Nambu: All-in-One Twitter, Friendfeed, Ping.fm (and more) Client for iPhone
I’ve just discovered Nambu a short while ago, via a message in a Friendfeed room (from Devon Campbell), and it looks and sounds quite promising. Here’s a short excerpt from its App Store description:
Nambu is a full-featured Twitter, Identi.ca, Ping.fm, and Friendfeed client all rolled into one.
We all have our favorite iPhone Twitter apps, and the same for Friendfeed or any other ‘social’ apps we use frequently – but for anyone who uses two or more of these services, any app that lets you manage and update them all from one central place has got to be of some interest.
I’ve only been playing with Nambu for around half an hour, so these are just some very early and quick impressions …
Good Things:
For me, Friendfeed and Twitter in one place – like that.
Inline browser for when you tap on a link in a post
You can Like and Comment on a Friendfeed item easily
You can see @ and DM replies in the Twitter view – and reply in both those ways from within the app as well
Search option in both FF and Twitter
Not So Good Things:
It refuses to remember my login credentials – for both Twitter and Friendfeed – so far I’ve had to re-enter them every time after half a dozen closes and launches of Nambu. If this is just me affected, well lucky me and such – otherwise they may want to fix this quite quickly.
Don’t see a way to include a pic in Twitter or FF
Don’t see a way to see followers / following details for Twitter
Not super keen on the dark backgrounds – would like an option to set this / theme
The interface is not the most slick or intuitive. Small example – in both Twitter and Friendfeed views, you need to tap on the Star symbol on the top nav bar to see activity of friends (in FF) or @ replies in Twitter – it took me a while to realize this, because I just didn’t associate the star symbol with these areas.
So … Nambu looks interesting, but needs improvement in some places, maybe a few more features to match up with dedicated Twitter apps (for instance), and maybe a few more services thrown in.
Anyone else tried this yet? If so, your thoughts?
Thanks for the review, and the feature suggestions. We have an 1.01 update waiting for Apple to review that fixes the configuration bug, and fixes some other more minor ones as well. Should be released any day.
We also have the feature additions of submitting picture links directly from the iPhone, and a more complete implementation of followers/followings under review. We will definitely be addressing these two issues.
Thanks again for the suggestions. Feel free to contact me directly anytime.
–ejw
Eric Woodward
Email: ejw@nambu.com
Does anyone have a link for this app? I can’t seem to find it in Appstore. Does it have anything to do with me being in Sweden?
bjornolsson – Try this link:
http://tinyurl.com/7frn26
ejw – thanks for the response. That 1.01 update sounds good. Just to clarify, are you saying that will fix the issue with remembering login credentials?
Thanks PatrickJ! I have no idea why it didn’t show up in my search.
mjornolsson – no worries – glad it helped
Looks interesting! I’ll give this app a try.
billso – cool – let us know what you think of it …
"Then item you've requested is not currently available in the US store" ?
Perhaps its name has changed. Google may be your friend for this one I'm afraid.