Facebook 3.0 storms the app store, our inbox
At this point even our Great Grandmothers are updating their Facebook statuses from 3.0, but just in case you haven’t yet heard… Facebook 3.0 for the iPhone went live in the App Store yesterday afternoon. While the number of tips emails we’ve received suggests everyone is already pretty well aware of this fact, we’re playing it safe. Changes:
- See your upcoming Events and RSVP
- See your friends’ birthdays
- See Pages and post updates and photos to Pages you administer
- Write Notes and read your friends’ Notes
- Upload videos from an iPhone 3GS
- Upload photos to any album
- Complete photo management (create albums, delete albums, delete photos, delete photo tags)
- Change your Profile Picture
- Zoom into photos
- Like posts and photos
- See the same News Feed as the Facebook website
- Visit links in a built-in web browser
- See all of your friends’ friends and Pages
- See mutual friends
- Easily search for people and Pages
- Make friend requests
- Become a fan of Pages
- Quickly call or text your friends
- Create shortcuts to your favorite friends and Pages
- Friends sorted by first or last name according to your settings
- Chat friends sorted alphabetically
Quite a list indeed, though there are still a few items notably missing such as the ever-desired push notification support that is forthcoming in version 3.1. While we’re not the biggest Facebook fans in the world, we actually do like the new build of the app. One thing in particular — the way the app mimics the iPhone’s app layout with its friends/pages shortcuts is pretty cool. Bottom line: it’s easier than ever to communicate with, follow and/or stalk your friends, so you need to go snag it.
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BREAKING NEWSS!! Stop the PRESSES!! OMGGGGG! There’s a facebook update! Aaiiiyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
Still no PUSH! It’s a nice update, but he needs to get push working and working fast.
is there a 3.0 update for the blackberry?
When is Facebook going to release a new version for the Blackberry that’ll run on OS 5.0?!?!?!?
Hopefully this update will come soon for the Blackberry!
With the new Facebook News Feed comes Facebook App Spam. Ack! Please Facebook, for the love of god… give us a way to disable this stupid crap.
Just to clarify…..
Facebook App Spame = Mafia Wars activity, Farmville, What color best describes your mood, etc….
So, how about this for the BB Tour?
Still No push Notifications…….???????
Sent via BlackBerry.
Little late to the table bg as with every other article. :p
Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).
now you can play mafia wars! lol. shit is greatness.
Yet the BGR mobile app has yet to see an update. But anyway does the facebook app crash for anyone when they try to comment on someone’s status?
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Wondering if the Joe Dawson reference at the bottom of the image was random or a Highlander reference
BGR is such a worthless tool and his website fucking blows, just like his whore of a mother
Facebook 3.0 Just the way Jesus intended.
Actually, the FB app never showed up in my Updated App folder… so Thank You BG!
I wish they would add the contact sync like my BB had. It was excellent to have all my contacts’ pictures from FB show-up in my phone.
@jdizzle,
Damn dude, what crawled up your ass? There was no need for that comment!
Anyways, thanks for reminding me BGR. I checked for updates yesterday before this was available.
Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone) at: Tempe Arizona, USA
I know i am crashing this fb post, but i thought all iphone 3g s users need to know that the yelp application(with the new update) has an aumented reality hidden option that can be activated by shaking the phone really hard. Open yelp, shake ur iphone, and a proMpt message will appear.
Check the imge
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Anyone getting a crash when loading up their friends list? When I load it it crashes back to the springboard
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@PowerCell
You obviously never searched for the app. MyPhone+ syncs your facebook information with contacts as well as bring pictures over. It also does something the BB version does not. It categorizes matched, conflicting, and unmatched. So if I have a contact where the name is different its an easy tap on their name, then tap on the facebook contact to link them together .. then it would update the contacts. It even has the ability to correct names in your contacts list if you let it.
@lyn,
No. This thing has been rock stable and I use it religiously. Is your phone jail broken? Everyone i have every spoke to about instability gives me the yes answer to their phone being jailbroken. And if that is the case, it should not be Facebooks problem.
old news.
When will Facebook replace RIM’s Blackberry Facebook App with one of their own which includes all these great features and…chat. RIM failed epicly with the Facebook app they developed and Facebook’s own app trumps it by far.
@Christopher Cox,
Your iPhone is jailbroken. lol Unless you took it off. But I can say that mine is still jailbroken and the new facebook app runs perfect for me
Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone) at: Tempe Arizona, USA
@Scott
Mine WAS jailbroken. LOL. I ended up restoring it and now it is not. Yeah I am loving the new facebook. I looked at the one for BB again and I just shook my head in shame. Not my Bold …. I ended up getting rid of that one. My curve.