Twitter adds SMS alerts and notifications on the iPhone push

Although Twitter is perhaps one of the most emblematic of immediacy and real time, the truth is that not everyone is on alert all day to review the timeline, reply, and well they do. But sometimes, just a few, which really justify know instantly when we have sent a message, or talk to us.

In those cases, Twitter has launched a new feature called @ Mentions, And we instantly notified via SMS and when someone has mentioned we are following us. To activate it we have to address twitter.com / devices, And mark the check box next to "Text Message Notifications".

The other novelty of Twitter is has to do with the version iPhone, Which adds support for push notifications. So Apple's mobile Joins BlackBerry and SMS as the only platforms with this feature, at least while working in development for Android and Windows Phone.