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Posted by Dankees Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

How is this any different from the current version?

I mean, is it radically different?

 
 
Posted by sk8er_tor Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

You should try reading the above information prior to posting!

 
 
Posted by Dankees Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

Yeah, I read that. It didn't tell me much.

 
 
Posted by sk8er_tor Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

The UI is not "radically" different but does have a few new additions like the ability to add a location to your status updates, add who you're with, etc.

 
 
Posted by BBThemes Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

i think people expect a `timeline` view for v3.0
yes the (slight) updates are good like BBM and new posting tabs at the top, but the main UI hasnt changed :(

 
 
Posted by JasW Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

Actually, I expected video uploading. You can do it from the FB app for the PB. The iPhone FB app has been able to do it for three years. It's not rocket science.

 
 
Posted by rachit.jain Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

yaa... but for that u need a good hardware isnt ? most of the time the berry is freezing , isn't ?

 
 
Posted by day_moon Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

just curious, what berry do you have now?

 
 
Posted by sk8er_tor Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

1) I'm so glad there's no timeline.
2) What do some people do to their phones that causes them to freeze? Mine never freezes and I have a bunch of apps on it and I use my phone all day long for all sorts of things.

 
 
Posted by mss-ca Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

Depend on what model and version of the Blackberry, the phone can freeze even when you are just web browsing. I use Bold 9900 with no issues at all. My mom's Bold 9780 sometimes freeze when she open several web pages at the same time.

 
 
Posted by sk8er_tor Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

Must download now! Looking forward to the improved notifications for sure!

 
 
Posted by BB10FTW Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

Facebook seems to be getting all sorts of updates lately, First the PlayBook and now for my BlackBerry. Can't wait for all the other great updates and new apps to come.

 
 
Posted by roughout123 Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

im soooo there

 
 
Posted by jonduran86 Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

BBM integration. Cool! Hopefully Twitter gets an update soon because I don't get notified of mentions. Its pretty annoying

 
 
Posted by AbuYazeedUK Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

Your wish has come true lol Twitter has been upgraded in Beta Zone 3.0

 
 
Posted by radoon Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

So.... Still no proper event or group support. Guess I'll keep waiting and save the space/hassel on my BlackBerry. Facebook for PlayBook is so much better. I know the phones could handle it too.

 
 
Posted by kennyiceberry Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

Yep, that's needed. It's farcical that attempting to post in a group takes you to the browser!

 
 
Posted by mckillio Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

I hate getting notifications for an event that I can't even view. Very annoying. I'll upgrade anyways but that's what I was really hoping for.

 
 
Posted by mckillio Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

I also hope you can tag people in posts.

 
 
Posted by sk8er_tor Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

You can tag people you're with as well as add your location to posts.

 
 
Posted by mckillio Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

It's not as good as the desktop version but it's better than nothing. Thanks

 
 
Posted by bluetroll Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

just updated. thanks for the post.

 
 
Posted by raiderfan Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

And so far no glitches. The UI enhancements are nice too. Thank You.

 
 
Posted by AbuYazeedUK Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

Like the little extras and hope the notifications are on point.

 
 
Posted by con4n007 Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

Much faster than v2!

 
 
Posted by Alooi Divona Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

downloading now ,,
hope notifications receive in time
cuz in fb 2.0 it's coming late

 
 
Posted by mckillio Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

They are a little slow in 2.x

 
 
Posted by SC457 Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

looks better, performance is better, photos actually load within seconds instead of what seemed like minutes if ever. great improvements with this upgrade!

 
 
Posted by datta72 Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

I really hope this fixes the notifications issue, I'm getting tired of not recieving messages for 2 or 3 days

 
 
Posted by livejam Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

Looks good so far!

 
 
Posted by Alooi Divona Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

well, so much better than v2.0

 
 
Posted by RedDotNick Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

It´s really FAST!!!! I LOVE IT!!!

 
 
Posted by johnsoj2us Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

i like the new features, pretty cool, i don't have to jump over to the broswer now. I can tag folks and check in from the app now.

 
 
Posted by jkooman Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

It's too bad that from the Netherlands I can't enter the beta program. It's not allowed...

Is there anyone who could help me to get the new FB Beta? Looking forward to the BBM integration!

 
 
Posted by smugglerkid Tuesday, Mar 13, 2012 72 days ago

Smuggler kid
If you haven't found a solution already ( sorry for the late reply) you can always go to www.rroyy.com/beta

 
 
Posted by dustanh Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

Looks good... still can't tag people in a post, but you can tag who you are with. Little changes to the UI. Seems smooth and not as choppy as previous version. "Places" is gone, replaced with "nearby places" or just a simple check-in. Still trying to figure outta the BBM integration. We should get a short how to and explanation list.

 
 
Posted by blackout626 Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

The main thing BBM integration allows you to do is just share your latest Facebook status and location check-in as your BBM Personal Message. There are a couple lesser things it allows you to do like access the Facebook app by clicking on Facebook (if it appears on the list of BBM connected apps on a BBM profile) and supposedly getting invites to become a BBM contact through the app somehow... but nothing really exciting. Would have been awesome if BBM integration meant you could use BBM to run your Facebook chats.

 
 
Posted by dustanh Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

Yes... it would be awesome if you could use BBM to run Facebook chats.

 
 
Posted by Spaceman__Spiff Tuesday, May 08, 2012 16 days ago

Yes, "Places" is gone and replaced by "Nearby Places" (and there's a separate "Check in" tab), but the feature no longer works! Ugh!

I downloaded Facebook upgrade 3.0.0.17 a couple days ago and ever since I cannot get my Facebook Places to work.

Yes, my Location is turned on in my Advanced Settings.
Yes, my "share my location with Facebook" option is checked.
Yes, my Maps address recognition is turned on.
Yes, I've run the GPS fix-location test.
Yes, I'm attempting it outside.
Yes, I've uninstalled Facebook & reinstalled it.

My carrier is Verizon. I'm using a BlackBerry Storm 2 (9550).

What's wrong???

Thanks,
John

 
 
Posted by andre3030 Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

For us not living in US/Canada we have issues by getting into the beta zone. I've tried 2-3 times. It would be great if someone could upload this app for us!

 
 
Posted by jkooman Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

hear hear!

 
 
Posted by m3tr0n0m3 Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

I need a multiple accounts feature

 
 
Posted by BBFTW88 Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

Like this a lot. Better UI and a lot faster than V2. Good work.

 
 
Posted by nogutsnoglory Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

Anyone know what case is shown on the BB Bold pictured above?

 
 
Posted by lma13 Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

finally super fast

 
 
Posted by jekko1 Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

I have the beta version installed but when I click on the app it opens and i see the screen with the newsfeed and it shows facebook logo on the top right corner but then nothing happens like the app freezes up.....anyone else having issues getting the app to open?

I have a BB 9370

 
 
Posted by dusan.bukvic Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

Can u pls post a download link for facebook 3.0 for bold 9900 ,from onother site that works,because i can't register on beta zone,my country isn't supported

 
 
Posted by BBerrySanders Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

I would like to see a drag to refresh option, as well as the ability to like, & view likes on comments.

 
 
Posted by decypher44 Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

"as well as the ability to like, & view likes on comments."

That's the first thing I was looking for when I installed it. Bummer....

Too soon to see if the notifications are working better. 2.x was hit-or-miss. Would be working fine one minute, then "poof!".

 
 
Posted by PJD642 Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

It worked fine for me for about an hour, and now I'm getting an error message saying the FB server is not available. Gonna D/L again and see what happens.

 
 
Posted by PJD642 Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

After reinstall, this time it ran through the setup routine & seems to be working fine.

+1 on hoping notifications will work ALL the time, and still needing video uploads. Seriously, I can take the video on my phone but have use my PC to upload it? DUMB!!

 
 
Posted by MaxPayne79 Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 92 days ago

this app so like needs a major ui overhaul. prior to a week ago i haven't used facebook for a full year and when i installed it, i was surprised how "old" it looks. thought v3 would look like twitter for bb but no. dig the new auditions though just wish i'd look "newer" and "fresher". :)

 
 
Posted by dusan.bukvic Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 91 days ago

pls upload app , some of us cant register to beta zone

 
 
Posted by olblueyez Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 91 days ago

It won't show in the Beta Download section, its driving me nuts. The others are there, but Facebook v3.0 is missing. Makes me wann slap the crap out of someones ears.

 
 
Posted by photoshop Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 91 days ago

Downloaded ages ago and still no code received despite requesting one and repeating the download request.

This is the BBM scenario all over again. Not going to bother with twitter v3 until the code sending issues get sorted.

 
 
Posted by PR1MO1 Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 91 days ago

I hate that:

1. Comments are still displayed in the wrong order; and

2. Scrolling through photos still sucks, you should be able to "flick" to the next photo (with a touch screen), but if you flick it will just scroll all the way through the photos, makes it fiddly to try get to the next photo in an album

 
 
Posted by sutobe Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 91 days ago

they finally should implement an option to delete pictures and albums via your phone because if you go online on your desktop and upload a picture to a friends wall, facebook is creating a second "wall" album which you can only see in the Facebook App.

So when you try to upload a picture via your phone it gives you the choice to upload into two different "Wall Photo" Albums. If you upload it to the wrong one, the picture won't show up ANYWHERE!

RIM does know about this because I had alot of mail contact with them about that issue, still no fix. Couldn't care less for all that BBM integration of the app, just give as the same functions Android users have with their phones!

 
 
Posted by klyx Thursday, Feb 23, 2012 91 days ago

Did anyone notified ? no "Via Blackberry" tag when post status ... is this common for beta apps ?

 
 
Posted by Maxey05 Thursday, Feb 23, 2012 91 days ago

This is a cool update.. but I have a few issues on my Bold 9650.. I can't accept friend requests or comment back on status' or photos.. it will constantly keep pending and won't go through.. just a few minor glitches they will fix I'm sure in the official update.. any body else having these issues?

 
 
Posted by pokey1800 Friday, Feb 24, 2012 90 days ago

This certainly has not fixed the issue of not getting any private msgs pushed through to the phone. iPhone can do it I don't know why RIM can't get it right.

 
 
Posted by djimmyz Friday, Feb 24, 2012 89 days ago

u can now tag people in status updates or wall posts.......thts awesome