Funny that this appeared today too.

it's clear that the PlayBook is a useless device whose development is unfinished.

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UberMedia has slowly been amassing Twitter clients to the point where its clients have been said to be responsible for as much of 20% of daily tweets.

The problem is that Twitter has been busily outlawing third-party ad networks built on top of its network, and discouraging developers from building their own clients, as it looks to maximise the amount of money it can make itself. Meanwhile, relations between Twitter and UberMedia have been fraught of late, to say the least.

The irony would be delightful. I think Twitter has enough problems as a platform that a rival with a good head of steam might actually have a shot.