I’ve been using the desktop client, TweetDeck, ever since I started my Twitter obsession & Tweetie while I’m on the go. It’s great and works on multiple platforms since it uses Adobe AIR. They just released v0.25 which has Facebook intergration and my choice shortening URL service called tr.im. You can download TweetDeck from here.

We’ve got some good news to share with you. A new version of TweetDeck is available with some much wanted improvements, including a fix for the memory leak issue, and great new features including short url previews, Twitpic thumbnails, recording of 12seconds video clips and Facebook integration to make TweetDeck even more useful to you, our users. Plus TweetDeck is now recognised as the most popular application for Twitter driving 8.9% of tweets according to TweetRush. Plus with over 375,000 visits to TweetDeck.com last month and a growth rate of 32% we’re hoping to see this growth continue. Read more…

[SOURCE: TweetDeck Blog]