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RIM Announces New Facebook App for BlackBerry PlayBook

by Adam Zeis on 2 May 2011 08:30 AM
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RIM Announces New Facebook App for BlackBerry PlayBook

Waterloo, ON - Following on the success of the Facebook for BlackBerry® smartphones app, Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced Facebook for BlackBerry® PlayBookTM -- a new app that delivers popular features of Facebook, optimized for the 7" high resolution, multi-touch LCD display of the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet.

"There are over 30 million users of our Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones app who are staying in touch with their social network while on the go," said Tom Goguen, VP, Collaboration and Social Networking at Research In Motion, "Now with Facebook for BlackBerry PlayBook we can also offer customers highly engaging social experiences optimized for the PlayBook including the ability to share FaceBook pictures and videos with friends and family on an HDTV."

Facebook for BlackBerry PlayBook offers users a highly engaging experience by integrating popular features and functionality of Facebook including;

  • View and add Friends - Users can interact with friends quickly and easily: find friends by scanning the new grid view of their profile pictures; search for and add new friends and manage new friend requests; browse their profiles, photos and videos; view and interact with wall posts; view key information on profiles and pages; and view, comment and ‘like' photos on profiles and pages.
  • Enjoy seamless photo and video viewing - Facebook for BlackBerry PlayBook makes it easy to upload photos from the BlackBerry PlayBook Picture Library, tag friends in photos, view comments, tags and likes. The BlackBerry PlayBook can also be connected to an HD TV to display photos and videos at a whole new level in full 1080p HD.
  • Connect with friends using Facebook Chat - On the BlackBerry PlayBook screen, users can enjoy side-by-side viewing of online contacts and active conversations. Notifications of new Chat messages are displayed on the Notifications Bar, so users can quickly and easily read and respond to new Chat messages while browsing friends' profiles, viewing their pictures or reading their status updates.
  • View and interact with the News Feed - Users will be able to browse highlights such as photo uploads and status updates and seamlessly view links in the BlackBerry PlayBook browser. They will also be able to "Comment" and "Like" to discuss and show appreciation for friends' content, as well as publish a status update or upload a photo from the status publisher accessible from their Profile or from within the News Feed.

The Facebook for BlackBerry PlayBook application will be showcased this week at BlackBerry World 2011 (www.blackberryworld.com) in Orlando, FL and is expected to be available on BlackBerry App World in May.

Filed Under: News & Rumors, BlackBerry Apps; Tags: BBWorld2011, BlackBerry Playbook, Facebook
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15 Comments

Posted by TechNerd.McLeod Monday, May 02, 2011 388 days ago

Awesome! I can't wait for this application. I'm tired of always going to the FB site even though it works perfectly. It would be nice to get notifications on the PB.

Again, first post!

 
 
Posted by Prey521 Monday, May 02, 2011 388 days ago

First to post.....last in life!

And awesome news! Good morning today...Bin Laden got a cap busted in his brain and some sweet Playbook updates to cap it off!!

 
 
Posted by j556x45 Monday, May 02, 2011 388 days ago

Agreed! I have been anxiously waiting for this.

 
 
Posted by mythdraug Monday, May 02, 2011 388 days ago

I was going to say, "Available in May!?" but then I realized that today is the Second of May. :)

 
 
Posted by MoBBAPE Monday, May 02, 2011 388 days ago

Is something said about the BBBridge and Facebook?

 
 
Posted by enzo07i Monday, May 02, 2011 388 days ago

Thanks RIM, update after update, apps after apps. Thanks RIM for making us excited everyday, and I believed that more updates coming for the most powerful tablet in the market. Playbook already replaced my laptop.

 
 
Posted by enzo07i Monday, May 02, 2011 388 days ago

os update available
BlackBerry PlayBook OS Update to Version 1.0.3.1868

 
 
Posted by jasperlin Monday, May 02, 2011 388 days ago

i call bs. i checked 2 mins before this, and i don't see anything.

 
 
Posted by thpsrulr Monday, May 02, 2011 388 days ago

I don't have an update for my PB either.. Just checked and stuck on .1710.

 
 
Posted by mscooley Monday, May 02, 2011 388 days ago

Via DM? Not seeing anything OTA?

 
 
Posted by 0obaho0 Monday, May 02, 2011 388 days ago

Ummm... It's May now... Can I have it please? lol

 
 
Posted by ciscobear Monday, May 02, 2011 388 days ago

Cheers to that! LOL

 
 
Posted by onatewi Monday, May 02, 2011 388 days ago

This is awesome, Facebook, Video Chat etc.... unlike so many nay sayers, I support RIM and the great work that they are doing to transform themselves and all their products .... we all learn from our short fallings, just as RIM is...

 
 
Posted by Gamesdmc3 Tuesday, May 03, 2011 386 days ago

The pics that Rim took down gave us a heads up about this app

 
 
Posted by jventola Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 314 days ago

UPDATE

There are tons of comments on this app in appworld, nearly all of them negative.

Has RIM acknowledged the problem?