SMS delivery for Twitter-using Vodafone customers was announced late last week, but what happens if you’re not paying your hard-earned beans to Vodafone? O2, T-Mobile, Virgin, Orange and 3 Mobile customers.

There’s plenty of ways to send and receive tweets on your mobile, without flinging money at Vodafone for a new SIM card. Unlimited internet plans are a great way to explore the mobile web for next to nothing, and if you download a Twitter app, updating the micro-blogging service is even easier.

Twitter apps

We suggest downloading a Twitter client, or application, for your phone first. There are plenty available, some more suited to a particular handset than others. TwitterBerry for BlackBerry is easy to use, whilst Twidroid for your Android G1 is a breeze. iPhone users constantly rave about Twitterrific (though the free version is ad-supported), and Nokia owners should check out Twibble. Alternatively, Twitter’s own mobile site works like a dream, though you can’t send and receive direct messages.

O2

O2 customers can ask for a data bolt-on package, which will set them back £7.34 a month. There’s a fair usage policy of course, and O2 also limits data charges to £1 a day to avoid nasty bills.

 Virgin

Virgin charges just 30p a day for unlimited internet access (with a fair usage policy of 25MB per day).

 3 Mobile

Boasting one of the lowest internet packages, 3 charges just £5 a month for both PAYG and contract users, on their Internet Max package. The fair usage policy means you can download just 1GB of data per month.

 T-Mobile

The Web ‘n’ Walk internet package is popular amongst users, and costs just £7.50 a month. New customers however (or those who joined before 1st December 2006), pay just £5 a month.

If you’re on Twitter, don’t forget to check out ixplora at: http://twitter.com/ixplora

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