I had a whole blog post laid out in my head about Google’s new entry into the TV industry, but then, I tried the new Seesmic iPhone app and that took precedence. This app actually comes at a perfect time since the new official Twitter app was just released, and suffice to say, I am not a fan (here is my review). Let me back up a little. As a mobile blogger, I try out a lot of phones, and a lot of apps on different platforms. Generally speaking, the iPhone obviously has the most variety, which ultimately means I can find the best apps on iPhone in almost any category.

I say “almost” because when it comes to a Twitter app, I could not find any app that met my tweeting needs the way UberTwitter does on BlackBerry or Touiteur does on Android. I have used Echofon since it was Twitterfon and I was happy for a long time. That is until the latest releases, which seemed to add nothing but a whole lotta bugs. I tried any Twitter app you can name, and after coming up empty handed, I was confident that when the new Tweetie, which was recently acquired by Twitter, would be released, it would be the app I was looking for. That was not the case, far from it. I wrote this blog post about features missing from the new Twitter for iPhone, but just the fact that it took a tweet to figure out how to DM someone says it all. Not to mention the lack of proper notifications and old style retweets.

So, when Seesmic was announced, I ran to download it. Before I get into the app itself, let me say that I am a Tweetdeck user. I have been since the beginning and I am the one to always debate Tweetdeck’s supremacy over Seesmic, so no one can claim I am a Seesmic Fanboy, although, Loic kinda makes me laugh, especially in this Scoble video.

So, what is so great about Seesmic for iPhone? Well let me start off by saying this. I have told endless developers on both iPhone and Android that the key to a successful mobile app is simplicity and usability. If I open an app for the first time, and after 20 seconds, I still do not know how to use it, I close the app, then delete it. Maybe I am tough on developers, but with so much variety out there, is it too much to ask to put in a tutorial if your app is too complicated to understand on my own? In the case of Seesmic, I had never used a Twitter app, or any app for that matter that worked on the same premise of “spaces”, yet within seconds, I knew what to do and how to do it.

The app has all the features I need in a social networking application, but putting that aside, the usability of Seesmic for iPhone is where it shines. So, the basic concept is that you have screens, multiple ones, and each screen has multiple “spaces”. You can make a Twitter account into a space, and then go ahead and another Twitter account as its neighbor. You can add Facebook as a space or you can add your ping.fm as a space. That means you have access to all your social networks from that one screen since ping.fm encompasses it all.

Here is where it gets exciting, and yes, I know I am a geek if this kind of stuff excites me. You can also add a Twitter search as a space of its own as well as trending topics, and last but very much not least, you can add a Twitter list or many of them as a space as well. This gives you access to all your networks from the home page of an iPhone app, now try to beat that!

Moving along, when you open one of the spaces, Twitter for example, you have a full fledged Twitter client with all the basic and advanced features found in other apps like Echofon, Twitter, Twitteriffic, Tweetings, and the rest of the bunch. These features include new and old style RTs (ahem Twitter for iPhone), geo tagging tweets, timeline, replies, direct messages, the ability to add photos, multiple accounts support, search, trending topics, lists, favorites, URL shortening, and much much more. You can easily swipe your finger left or right to go to the next space, something I only discovered afterwards, and made me love this app even more.

In the Facebook space, there are options to comment, Like, email the update, or send it to Evernote. Every time you open the Update box to write something, you can easily select which accounts you want to post it on, and no problems selecting multiple accounts. It is all just very smooth and intuitive. The Update box also has a URL shortener as well as the ability to send a picture, and remember, with all the services supported by ping.fm, Seesmic for iPhone pretty much covers all your social needs.

The Settings screen for Seesmic also adds some useful options such as retweeting with the RT format or Via, which some people are actually very particular about. You can also define your photo upload service as well as the quality of the photo you are sharing.

Since I am a firm believer that there is always room for improvement, I will say that the one thing I am missing in this app is the ability to see how many tweets/search results/DMs/replies I missed. There is no indication that there is new activity in the various spaces, and that would have made this app perfect. Having said that, I understand from Zee that this feature is in the works.

The bottom line is I can go on and on about this app, and talk about the awesome way you add, delete, or move spaces, but as I said, more important than its long list of features is the experience it provides. My long lasting search for an iPhone Twitter app is officially over and like I tweeted earlier, I am happy to see I am in good company.