Facebook 1.5 for BlackBerry Leaked and Reviewed!
Back in November I dropped a blog post detailing all of the updates coming your way in Facebook 1.5, which we knew would be coming in early 2009 but were hoping would launch in January. January has obviously come and gone, but the good news is that Facebook 1.5 is just around the corner and the folks over at BGR got their hands on a copy of it to play with and have given it some thorough usage and followed it up with a review. Click the image above to jump on over to read it all the details.
You can't download it just yet, but keep it locked to CrackBerry - we'll give you the heads up as soon as it's available.
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arukaen Mar 3, 2009 at 5:06 pm
AWESOMEEEEE
p0di Mar 3, 2009 at 5:07 pm
I want it I want it!!
dogsinor Mar 3, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Looks so much nicer
yhwhsozo Mar 3, 2009 at 5:09 pm
im looking forward to the update
PvT Mar 3, 2009 at 5:11 pm
It's not a stretch to say that it should be pretty easy to improve upon the BB/FB app we got now. Lookin forward to givin'er a test drive...
thehawkins Mar 3, 2009 at 5:14 pm
We'll see it in April.
ryanlrobinson Mar 3, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Definitely a fan of the Contact Integration - such a pain to have to look up people's emails on their Facebooks if I don't have it on my MacBook (or Blackberry by synchronization). Been hoping to find an app that would synchronize them since I got my crackberry. Other stuff looks nice, too, but that's the big one for me.
Bla1ze Mar 3, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Hmmm, looks rather lackluster to me.
Glad I don't use facebook...Hopefully they have fixed the bug where it kills off your emails from being deliv. to your device as well.
gameboy213 Mar 3, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Seems like the same app to me.... very little improvement.
lovin2act Mar 3, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Looks like a different app to me....much improvement.
chbak014 Mar 3, 2009 at 5:56 pm
bleh...
iphone facebook is soooo much better.
that is ONE app i miss moving from the iphone--that and shazam...
ammaredt Mar 3, 2009 at 6:07 pm
will there ever be fb chat integration????
metsfan89 Mar 3, 2009 at 6:19 pm
commenting on staus updates is a definite plus. glad to see this. siince this is coming out so late is v 2.0 pushed back as well? i heard facebook chat would be enabled in that version
Gian_ Mar 3, 2009 at 6:20 pm
How safe will the contacts application be given that a copy of your ENTIRE contacts list will be sent to facebook given their recent security issues etc? :/
ClassaN0va Mar 3, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Why does this look exactly the same
irishcarbomb1 Mar 3, 2009 at 6:21 pm
I was really looking forward to the February 27th release that our BB rep told us of.
I hate so much that the current version doesn't even work right 99% of the time, and am really looking forward to a version that does work. Hopefully that is the main improvement with this update, that it actually works! Otherwise, everything else they added is just a giant waste of time.
Cocotaso Mar 3, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Finally a new version for my BOLD!
Queen4111 Mar 3, 2009 at 7:24 pm
I wish it was released NOW!!!
deloreancowboy Mar 3, 2009 at 8:02 pm
This looks great to me. I don't care about a pretty UI, but I love vringo facebook and to not have to go on my laptop to sync is an awesome idea. Syncing contacts and calandars is awesome! (Actually I just hope that it uploads your contacts from Facebook). Combine that with GoogleSync and everything should be done.
I'd much rather Facebook chat be contralled by Beejive. I don't want to be "online" all the time. And I don't want to have to go through five programs to get offline.
Can we get a link pretty please, lol.
geewhipped Mar 3, 2009 at 8:13 pm
well.. I guess it is a slightly shinier turd than the turd we are currently stuck with. After the delays, I was expecting much much more.
natenate360 Mar 3, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Sweet! I was actually checking the developer's corner on FB to see if there was a way to sync contacts from FB onto my BB... but I'd be mildly scared to have FB access to my BB contacts...
sheerheartattack Mar 3, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Will we finally be able to check our God-damned inbox now? It would only ever send new messages, but not messages that were already part of another thread. This is pretty much exclusively why I immediately uninstalled.
bergeronjc Mar 3, 2009 at 9:51 pm
I'm a little shocked that Facebook is still popular. What is the point of it?
deloreancowboy Mar 4, 2009 at 12:06 am
For me the point of Facebook is the ability to contact old classmates and Family, mostly. Seeing where they are now and who's married, etc. Where they work and such.
Facebook = family and old classmates.
Myspace = advertising band gigs, etc.
Linkedin = networking for that next job.
That's how I see it.
SubyWill Mar 3, 2009 at 10:32 pm
awesome! i can't wait!
intenseone Mar 4, 2009 at 12:45 am
Best SITE ONLINE Second to Crackberry.com
icanttellyou Mar 4, 2009 at 1:11 am
cool
kalen004 Mar 4, 2009 at 2:42 am
I think that this edition will only be slightly better than the previous edition; We need Facebook Chat and to be able to view profiles without connecting to the browser. The Iphone App definitely has this one beat for a couple of versions.
Xopher Mar 4, 2009 at 8:10 am
One note that interested me was that the Calendar integration will post FB events in a seperate "Facebook" calendar. I know that OS 4.5 has the ability for multiple calendars - didn't think that was an option prior to 4.5. So, either this means you have to be running 4.5 to use the new FB app, or some features might not be available for anyone running 4.2/4.3.
tamster#cb Mar 4, 2009 at 8:43 am
What I'm really looking for in a FB upgrade is the ability to chat online with friends. That allows me to connect with friends while at work.
MzSweetyPie82 Mar 4, 2009 at 9:14 am
So...I don't understand (and this could just be because I currently don't own a Blackberry) but what is the difference between downloading a Facebook application and just going to the Facebook mobile site on your web browser??
korp#IM Mar 4, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Good chat application ... just like I've been needing :) no more computer hehe.
r0bn4571c Mar 4, 2009 at 1:53 pm
That was a really well written review, I'm pretty eager to play around with the new features.
-r0b
BluDawn Mar 30, 2009 at 8:00 pm
I found it just searching for apps the other day and i love it!!