I’ve written about the Vodafone Update app for BlackBerry before, when I had my Storm. Didn’t work perfectly on the Storm, but it’s pretty rockin’ on my Curve 8900. If you want to handle Facebook and Twitter from one app, this is a good option to consider.
Facebook + Twitter App for BlackBerry

Over at the Crackberry forums, someone mentioned an application called Vodafone Update, which works pretty well on the BlackBerry Storm. You can link your Facebook, Twitter, and Twitpic accounts to the application (it’ll launch the browser for you to log in to Facebook and Twitter to “authorize” it). I successfully authorized these three services in the application and was able to do some testing. Here are some random thoughts on it:
- You need to disable Compatibility Mode for the application on the Storm. You can do this by going to Options > Applications, selecting the app, and using the menu key to bring up the menu and disable that mode.
- Vodafone Update can auto-refresh and pull Facebook status updates and tweets. You can “Like” and comment on statuses through Update. You can send a status update to both Facebook and Twitter simultaneously. I found that when I unselected one, I could not write anything in the update field; probably one of the quirks since the application is not written for the Storm. Selecting both Facebook and Twitter allowed me to write an update.
- Another quirk I found was that, when “Liking” or commenting on Facebook, I would receive a message box telling me there was a Facebook error; however, my comments and Likes still went through.
- Flipping the Storm into landscape mode does not properly resize the text box for entering status updates. It’s a graphical annoyance.
The app won’t replace the Facebook application from RIM, but if you’d like to easily view and send Twitter and Facebook updates from within one decent application (at least SocialScope goes out of private beta, around the time the Sun dies out), Vodafone Update may be a decent, if flawed, option for you.