News & Rumors

Facebook Mobile Site Gets a Facelift

by Adam Zeis

on 7 Oct 2009 09:35 AM

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I received a Facebook message last night, I clicked through a link and was taken to a strange version of Facebook mobile. I assumed that m.facebook.com had received an overhaul, but after refreshing I saw the same ol' Facebook mobile. A quick bit of recon turned up nothing and that was that. Well browsing through my RSS feeds this morning I came across a post on our sister site precentral.net that said Facebook mobile has been revamped. Apparently x.facebook.com is the way to go for smartphone users. This mobile site is optimized for smartphone browsers, and this is the site that is sporting a new look. I had no idea x.facebook.com exsited, but it definitely will land in my bookmarks now.

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110 Comments

Posted by pipotobe Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

I hope it load a bit faster :)

Posted by Editors Thursday, Oct 08, 2009 858 days ago

Dashland is a mobile site that reviews the best mobile sites for smartphones.

They have Facebook mobile and a lot more, with icons.

http://dashland.com

Or just search for "dashland"

Posted by mungera Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

Why is there a twitter logo at the top of the screenshot?

Posted by codemaker Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

Probably because he has some tweets he needs to attend to. I don't know what app it is from though.

Posted by Snipes Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

Might be TweetGenius. -shrug-

Posted by pipotobe Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

This site doesn't work with the Storm. I think it's for touchscreen and keypads only. No screenclicks:(

Posted by rjl2 Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

I just went to the page on my Storm and while the clickable areas don't highlight when you touch them you can click the screen and have it take you to other areas of the site. It does make it interesting though since you can't be certain exactly where you will end up.

Posted by amarryat Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

Nice - this looks like the version that is on my iPod Touch. Much nicer than the m.facebook.com version.

Posted by royinferno69 Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

Loads a lot faster that's for sure. hope this isn't a hacked facebook site made to look official, only saying that because of the "x" in x.facebook.com

Posted by codemaker Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

It is highly unlikely that this is a hacked version of facebook.

Posted by amarryat Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

I doubt its hacked - I didn't even need to log in. It used my mobile site credentials automatically

Posted by royinferno69 Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

Awesome! Thanks for the reassurance

Posted by agband Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

The x.facebook.com is not an aliased or hacked site. It is legit. As Adam noted in his post, the x.facebook.com site is designed for smartphones. There is actually another facebook site specifically designed for the iPhone as well, iphone.facebook.com. not sure if facebook is planning on customizing a subdomain for every smartphone type like that, but in the mean time, iphone.facebook.com or x.facebook.com should work.

Posted by rrrebo Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

This site is non-responsive in the BlackBerry browser, even if I turn on the cursor. I was able to log in, but the header and footer load and the rest of the page is blank. I cleared cache and cookies, still didn't work. Anyone confirm this site is legit and not a phishing hole?

Posted by jeffreii Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

I was able to login but could not click the blue login button to do it - had to press enter after my password.

After that I see a Facebook bar with Home, Profile, Friends and Inbox and below it all white with a hard-to-see loading icon: |||

Doubt it's hacked though...it's using the facebook.com domain.

Bold 9000 OS 4.6.0.297 v2.

Posted by j.p.hatfield Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

worked fine on my 8330...and 5.0 os

Posted by jeffreii Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

And it's still working fine for you?

I ask because you say that in past-tense - perhaps the x version of the site is down or having server issues right now.

Posted by aeldes1 Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

Turn Javascript on!

Posted by samisgr8 Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 858 days ago

Thanks for that info...I was having the same issue that others were with just the bar along the top...now it works very nicely!

Posted by jeffreii Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

Doesn't work in IE8 either. Same issue - just totally unresponsive.

Posted by berryromancewriter Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

It worked beautifully on my Bold. No response problems or anything, very fast, and nice and clean interface. I hated the FB app for BB because it was useless, so I was using the mobile site, which I had no complaints about but I like this x.facebook.com site much better! I didn’t have to log in or anything.

I am also on 4.6/297.

Posted by royinferno69 Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

Yep i just accessed it through my BB Browser (was using bolt before) and it accessed my facebook info so i didn't need to login. It's about time they made this. really responsive and faster compared to their m.facebook.com counterpart. Now if only facebook would update the facebook app for all BB's.

Posted by jeffreii Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

I find it hard to believe it's going to work on my BB considering it won't even work in IE8...

Posted by royinferno69 Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

I tried it on Safari and Firefox and it worked just fine actually. I don't know what 's up with IE8 i think its just a software issue with IE8, IE has always been buggy at times and i never use it unless i have to for business purposes only because majority of businesses have not adopted the ways of Firefox, Safari, or even Google Chrome. Just try it on your BB wouldn't hurt right?

Posted by jeffreii Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

Already tried it on my BB - same unresponsiveness I got in IE8. My findings are above.

Posted by elvin1983 Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

Won't let me click the login prompt on my 8330... Oh well, I use the app more than the actual mobile site anyways...

Posted by jeffreii Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

Same issue I had on my 9000 - if you press enter after your password it should log you in. Good luck from there though.

I wonder if this is some browser setting issue.

Posted by bweston1 Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

i don't know about anyone else, but i just compared this site to the one for the iphone/ipod touch and they are identical. I think that x.facebook.com is the real redirect for iphone.facebook.com.

Posted by zerog32 Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

The real site is iphone.facebook.com if you want to book mark it.

Posted by amarryat Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

Makes sense, because I just tried it on my iPod Touch, and then tried the iphone version and they appear identical.

Posted by Sexy NJ Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

Each time I typed in x.facebook.com I get the message on the screen that it is an invalid address. What am I doing wrong? I am on a Tour OS 4.7.1.40 (yes, I know, I need to upgrade to OS 5.0 but I am too new to do it myself...lol)

Posted by amarryat Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

you had the http:// in there as well?

Posted by Sexy NJ Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

I did it once without and once with...lol

Posted by zerog32 Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

Type in iphone.facebook.com

Posted by Sexy NJ Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

though I am on a BB??? (remember I am new so don't laugh...lmao)

Posted by Sexy NJ Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

I get the top part of FB with home, profile, etc in Blue. The a blank white section and at the bottom is says logout, full mobile site, etc....

Posted by Sexy NJ Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

I did it once with the www and once without..... HELP!!!! LOL

Posted by tturner23 Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

I'm running 5.0.0.230 on my Tour and also live in an area that doesnt have great coverage (a lot of bouncing between 3G and 1X) how do I get the coverage indicator to always show?

*Yay new FB!

Posted by LuluGirl896 Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

This version of Facebook is the default for the Palm Pre. Its optimized for that device and your mileage may vary using a Blackberry.
Its not a 'hacked' version at all.

Posted by esmooth Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

The site does not work on my 8320 for tmobile. when I go into x.facebook.com it doesnt let me click into anything. seems like this website is ONLY for the iphone and the pre

Posted by lucblanchet Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

I could enter my user email and password but as soon as tried clicking on login, there's no response.

Posted by zerog32 Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

Put the mouse over the login and hit the enter button.

Posted by lucblanchet Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

That's what I did and still..

Posted by Propa Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

works just fine on my bold but its "ok" at best....not a fan of x.facebook.com

Posted by sarah2323 Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

if i wanted to use an iphone site, I would've bought an iphone.

Posted by Sexy NJ Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

Nice! LOL

Posted by 48hughey Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 859 days ago

Tried it on my Storm running 5.0.0.230, it logged me in fine (automatically using existing credentials), but then...no response to any screen clicks. Back to the app for now!