We’re all fans of Twitter, for the most part, and break into cold sweats when the service goes down (well, some do anyway), so we need our Twitter fix all the time. Regardless of the smartphone OS you choose, you’re bound to find quite a few Twitter applications. For the iPhone, we have Twitterific, TweetDeck, Echofon, and many others. I have tried several and so far my all-time favorite and the one I use daily is Tweetie.

Tweetie 2 has now been out for a few weeks and it improves on the user experience of the original Tweetie app. Atebits, the developer of Tweetie, has implemented quite a few touches to make this app a pretty good and simple Twitter tool.

One of my favorite features is the ability to swipe over a message on the timeline. This gives you several options, such as reply, retweet, mark as favorite, or go directly to the user’s profile. When composing a new tweet, you have the ability to select recent hashtags, use the @people picker, attach a picture or pictures, since Tweetie 2 now has support for multiple attachments, along with geotagging and even the ability to shrink URLs.

Tweetie 2 Compose Screen

You can now edit your Twitter profile right from the app, which was not an option with the original and should you get a phone call in the middle of composing or reading the timeline (because after all it’s a phone!), you’re brought right back to where you were thanks to full persistence. Tweetie 2 also has landscape support all throughout the app and the UI feels very fluid and intuitive. Direct messages are displayed in threaded form, making it easier to read and reply.

Twitter Profile

Tweetie 2 is full of features but perhaps my favorite is the that URLs open right inside the app instead of firing up Safari. Not sure if it was just me but this was aggravating and I found myself forgoing clicking on URLs at times.

For those of you with more than one Twitter account, you’ll be pleased to know that Tweetie 2 support multiple accounts. The app has a price tag of $2.99 in the AppStore but it’s all worth it in my opinion if you want a simple yet elegant and effective Twitter client.