Then I started seeing some buzz about a new kid on the Twitter app block: Trinket Software’s Twikini. Being a good Windows Mobile geek, I had to try it. The verdict? Two enthusiastic thumbs up! Here’s a stock screen shot of Twikini1

The main reasons I’m switching to Twikini are:

• Speed: Twikini loads fast and the tweets scroll very smoothly up and down the screen
• Stability: Twikini has never frozen my phone (always a good selling point)
• Clean UI: No bulky graphics weighing it down, but it still manages to look very good
• TwitPic Embedded in the Tweet: This is probably my single favorite feature – instead of having to launch the phone’s browser to view a picture uploaded to TwitPic, the image is embedded in the tweet – so I can stay within Twikini to view the image.

As of the writing of this post, the only hiccup I found was with password management. My Twitter account password contains some numbers, and for some reason Twikini forgot the numbers each time I tried launching the app. Instead of going right into my feed, it made me re-enter the numerical portion of my password. Strange bug, hopefully one that is fixed soon.

So if you’re searching for a fast, clean, fully-functioning Twitter client for your Windows Mobile device (Standard or Professional), give Twikini a try.