Sina Microblog iPad App Review
Sina Microblog has been on the offensive move, within a year they have achieved more than what Twitter can. Currently Twitter features over 200 million users, but Sina Microblog reached 100 million just in a year. This year they announced two service - direct video uploading and voicemail for sending tweets, as well as Sina LBS or geo-location check-in service directly via their native app (plus you can also now stalk your favorite celebrities). I guess they don't want to lose the race and momentum, as there are many other microblog service in China market. I do think Twitter needs to learn more from Sina Weibo, for example their process is a lot faster on verified accounts if you provide the necessary ID and proved that you are actively using their service.
- Looks strikingly similar to... this
- Its free, that's always a good thing :)
- Different than the iPhone app
- Easy to use if you're accustomed to Twitter's native iPad App
- Preview message on the right side pane
- Access direct message
- Upload photo directly, you can also rotate the photo if you wish
- You can announce where you are directly via their location service
- You can use the automatic hashtag feature to tag your topic
- Here is something different from the native Twitter App, the capability of changing the background although currently there are only 5 wallpapers available (hopefully they will open this for users to be able to upload their own favorite wallpaper)
