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NCTM replied on October 13, 2008 11:29 to the problem "Incoming SMS tweet with an "@" symbol in it is blank after the "@"." in Twitter:

This is an issue for me as well
Twitter name: KE4ZNR
Cell provider: Alltel
Thanks!

crystal replied on October 10, 2008 17:46 to the problem "Incoming SMS tweet with an "@" symbol in it is blank after the "@"." in Twitter:

We're still working on this guys, thanks for your patience.

Alicia Beckman replied on October 04, 2008 00:25 to the problem "Incoming SMS tweet with an "@" symbol in it is blank after the "@"." in Twitter:

As a US Cellular user, on my Motorola V3m RAZR -- I missed the following (and MANY like it)

http://twitter.com/atlas600/statuses/...

The exact display on my phone was:
atlas600:
(ONLY. No @, no nothing. So I would know when people were @replying, I just wouldn't know what they were saying & would have to get on the web to know)

Now I have bought an LG Ux260, and the display is like this:
atlas600: pinknacho pssha! house cleaning is overrated, go have a margarita instead
(The only thing missing is the "@" preceding my username).

A comment on the problem "Incoming SMS tweet with an "@" symbol in it is blank after the "@"." in Twitter:

thanks guys! – crystal, on October 04, 2008 00:15

Jeannie replied on October 03, 2008 23:22 to the problem "Incoming SMS tweet with an "@" symbol in it is blank after the "@"." in Twitter:

I'd replied to a similar topic before. My carrier is Alltel and with my Treo 650 everything after the "@" would get truncated. I just got a Blackberry Curve (8330) and now I get messages with all the text, just the "@" doesn't show up before the name. Odd behavior, but a definite improvement.

Just shows, though, that though there may be issues with a carrier, it might also have something to do with the phone itself in combination with the carrier.

A comment on the problem "Incoming SMS tweet with an "@" symbol in it is blank after the "@"." in Twitter:

http://twitter.com/crainte/statuses/9...
Came through as just "crainte:" with no following text
http://twitter.com/crainte/statuses/9...
Came through up until the @
I haven't mentioned the phone I am using before, if that matters, but it is a Motorola ROKR Z6m. I'd post more, but I disabled updates because of this issue and re-enabled them just to get an example to help out. Thanks for your efforts, Crystal. – forceflow2, on October 03, 2008 21:21

A comment on the problem "Incoming SMS tweet with an "@" symbol in it is blank after the "@"." in Twitter:

http://twitter.com/crainte/statuses/9...
Came through as just "crainte:" with no following text
http://twitter.com/crainte/statuses/9...
Came through up until the @
I haven't mentioned the phone I am using before, if that matters, but it is a Motorola ROKR Z6m. I'd post more, but I disabled updates because of this issue and re-enabled them just to get an example to help out. Thanks for your efforts, Crystal. – forceflow2, on October 03, 2008 21:21

A comment on the problem "Incoming SMS tweet with an "@" symbol in it is blank after the "@"." in Twitter:

Whoops! It's US Cellular – Tom, on October 03, 2008 21:08

TheLedFloyd replied on October 03, 2008 21:01 to the problem "Incoming SMS tweet with an "@" symbol in it is blank after the "@"." in Twitter:

Username: Theledfloyd USCellular

Any status at all, no matter from whom becomes blank after, and including the @. So if someone were to says, "hanging out with @theledfloyd at school" i would get it on my phone as "hanging out with". Same happens for example when some would say, "the movie starts @ 8" i will only see "the movie starts" and thats it.

A comment on the problem "Incoming SMS tweet with an "@" symbol in it is blank after the "@"." in Twitter:

http://twitter.com/Nzero/statuses/944...
http://twitter.com/thecoffinrobber/st...
http://twitter.com/Nzero/statuses/943...
(those are the last three @ replies I have gotten, you can look at any more before that too)
Those all come in blank, well, it just sends the user name.

And, to show an example of what I was talking about above --
http://twitter.com/SeanMarler/statuse...

That came in as "SeanMarler: Checking out Jayson Frye's =>" There was something wrong with the bracket... I also noticed that something goes funky when I someone sends a ~ as well.

Hope that helps, if you need anything -- you got my username & number. :-D – Jayson Frye, on October 03, 2008 21:01

A comment on the problem "Incoming SMS tweet with an "@" symbol in it is blank after the "@"." in Twitter:

Hey Tom, who is your carrier? US cellular, Alltel, or cellular south? – crystal, on October 03, 2008 20:59

A comment on the problem "Incoming SMS tweet with an "@" symbol in it is blank after the "@"." in Twitter:

Yep, got it. Thanks! – crystal, on October 03, 2008 20:56

crystal replied on October 03, 2008 20:54 to the problem "Incoming SMS tweet with an "@" symbol in it is blank after the "@"." in Twitter:

Hey guys, we're still researching this issue. To help us get to the bottom of it, we need some example statuses that came through blank. If you received a reply on your phone that came through blank, can you list the link to the URL of the missed status, like this:

http://twitter.com/sdog024/statuses/9...

Thanks!

A comment on the problem "Incoming SMS tweet with an "@" symbol in it is blank after the "@"." in Twitter:

Wow. That's good to know. There's obviously still some incompatibility since the @ itself is missing, but I'd definitely take no @s vs blanksville myself. – mdy, on October 02, 2008 00:17

Alicia Beckman replied on October 01, 2008 23:19 to the problem "Incoming SMS tweet with an "@" symbol in it is blank after the "@"." in Twitter:

US Cellular users...I just switched to a LG U260 as per allconsoffun's info...I now receive my @replies! The message comes thru, though the "@" itself is not there. Don't care, am happy after living so long is Blanksville. Thanks!

Bobert Hepker replied on October 01, 2008 03:57 to the problem "Incoming SMS tweet with an "@" symbol in it is blank after the "@"." in Twitter:

Thank you for your continued support!

A comment on the problem "Incoming SMS tweet with an "@" symbol in it is blank after the "@"." in Twitter:

Just a note, so that it is clear.

The issue here is more than just "truncating text after the @ reply. So, if you said "@crystal woot!" I would only see "@crystal ..." It is actually truncating anything after the @ symbol, INCLUDING the @ sign. Thus, if you sent @AceFrye Hello there, I would get a text saying "Crystal:" Or if you just tweeted something saying "I was just hanging out with @AceFrye This kid is crazyyy!!!" I would get "Crystal: I was just hanging out with".

Does that make sense? I hope that clears things up a bit, that the issue is not the same as with Verizon. – Jayson Frye, on October 01, 2008 03:07

goodmood replied on October 01, 2008 01:45 to the problem "Incoming SMS tweet with an "@" symbol in it is blank after the "@"." in Twitter:

Crystal - thanks for looking into this... getting this fixed will greatly improve my enjoyment of Twitter.

carrier - alltel
username - goodmood

mdy replied on October 01, 2008 00:32 to the problem "all tweets hitting my cell with @ in them anywhere go blank!!!" in Twitter:

Hello. Twitter has posted an update in another thread regarding @replies getting truncated on Alltel / US Cellular / Cellular South mobile phones.

Click here to read the full reply.

Bottomline: the problem still exists, but they haven't forgotten about it.

mdy replied on October 01, 2008 00:30 to the problem "Why do message that start with @[name] showing up blank via SMS?" in Twitter:

Hello. Twitter has posted an update in another thread regarding @replies getting truncated on alltel mobile phones.

Click here to read the full reply.

Bottomline: the problem still exists, but they haven't forgotten about it.