TweetPhoto, the real-time social web photo sharing platform, just announced numerous options for developers, as well a new “link account” feature that will improve user experience. Developers now have the option of client libraries for Objective-C, Java, or .Net, in addition to the previous PHP and Python options. As well, user authentication support has been added for Twitter OAuth and Facebook Connect.
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Well Google Android is in full swing. Tonight MySpace is announcing the launch of their Google Android application. The first version of this application enables photo uploading, band profiles with tour information, the ability to comment on photos, profiles, and bulletins, the ability to searc hfor new friends, inbox access, and the ability to update and view mood and status.

The bottom line is this is their next smartphone application rollout and it appears to be relatively extensive based on the screenshots displayed below. So what’s the killer part of this application? It integrates directly with Shazam. If you didn’t get a chance to test out Shazam on the iPhone you are truly missing out. The application will tell you what an unknown song is by simply holding up the phone towards the music.

The integration with Shazam will link the band profile directly from the user’s phone when their song is matched. I honestly think this collaboration is bigger than the announcement that MySpace will be available for Google Android. MySpace is one of the first social networks to launch via android but there will be more social network announcements coming in the next 24 hours.

As the first “Google phone” prepares to be rolled out, this is some really exciting news for the company. One interesting thing about this new application is that the design provided by Apple iPhone made many of the applications look similar. This time around applications have a distinct design which I wouldn’t exactly consider the same sort of “clean” look that iPhone has.

I’m guessing this could negatively impact Android phone sales in the long-run. How important do you think design will be for the success of the Android platform?

Remember that thousand-dollar application that was for sale on the iPhone? Remember how it was shut down? Worry no more about meaningless applications being banned from mobile application directories with the soon to be released Android Market. This market place marks the emergence of the portable platforms, first released by Apple with the launch of their iPhone.

The first version of the Android Market may not have applications for sale but they soon will once a later version is released. How will applications be paid for? Not quite sure about that one yet but we can bet that Google is pushing hard for Google Checkout to serve as the backbone. I can hear geeks rejoicing as this platform is the first competitor to the iPhone directory positioning Google at the forefront of the mobile platform competition.

So where is Microsoft and Blackberry in this whole equation? Both companies have a massive reach but they appear to be falling behind when it comes to the latest technology. Almost overnight the mobile industry has been transformed from a battle of devices to a battle for the software running on this new wave of mobile platforms.

The Android Market appears to be the most open version of the market with no limits on the applications that can be displayed. This strategy mimics Facebook’s strategy when they first launched their platform last year which also resulted in a one of the largest shifts in developer attention ever. While I’m not sure how attractive the “open marketplace” is to most developers, there have been a ton of complaints about Apple’s restrictions in their directory.

Whether or not we’ll see a massive developer shift is still unknown but over the coming months Google and Apple are about to lead the battle of the mobile platforms of the future.