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Facebook for BlacKBerry has been updated again in the BlackBerry Beta Zone, this time to version 3.3.0.9. The new version brings along plenty of updates including updated BBM integration, photo features, unfriending and more. This is a pretty hefty update from the previous version so it should be well worth the download. If you're a Beta Zone member you should be able to grab the update right now. If you haven't yet signed up you can do so from the link below to get in on the fun. Keep reading for the full list of updates.
BBM Integration:
- Ability to opt in/out of the PIN sharing in the setup wizard and screen options
- Ability to know when my Facebook friends are sharing their PINs so I can invite them to BBM
- Ability to invite my Facebook BBM connected friends, who are sharing their PIN, to my BBM contact list (if not already friends)
- Icon showing which Facebook friends I can invite to chat on BBM
- Ability to initiate a BBM conversation with my BBM connected Facebook friend, who is sharing his/her PIN and we are BBM contacts
- Option to be synced with the web so changes on the device/web are reflected on the device/web
- Facebook friends PIN to be updated regularly to ensure that the invitation to chat on BBM is sent to the right PIN
- Ability to invite my friends to BBM or chat from the profile screen
- Ability to see my photo albums as a grid of photos (grid view thumbnails)
- Ability to efficiently scroll through my grid-based photo albums and not worry about network details when opening large albums (pagination)
- Ability to see photo in full screen
- Ability to slide between my full-screen photos
- Ability to save photo to device/media card
- Ability to view Navigational Grid with the new UX changes
- Ability to view Header with the new UX changes
- Ability to view Profile Publisher with the new UX changes
- Ability to view Newsfeed publisher with the new UX changes
- Ability to view Today with the new UX changes
- As a 6.0 and above FB4BB user in certain regions, I want all chat traffic to go over carrier APN so that I can use the app in my country
- As a 6.0 and above FB4BB user in certain regions, I want all traffic (minus chat) to go over carrier APN so that I can use the app in my country
- Ability to unfriend from your friends list and friends profile via GCM, menu, and +
- Ability to see a confirmation dialogue before unfriending so that I can cancel my request if needed
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