How to Get Twitter on the Samsung Rant

Mobile Web and SMS allow you to use Twitter on older phones such as the Rant.

The Samsung Rant came out in 2008 as an updated alternative to the LG Rumor; both were "feature phones," transitional models between older cellphone models and today's smartphones. If you're still using your Rant, you can't use it to download apps such as those that facilitate Twitter for smartphone users. However, you can still tweet from older phones, either via Twitter's mobile site on your phone's Web browser, or via text messages. Be aware that your carrier may apply data or texting charges.

Instructions

Mobile Web

1. Launch your phone's Web browser by selecting the "OK" button from your home screen, and then "Web."

2. Press "Menu," the right softkey, and then "Go to Web Address." Enter the URL of the Twitter mobile site, m.twitter.com.

3. Sign in with your username and password. A scaled-down, mobile-optimized version of your Twitter homepage will appear on the screen. From here, you can tweet, reply, retweet, and see your mentions and direct messages.

SMS

1. Sign in to your Twitter account on the Web (not through your phone).

2. Click on your name in the upper right-hand corner of the page, and then click "Settings." On that page, click the "Mobile" tab.

3. Follow the instructions for setting up your phone to receive tweets via text. You will have to send a message to the Twitter shortcode for your country (40404 in the United States), and then follow the directions the number texts back to you.

4. Adjust your mobile settings. You can choose which types of tweets you want to receive via SMS and from whom you want to receive mobile notifications.

5. Send a message to the Twitter shortcode to post a tweet of your own via text.

References

• Sprint: Samsung Rant User Guide
• "PC"; Samsung Rant Review; Nov. 5, 2008