BlackBerry gets native Facebook app, addicts rejoice
By Sean Cooper 
posted Oct 29th 2007 2:52PM
posted Oct 29th 2007 2:52PM
All of you BlackBerry toting Facebook addicts have reason to celebrate as RIM brings an honest-to-goodness Facebook application to your favorite OS 4.2 + handset. Featuring home screen notifications, picture tagging, and even uploading of pics from your handset right to your galleries -- um, Windows Mobile people, you listening? -- this thing sounds fine. Of course, with the BlackBerry itself being a highly addictive creature, we worry that with Facebook thrown in, the average office meeting is set to become a complete waste of time in the near future. Hit the read link to get at the goods.
[Via cellpassion]
[Via cellpassion]
Been using it for about a week. It's pretty good, and integrates into the OS flawlessly. You get notifications just like an e-mail or SMS, and the pages load quickly. You don't get full FB functionality, but there is a menu option to launch the mobile website in your browser.
Almost makes up for the lack of Mobile Facebook texts for T-Mobile. I missed that feature when I ported from Verizon to T-Mobile. They didnt seem to notice, but when I changed my number they caught on. *tear* Definitely a great app though.
I was looking for a reason to dump my old 8703e. Here I come, 8830!
I used it for a couple days on my ATT 8800 and I liked it, however I noticed it really sucked my battery life away. I usually recharge once every 4 days, and this thing had me recahrging everyday and sometimes running out before I could make it home.
bummer, maybe they can make it "push" communications rather than yak with the network so much. Any body else have problems?
I think your GPS system might be the one hogging your batteries.
That and Bluetooth and your EDGE internet and whatnot.
If not, try going for a battery pull which'll reset the BB and it might... do something.
*shruggs* lol.
I've been using this about a week and it seems to work pretty well.
The way they made this app work (apparently) is to intercept the incoming notification emails that Facebook sends when you have a new message or other noteworthy event (basically anything that sends an email notification).
However they did it, the app is still pretty fast to use and I find it great for:
- updating your status online
- posting pictures from your Blackberry
- reading & responding to emails
Viewing the full profile of other users still pushes you out to their WAP version -- which isn't that bad in it's own right.
A few additional screen shots:
http://www.geardiary.com/2007/10/24/facebook-for-blackberry-available-now/
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