BlackBerry Apps

Facebook 1.7 Now Available for Download!

by Kevin Michaluk

on 16 Oct 2009 09:09 PM

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* Update: Facebook 1.7 is now live on the App World client as well! *

There were some rumors floating around the forums that Facebook 1.7 would make its debut today, and it looks like they panned out to be true! The update isn't live on App World just yet, but you can download it by visiting blackberry.com/facebook or m.facebook.com on your BlackBerry's web browser. So what's new?

Facebook Mobile for BlackBerry (version 1.7) provides the following feature enhancements:

News Feed Support - The ability to set the News Feed as the landing page
News Feed Filters - The ability to toggle between 'News Feed, Status Updates, Photos & Links'
Caching Improvements - The application uses the device memory more efficiently.
Feed Pre-fetching - The user will not be required to wait while their Facebook Feeds are updated
View Profile Menu Option - Clients may easily view their own profile by selecting 'View my Profile' from the menu. "

Give it a go and be sure to report your findings in the comments. Thanks to Jared for the tip!

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289 Comments

Posted by kevesophie Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

Thanks for the info!

Posted by FiremanNC08 Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

thanks for the info on the update... will try it now

Posted by j3computerservices Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

downloaded already checking it out thanks!!

Posted by Jared DiPane Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

finally rebooted the tour and it looks great. love the small appearance changes and such. very nice improvement!

Posted by cj100570 Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

RIM seriously needs to stop this BS of not alerting users to when its apps are updated. We shouldn't have to rely on word of mouth to know there's an update. This is an area where Apple does things right. Every app update shows up on the iPhone as soon as it hits the system and those aren't even apps made by Apple!

Posted by Kevin3587 Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

Who needs updates from RIM when you have Crackberry to get all of your info from!

Posted by YITBOS7 Friday, Oct 16, 2009 839 days ago

I couldn't agree with you more. Their sloppy and unorganized Website is proof of that. It's just now, after years, starting to get organized.

Posted by sourkevin Saturday, Oct 17, 2009 839 days ago

might i add, before i downloaded this, i check my 1.16.** and asked it to look for updates... surprise surprise... there were none...

I then went online and downloaded 1.17.** Thanks Crackberry!

Posted by RiverboyX89 Sunday, Oct 18, 2009 838 days ago

I also agree. They need to learn how to be a little organized because there are people who don't know about crackberry or other sites like it.

Posted by VZWRocka Sunday, Oct 18, 2009 838 days ago

We do get notifications if we have AppWorld installed (and installed an app via AppWorld). A little number shows up in the corner of the AppWorld icon just as it does on the AppStore on an iPhone. New apps are always put up on the website first then AppWorld. Crackberry is just faster that's all.

Posted by tessablackberry Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

Thanks for the info. Updating as I type.

Posted by Suprah Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

yess!!!!!!!
ill test this out

Posted by duckboy74 Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

Still cant view events!!!! WTF man! iPhone has it!

Posted by NikiCJC Friday, Oct 16, 2009 839 days ago

ooooh i'd forgotten to mention that. HUGE gripe

Posted by bassichonda96 Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

I'm pretty sure I posted the original thread containing this information and damnit, i want the credit! LOL... I'm always hunting for this information and for once i think i got it first!

It did say at the bottom, "Thanks to Adam for the tip" before but now it says Jared... My name is Adam, don't know if it was referring to me though.

Anywho... FACEBOOK 1.7 IS OUT! CHEERS!

Posted by Kevin Michaluk Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

was my bad. had it sent in to me by two people.. thought adam was the first person, but was actually jared so I updated. so yeah.. was a different adam then you though.

BUT... that doesn't mean you may have posted it first in the forums, but unless you report it on our tip line it may not always get noticed right away... there's gabillions of new posts in the forums all the time (we can't catch em all). That's why we have the Tip Us! link at the top of the site so readers/members/etc. can make sure the editorial team is always informed asap. just posting in the forums doesn't always guarantee we see it. use that tip line!

regardless, much thanks, and CHEERS to you!

Posted by Champer Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

Seems a bit faster running on the 8330. Moving around used to lag so hard.

Posted by brindaarnold Saturday, Oct 17, 2009 839 days ago

8310 seems faster as well! Glad it's not my imagination.

Posted by hockymama Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

does it have the facebook chat feature?

Posted by Champer Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

Posted by yeahboyyy Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

then FAIL

Posted by katiepea Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

thre are several apps that will do that, beejive is one

Posted by LuisT Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

I only can dream of that.

Posted by bonocchio06 Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

Gonna download it now....good deal. I agree with an earlier comment. I am NOT gonna drink the iPhone kool-aid, but they do get it right with their updates. Even my daughter's iPod touches get the updates when they are hooked into wi-fi....what gives RIM?

Posted by salanester Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

everything posted now. I couldn't see app posts (ex Mafia Wars) before; I can now.

Posted by ashd808 Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

I like the new FB 1.7 I like how we can like the status through the app now without having to go onto the mobile web! :) I also like how we can switch between news feed, status updates, photos, etc. I agree w/ you CJ RIM needs to start updating us when there is upgrades available!! good thing I follow crackberry on twitter! :) keeps me informed.

So far I have no complaints about the fb upgrade.

Posted by murso74 Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

please tell me it filters out the news feeds that you hide from the desktop version... so annoyign that they havent done this yet

Posted by Cajunberry Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

Yes! If you hide it on the desktop version, it doesn't appear in the feed.

Posted by chillaxin Saturday, Oct 17, 2009 839 days ago

then I love that much more!!!

Posted by JarceBerry Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

downloading right now

Posted by bw839 Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

I like it, wish it had the chat option but it is a definate improvement so far

Posted by FiremanNC08 Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

I like the new upgrade for facebook runs pretty smooth on my storm so far looks and works good.....

Posted by RedBank Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

most of the world wouldn't even have a clue RIM stuff is released. Hell...I havent even received an update for the Mac Desktop Manager release that I signed up for...twice 2 months ago!

You give your email to a company for updates and get none...you dont give your email a company for updates and you get spammed to all holy heck...

what gives!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Posted by pipotobe Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

While you mentionned this I remembered that Rim never sent me an email for anything.

Not for the Storm 1
Definitely not for the upcoming Storm 2
Not for Appworld
and not for this new FB app version.

Damn Rim sucks really bad at customer service!

If it wasn't for Crackberry I would of left the BB world a long time ago.

Rock on Crackberry Kevin :)

Posted by Irving94 Saturday, Oct 17, 2009 839 days ago

Same thing happened with me! Never got any of those E-mail updates i signed up for. The one time it worked was for Blackberry app world where i got the Email 4 days late and by then i had already downloaded it.

Posted by mom24 Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

Not a bad update. I would still like to be able to access my apps from my bb. I hope that is coming soon. It is great to be able to see the new feed and links and things. Just want to be able to have access to the apps.

Posted by RedBank Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

im seeing dumb games and quizzes...ahhhh. i was afraid this was going to happen

Posted by katiepea Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

ahhhhhh! i was afraid it was gonna be functional like the real page!!! THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!

Posted by Cajunberry Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

You can hide on desktop and they will not appear on mobile.

Posted by ErnieH Saturday, Oct 17, 2009 839 days ago

How?

I see that you can hide them if you play games yourself, but can you hide them appearing from friends?

Posted by syllableslayer Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

My 1.6 was working on my boostberry 8350i but now that i downloaded 1.7, its not letting me log on. Looks like im going to have to look everywhere for the legacy app :\

Posted by codemaker Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

It appears that this does require BIS/BES. Go to http://blackberry.com/facebook. Before you download there is a link that says it requires access to the blackberry browser. There is also a link to download v1.6 on that page.

Posted by katiepea Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

i'd say a blackberry without bis/bes is a paperweight anyway

Posted by syllableslayer Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

However there are workarounds for circumventing all of these impediments; Id love it if boost starts supporting blackberries. :]

Posted by syllableslayer Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

Thanks for your help! I appreciate it

Posted by syllableslayer Friday, Oct 16, 2009 840 days ago

repost, sorry

Posted by jiggy55 Saturday, Oct 17, 2009 839 days ago

That must be the biggest load of BS RIM and facebook have ever done. I live in Saudi Arabia, where the mobile providers block your "internet browser", and force you to connect to a local browser from the provider, or only on hotspot. I have normal internet access, but its through my provider. MY BB though doesnt recognize this, and that's why apps like BB app world and now Facebook wont work. Facebook should have stuck to the same connection as v 1.6, it was working just fine here.

I want to have the new facebook app, bb app world, and other apps, but many cannot work due to this stupidity! Even the crackberry appstore only works through wi-fi! But hey at least it works unlike other apps.

I know its a long shot, as nothing will change from my providers side, but anyway to make these apps work?

Posted by hassan210977 Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 835 days ago

Jiggy:

Hey. Is that why it sayd BIS Not Connected?

Also, I downloaded FB1.7 an it doesnt connect. However, I am unable to dowload FB1.6 OTA as it gives me a message stating that my device is not configured for this. I tried installing 1.5 and 1.6 using USB but couldnt get the application icon. The funny thing is, that before downloading 1.7, I ws using 1.5 and 1.6 without any issues. Any idea on how to solve this?

Thanks

Posted by Trev707 Saturday, Oct 17, 2009 839 days ago

had 1.6 working earlier an downloaded 1.7 an mine wont log in !! says no data service?? let me know what u find please !! trev707@gmail.com thanx !!