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BlackBerry maker RIM began rolling out its official “Twitter for BlackBerry” mobile application to users via the BlackBerry App World site. The app which works on all devices from all carriers, in all countries except China, has been in beta since April.

It supports all the features that is to be expected from a mobile Twitter application, including access to timelines, replies, messages, trends and profiles. In addition to these, it also includes several BlackBerry-specific options, such as push notifications, hotkeys and integration with core BlackBerry apps.

Twitter for BlackBerry – the “Official Version”

Prior to this there were other BlackBerry Twitter applications available, but none with the benefit of being dubbed the “official” app. But unlike the “Twitter for iPhone” app, the BlackBerry variation wasn’t put out by Twitter itself, but rather by RIM.

Below is the full list of features available on the new app:

• Push Notifications for Direct Messages
• Timeline Support
• Following and Followers
• Posting, Sending, Deleting, Replying and Retweeting Tweets
• User/Saved/Keyword/Proximity Search
• Tweet Photos/Links
• Trending Topics
• Seamless integration into core BlackBerry applications
• URL Shortening
• Auto-Update
• Quote Tweets (editing retweets)
• Auto Complete for @ usernames
• View Photos from Yfrog & Tweetphoto
• View Geotagged Tweets
• Personal Info Guard
• Hotkeys for Navigation
• Report as Spam
• Support for Dutch, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (European), Russian and Turkish languages

Despite its “social networking” capabilities, Twitter is an important tool for many business users who need to stay on top of breaking news and other relevant information, making it a good fit for BlackBerry and its “push” notification system.