Twitter switched off incoming SMS updates today for users outside the US, Canada and India.

That was a big mistake and could be the final nail in the coffin for the death defying microblogging startup, at least in Europe. There are a number of business models they could have gone for, but switching it off (without any notice, I add) wasn't the best one to choose.

I don't know how many more glitches Twitter can take before it sinks...we've had numerous outages, lost IM updates, pagination on the website and now, SMS.

But, we all still love it. Right? Even if it is becoming almost useless when you're on the move...which is at least 50% of it's value.

Not sure how many of those little birds there are left to drag the whale out of the mire.

-pc.