for DMs & Mentions on the pinned live tile. You can even configure if you want these notifications (none or all).
Now you can see a small green mark in the screenshot which shows that all the systems involved in notifications Twitter, Microsoft's Push and Rowi are working fine and you will get the toast and tile notifications. But if it's Red, you can check the service status and find out where the problem is. After the MIX '11 announcements, notification system will be improved in Windows Phone 7 with live agents and we will hope that it will never go red.
The premium version will have all the goodies of the lite version plus the notifications minus ads. You can check other feature set in our previous post about the twitter clients. The updated app is intuitive because of its metro inspired interface. I expected these feature set from the official Twitter app for Windows Phone 7, but now we will have the Rowi. Comparing the new version of Rowi with the Twitter client Beezz which is already available in the marketplace, both have toast notifications, but the live tile is much more detailed in Rowi which is ambiguous in case of Beezz.
Thank you Hidden Pineapple (Erik Porter) for the exclusive preview of the app. Rowi will be a must have (and must pin) app for Windows Phone 7 and we will update whenever its up in the marketplace.
Now, we want to hear from you, what do you think about the app. Drop in your views!
The lite versions remains pretty same, you have pivot (instead of panorama) for timeline, mentions and DMs and can configure them or add / remove few tabs or pivots. But the Direct Messages will have a look similar to the the text messaging we have on Windows Phone 7. Yes it has the Metro look which is nice and easy to use. Screenshot of the DMs conversation style:
There are few bug fixes too in the lite version.
Now the big one: The full-featured version has got Toast and Tile notifications. Yes, you have toast notifications for Direct Messages and Mentions and if you miss them, you have live tile to notify you. Glance and Go! Here are few screenshots of the toast and tile notification:
The toasts are similar to new text message toast notification and there are two counters for DMs & Mentions on the pinned live tile. You can even configure if you want these notifications (none or all).
Now you can see a small green mark in the screenshot which shows that all the systems involved in notifications Twitter, Microsoft's Push and Rowi are working fine and you will get the toast and tile notifications. But if it's Red, you can check the service status and find out where the problem is. After the MIX '11 announcements, notification system will be improved in Windows Phone 7 with live agents and we will hope that it will never go red.
The premium version will have all the goodies of the lite version plus the notifications minus ads. You can check other feature set in our previous post about the twitter clients. The updated app is intuitive because of its metro inspired interface. I expected these feature set from the official Twitter app for Windows Phone 7, but now we will have the Rowi. Comparing the new version of Rowi with the Twitter client Beezz which is already available in the marketplace, both have toast notifications, but the live tile is much more detailed in Rowi which is ambiguous in case of Beezz.
Thank you Hidden Pineapple (Erik Porter) for the exclusive preview of the app. Rowi will be a must have (and must pin) app for Windows Phone 7 and we will update whenever its up in the marketplace.
Now, we want to hear from you, what do you think about the app. Drop in your views!
