But with all its glory, TwitPic does have its shortcomings. The service has been plagued with oddities and shortages, and it's yet to evolve in feature set or function. So, if TwitPic isn't satisfying your Twitter photo sharing needs, you can turn to brand new competitor, TweetPhoto.
TweetPhoto's offering, available today, includes a plethora of photo-specific features that make it easy to appreciate your own shared photos, and the favorites from your friends, long after your tweet is lost in the real-time stream.
TweetPhoto works like TwitPic in that you use your Twitter name and password to use the site. It also supports uploads by email or mobile, and comments, but that's where the similarities with TwitPic end.
TweetPhoto users can post their photos to Twitter and Facebook, favorite other photos on the site, see who's viewing their photos, track stats, geo-tag (it's automatic from a GPS-enabled phone), moderate comments, search all photos by tags, and even sort photos by Twitter or Facebook friends.
The beauty of TweetPhoto, is that all of these goodies are easily accessible and discoverable from your dashboard view of photos hosted on the site. Tabs across the top navigation make it easy to view your photos, return to favorites, browse friends' photos, and check out the public stream.
Can It Beat The Competition?
In the Twitter photo space there's also Pix.im, yFrog and Twixtr, neither of which have managed to steal any thunder from TwitPic.
We'd be remiss not to point out the similarities between the photos-for-Twitter battle and the original microblogging coup d'etat that never came to fruition (remember Jaiku and Pownce?). TweetPhoto, and the rest of the bunch will need to work their way into your hearts and minds if they want to survive.
They can certainly better compete now that more Twitter apps are supporting alternative photo uploading options. And, TweetPhoto definitely has more than a few features we love, but is it enough? Share your thoughts on TweetPhoto, whether you'll use it, and how you think they can supplant TwitPic in the comments.
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