Tweeting from your phone can make keeping up with twitter much easier, and provide a little relationship-building fun while you’re waiting in line at the post office!  Since we’re all a little short on time and stuck waiting in traffic (or long lines!) I wanted to show you how to set up (or update) twitter from your mobile phone.

Most people think that you need a smartphone like an iphone to tweet but that’s actually not true! As long as you have text messaging capabilities you can tweet.

Here’s how:

- Sign into your twitter account and click on “settings” in the top right corner
- From there click on the “Mobile” link in the blue bar
- From this page, follow the instructions to link your cell phone to your account if you have not already, then
- Look for the line “Send Tweets using text messages with this phone. Just send your tweets to _____” Take note of that number (it’s 40404 in the US) and add it to your phone’s address book under the name “twitter”
- When you want to tweet on the go, simply send a text message (make sure it’s under 140 characters!) to the “twitter” contact you saved in your address book

If you have a smartphone, go ahead and install an app for even easier tweeting on the go.  Here are the best apps for the various mobile platforms:

Blackberry : UberTwitter ( http://www.ubertwitter.com/ )
iPhone: Twitter for Iphone (http://itunes.apple.com/app/twitter/id333903271?mt=8 )
Palm : Motweet ( http://www.mitreo.com/motwit_twitter_palm_os/ )
Android : Twitter or Android – Just scan: (http://blog.twitter.com/2010/04/twitter-for-android-robots-like-to.html) or

Now – send me ( @lkr ) a tweet from your new setup and let me know you got yourself all set up!

Since I’m all about sharing useful information that you can use immediately, let me know if you have suggestions for other Twitter mobile applications.  If you use one that isn’t on this list, and you think it’s the bomb, leave a comment below so everyone can try it out!