It’s Twitter time – right now!

A few weeks ago we said we’d teamed up with Twitter to make your tweets mobile and that we’d be launching in August. Well, we’ve got everything ready early so we’re making it available now!

To set Twitter texts up, head to Twitter, choose Settings then Devices. Once you’ve followed the prompts there, you can then choose which followers you want to get texts from. You’ll then receive each of their status updates by text message – you can also choose to receive every direct message you get too.

 

From today you can also send Twitter updates to 86444 – texts to this number will cost your normal text message rate or be part of your inclusive bundle. We’ve put together a list of some questions and answers about how to use Twitter on your O2 mobile below. You can find more at Twitter’s website - http://help.twitter.com/forums/10711/entries/14020.

 

Q: How much does it cost to receive Twitter updates by text?

A: Nothing, it’s free to receive Twitter updates by text message.

 

Q. What kind of Twitter updates can I receive?

A: You can receive status updates and @mentions from friends you have turned on device updates for, and direct messages.

 

Q. Is there a limit?

A: Yes, we have a fair use policy. People who receive more than 600 messages per month will be asked to moderate their usage. Otherwise, it’s going to impact the experience for everyone else.

Update: Our 600 message monthly fair usage policy is no longer in place. Instead, we've worked with Twitter so that you can now receive 200 messages per day by text - that's 6000 each month.

 

Q. Can you send tweets and reply to messages by text?

A: Yes, you can send updates, direct messages and control your device notifications by text message. Check out http://help.twitter.com/forums/10711/entries/14020 for a list of command codes. All texts are sent to 86444 and will be charged at the normal text message rate or come from your inclusive text bundle.

 

Q. Is there a limit on sending messages?

A: No, you can send as many as you’re happy to pay for.

Comments

[Neil Bradley]

I'm getting the following message:

Note: In the UK we currently only send SMS notifications to Vodafone subscribers, for terms and conditions click here. If you use another carrier you can still verify your phone and update Twitter, but we won't deliver to your phone.

[Tom Leach]

Great, could you now just sort out your 3G network coverage please - I actually care about that.

[steve123]

i can't send the verification code.. do i need credit to do this?

[O2]

You will need credit to send the text message with the verification code.

Twitter is just pushing live the changes to their website copy to include O2 in the section of setting up devices.

[Tat Sol]

Please could you include in the above article the following;

'You don't have to use ON/OFF username from the phone, you can also set individual notifications from a person's profile page, or check your following page and manage all phone notification settings there.'

From the 'Noteworthy Facts' section of the aforementioned link in the article. It would avoid a lot of confusion as to where you would do this :)

Thanks;
@Darkened_Sol

[Karen]

Is there any reason I'm getting multiple txts back from Twitter and direct messages I'm sending appearing mulitple times (even if I've ONLY sent 1 txt)?

[Dave]

Too little too late. We have iPhone apps for this, and after October, we will be able to have our iPhones on other networks thus cutting the crappy O2 out entirely. Perhaps T-Mobile will let us simply upgrade to a 3GS.

#O2fail