Blackberry gets Facebook'd

Posted Oct 26th 2007 11:00AM by Chris Gilmer
Filed under: Business, Internet, E-mail, Office, Web services, Social Software

Now you can stay in touch with friends using Facebook for Blackberry, a standalone application. Sure Facebook can be accessed normally through the likes of mobile browsers like Opera, but this new application provides more streamlined and optimized mobile access for Facebook.

After installing the application, users can send and view messages, photos, pokes, and wall posts. They will also be able to take a picture and directly send it to their profiles complete with tags if their Berry's have cameras. Although this is good for long commutes and waiting for meals to be served, it could be encouraging a new level of unproductiveness in the workplace!

There have been reports of Facebook for Blackberry not working with older handsets and on some mobile networks.

You can download the installer from Blackberry or Facebook.

Tags: app, blackberry, browse, facebook, mobile-application, opera, social-network

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1. Crackberry + Facebook = zero productivity

Posted at 11:07AM on Oct 26th 2007 by Todd

2. Thank God my 8700 doesn't support it. Whew. Although... maybe it is time for an upgrade. hmmmmm.

-p-

Posted at 4:04PM on Oct 26th 2007 by p-diddy

3. Anybody know a WM6 version? Or even a WM5 version of the same kind?

Posted at 4:58PM on Oct 26th 2007 by michael

4. michael - You can always access http://iphone.facebook.com from any device. That should work nicely too!

Posted at 5:05PM on Oct 26th 2007 by Chris Gilmer

5. michael - yes, well so do a ton of other users! The iPhone is the hot device out now, so of course it gets all the attention. Hopefully with all that cash that Facebook got they will dump some into developing specialized apps for all platforms.

Posted at 7:29PM on Oct 26th 2007 by Chris Gilmer

6. @Chris Gilmer:

Thanks! I took a look at it, and it works good - on a regular browser.

It looks good enough to be on WinMo phone though too. I just wish there were an official one, that took advantage of WinMo keys.

Posted at 8:30PM on Oct 26th 2007 by michael

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