
Socialscope is so much more than just another Twitter app for BlackBerry. The words that really come to mind when thinking about Socialscope are “social media hub.” Now, you may have noticed I didn’t say social-network hub, and that is no mistake. Socialscope not only allows access to Facebook and Twitter, but also FourSquare and Flickr. But this is NOT about all of those. This is purely a review of the Twitter app portion of Socialscope.
The first thing that I noticed about Socialscope was how simple it is. The colors are simple, not over the top, and one can access everything in Socialscope from the BlackBerry menu key and the [+] sign in the top bar of the UI. Simplicity of use is a big plus with Socialscope, and definitely one of the better points
The is most definitely the most aesthetically pure Twitter application I’ve ever seen. The UI is based on a white background, black text, and blue for highlighting. The @-mentions (as it is with most Twitter apps) are highlighted in yellow and DM’s are blue. The yellow highlighting is, sadly, sometimes very difficult to see. If you turn your BlackBerry and look at the screen at an angle, you can see the yellow very well, however when you stare straight at your device, it is very difficult to see.

The keyboard shortcuts are one of the big selling items within Socialscope. Most are rather self explanatory, others may take some time to get used to (Note: these aren’t all of them, there are some duplicates):
- U – update (C also works)
- R – reply
- V = favorite
- L = refresh
- K = reply-to-all
- F = quote/retweet
Pros
- Simplicity of UI
- Basic and easy to read UI
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Low battery usage
- Easy access to multiple Twitter accounts
Cons
- Private beta (go to http://getsocialscope.com to sign up)
- Network issues every once in a while. Must do a battery pull to correct
- Keep you “too connected” (for those networking-addicts like myself)
If you’ve not used Socialscope, I would strongly recommend that you get over to the site and sign yourself up for an invite. Also, make sure to let us know in the comments below if you’re already a Socialscope user and if you like it! Tell us what your favorite part about it is! And, if you would like, feel free to follow the BBerryDog team on Twitter:
Taylor – @PDCasper
Alex – @dqmhose
Me – @lovexxreverie
Kyle – @FoodNoLiquor
Jamie – @Mr_Jivy
Josh – @thejoshseawell
Jon – @Stromson
Jon Jaffe – @JJaffy