How to Receive Twitter Replies to Your Phone

Get your @replies from the Twittersphere on your phone.

Twitter is a microblogging and social networking service that lets users post short status messages or "tweets" for the world to see. When a user "mentions" another user -- that is, types the "@" symbol followed immediately by a username -- as part of a tweet, the mentioned user receives the tweet in his "Mentions" column on Twitter. If you have registered a mobile phone with Twitter, you can visit the Settings page to make all future mentions and replies to you forward to your registered mobile phone.

Things You'll Need

• Twitter account
• Mobile phone registered with Twitter

Instructions

1. Open your browser, go to twitter.com. Type your username and password into the boxes near the top-right corner of the Twitter homepage and press "Enter."

2. Click your username near the top-right corner of the screen and select "Settings" from the drop-down menu.

3. Click "Mobile" in the Settings menu bar.

4. Click the "Mentions and Replies" box so there is a check mark inside it.

5. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the "Save" button.

Resources

• Twitter