Seesmic for Android lets you manage Facebook, Twitter, and several other social networking services on your phone by viewing updates, receiving notifications, and sharing updates with your contacts. Now Seesmic 1.7 for Android is out, and it adds a number of new features including the ability to place shortcuts on your home screen for a number of actions including:

• Accounts
• Message composer
• Searches
• Lists
• Facebook pages
• Salesforce Chatter groups

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After a few months of beta testing, the developers of the TweetDeck client have released version 1.0 for Android. It’s available as a free download from the Android Market.

TweetDeck is a social networking tool that lets you post updates to your Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, and Google Buzz accounts, and read the latest updates from your contacts.

If you’ve been using the beta version, you should uninstall it before loading TweetDeck 1.90 on your phone.

The software is still a work in progress. TweetDeck promises that future versions will have better support for landscape mode and deeper Facebook integration. But the new version should be more stable than the test releases that were downloaded by about 36,000 testers.

TweetDeck is also starting to develop apps for the iPad and iPhone.

You can checkout a demo of TweetDeck 1.0 for Android after the break.

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TweetDeck has already pushed out several updates to its Android app since launching the first public beta a few weeks ago. This week the company put out a new version which has a couple of new features, most notably three new widgets that you can place on your Home Screen.

There are three new widgets, including a compose, column, and bar widget. The column widget is a 2 x 3 box that lets you view the latest messages from one of your TweetDeck columns (Direct Messages, Home, Me, etc), while the Bar widget is a 4 x 1bar that you can place on your screen for quick access to those same columns in the full TweetDeck app.

The compose widget lets you jot a quick status update from your home screen — without first loading TweetDeck. You can also hit the camera icon in the compose widget to quickly snap a photo and upload it. The software is still in beta, so don’t be surprised if you find a few bugs. For instance, while I was able to compose a message using the compose widget, the text box was ridiculously small and it cut off the text on the yellow “Send” button. You can see what I mean in one of the screengrabs after the break.

TweetDeck Beta 0.9.8 for Android is available as a free download.

via Android Police

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TweetDeck has officially launched a public beta version of its new Android app. TweetDeck is a tool that lets you keep up with multiple social networking accounts at the same time. You can link your Facebook, Foursquare, Google Buzz and Twitter accounts to TweetDeck for Android, and one thing that sets it apart from most third party Twitter apps is that it supports multiple Twitter accounts.

An early build of the software leaked unofficially yesterday, but the version that you can download today direct from TweetDeck is much more polished. For one thing, it has an “Accounts” button that lets you go back to the accounts screen any time you want to add or delete a Twitter, Facebook, or other account. The old build was somewhat buggy and only let you adjust your accounts the first time you logged in.

TweetDeck also has clients for desktop computers, the iPhone, and iPad. And one of the defining characteristics of TweetDeck is the ability to display multiple columns of data, with information such as updates from your contacts, messages directed at you, and custom searches. The TweetDeck Android app keeps this column paradigm — but rather than trying to display all the content on screen at the same time, you can swipe the screen to the left or right to switch between columns.

Different social networks are color coded so that, for instance, Facebook messages have a blue background and Twitter messages have a gray backaground. This makes them easy to tell apart at a glance.

TweetDeck lets you update your status on various social networks and interact with messages from your contacts. For instance, on Twitter you can reply, retweet, or favorite items. When you’re using Foursquare, you can check in, leave a tip, or open a map. Facebook lets you reply to comments or hit the Like button.

You need to register for a TweetDeck account to try out the beta. Once you fill out the form, TweetDeck should send you a download link in a few minutes.

Update: The official beta is now available for download.

Yesterday we reported that TweetDeck for Google Android would be available this week. Today it is… kind of. A pre-release build leaked out, and a number of folks have grabbed the installer file and taken it for a test drive. It actually works pretty well, but TweetDeck CEO Iain Dodsworth says the build floating around right now is actually an older version — and that the real beta will be available tomorrow.

He recommends avoiding the old build that’s making the rounds today. But I decided to ignore his advice and take a quick look. The app seems to work pretty well, and has one of TweetDeck’s signature features: The ability to create custom columns. Say you want to keep track on the latest tweets from the public timeline about Google Android. Just hit the search button, enter “Android,” and click the “Add column” button at the bottom of the screen.

While you can display multiple columns side-by-side on the desktop software though, the mobile version of TweetDeck lets you switch between columns by swiping left or right. Only one column shows up at a time.

The default columns show your personal timeline, @replies, and direct messages. You can use TweetDeck for Android to keep up with your Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz, and Foursquare contacts. Each service is color-coded, so that, for instance, Twitter updates have a gray background while Facebook updates show up on a blue background.

Another killer feature? The ability to manage multiple Twitter accounts.

You can click on any message for more information, allowing you to favorite a message, retweet, reply, comment, or like — depending on the social networking service. You can also click on a contact’s picture to bring up their profile. You can open links shared by your contacts in a web browser by clicking on them.

The current build is still a little buggy. For instance, there’s no obvious way to return to the account screen after you login for the first time — meaning that if you want to add a new Facebook, Twitter, or other account after your initial login, you may be out of luck. But I suspect the official beta due out tomorrow will address that issue.

via EuroDroid

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TweetDeck makes one of the most popular Twitter clients for desktop computers. The company also offers iPhone and iPod versions of its software. Next up? Google Android. The company recently announced that a beta version of its Android app should be available this week.

If you’re having a hard time figuring out why you’d want to use a third party Twitter app when Twitter offers it own microblogging software for Google Android, there are at least two reasons. First, TweetDeck isn’t just a Twitter app. It also works with Facebook, Google Buzz, Foursquare, and other social services.

The other killer feature? You can use TweetDeck to connect to multiple Twitter accounts.

TweetDeck CEO Iain Dodsworth posted a short (like 21 seconds, short) video on YouTube showing the login process for the Android app. There’s a single sign-on screen that lets you choose from your Twitter accounts using a drop-down menu.

Unfortunately, that’s about all we know about the app for now. The video concludes before Iain actually starts reading or sending messages. I suppose we’ll have more details soon enough.

You can check out the video after the break.

via Android Central

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Google has released a Google Buzz widget for Android. In a nutshell, this means you can update your Google Buzz status from your Android home screen. You can also take a photo with your camera or upload images from your gallery using the widget. And since you’re using a mobile Buzz client, you can tag your updates with the location where you were when you posted.

To be honest, I’m not a huge fan of Google Buzz, because the last thing I need is yet another social network — even if it’s one that’s designed to help you keep track of updtes from my contacts using other sites such as Twitter, Flickr, Picasa, and Gmail. But if you are a Buzz user, you might want to check out the new widget.

It’s available for Android 1.6 and later. You should be able to find the widget by searching for “Google Buzz” in the Android Market.