Are you a Facebook for BlackBerry user? If so, then this news should make you happy. Facebook v.2.0 images have now shown up online and while I'm not a Facebook user myself the app looks like it's recieved the attention it deserves finally. Some changes noted for the v2.0 release include:
- Facebook Chat
- UI Refresh
- View friends’ profile info, pages and friends lists
- Improved core app integration
The built-in chat is a rather interesting addition considerig how many apps there is already out there for Facebook. Hopefully, when released this will solve a lot of the issues that exist in the current release. Rumored release date is set for May 2011, but it looks as though a beta release may show up earlier. Possibly in the BlackBerry Beta Zone.
Source: N4BB
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Facebook for BlackBerry v2.0 images leak out
Now this looks....FABOLOUS...
Facebook: www.facebook.com/eraticknight
Looking forward to the release
Where is fb groups? Gosh.
The real question is will it let you update pages that you run. By those few screen shots it doesn't look like it. I've been sreaming this for a year now. I run a SMALL business and market on facebook. It would be very convient to be able to post pics, video and events through a native app instead of having to transfer to a computer and then to facebook. I like that it looks pretty and you might be able to view info but with out the pages aspect I give it a fail.
Looks good, so much nicer!
YESSS! This made my day. FINALLY! Hoping it won't be an OS6 exclusive, though.
may 2011 they say... so we'll see this when, 2012?
+1 and I think the FB Groups are NOT in the app either.
This is the FB app that we've been waiting for.
All I need after this are:
1. A proper YOUTUBE app!!
2. SKYPE!!!!!!!!!!!
Why is it soooo hard to get those 2 apps and it's year 2011 !!!
FIRST of all, BlackBerry does have SKYPE!!!!!!!! I have it on my Verizone Wireless Tour!!!!!!!!
Second of all, Yes an official YouTube App would be amazing :)
Access to FB Events without having to go to the mobile site -- that's what I'm talkin about!!
Just hope the chat feature can either be turned on/off independently or won't be a huge battery drain.
Catching up with iPhone Faceebook
Leak sometime in march according to BBLeaks
oooooo looks like i will be on the beta zone evryday again
I am SO looking forward to this! I hate the current version so much I can't stand to use it. I'm currently using SocialScope, but will definitely give the new version of FB for BB a try. Yay!
Still seems shit without video upload :X
Great news! This application was awful with many problems.
So,i hope this refresh will fix the problems and make it more beautiful
Yay. :D FINALLY. It's about time that Facebook for BB got an upgrade! Just hoping a beta leak comes out soon. May 2011? Ugh, long time to wait. :(
oooh facebook chat for free...
sucks for all those ppl buying the facebook chat app for money
awesome!!!
What is the article talking about in terms of there being tons of Facebook apps? There are Facebook chat apps, but there really aren't any 3rd party options that I'm aware of for Facebook (except maybe SocialScope), whereas there were probably a dozen for Twitter.
And we need a new version for OS5. Go to work, out in public, wherever, and I'm sorry, but the vast majority of people on BlackBerry are not rocking 9780's and 9800's - they're using Bolds, Curves and Tours. And if you don't make efforts to make THOSE people happy, why are they going to reinvest in BlackBerry when their contracts are up?
So basically they are taking the same concepts they applied to Facebook for Iphone or Itouch and using them here....about time looks good a major overhaul and upgrade from current one!
Where in the heck is the "Groups" option? I hope it has it.
is the only gonna be for the torch?
FIRST!
I have been waiting for a version like this to come out with fb chat.
It'd be better if it would have been for OS 5 too. Lets see what RIM has to say about it.
Better late than never. Facebook 2.0 was supposed to come out two years ago for BB and then the rumors and expectations suddenly went away. Hopefully they come through now.
:(
OS 6 only, I presume
Will this app work on OS 5?
Coz lot of new upgraded apps like twitter and others work ONLY on OS 6. This is not good.
Btw, the UI of the new version seems to be only for touch phones. What do y'all say?
Keep this in mind when the QNX phones come out next year and that new line up of OS6.1 phones that get released this year gets left in the dust.
new twitter is working fine on wife's 8530 with 5.0..
Yeah, I have Twitter 1.1.0.16 installed perfectly fine for my OS 5.0.0.975 Verizon Tour
I'm wondering if these pics were 'leaked' because Socialscope got loose with the app invites.
I know that I logged out of the official Facebook app--the thing never gave me notifications--and jumped right on SS.
This looks awesome! It looks like it'll go very well with OS6 :)
well i hope this goes to beta soon so i can download it
How does your BB "like" running beta versions of apps? I have downloaded and tried to use them only to find with the last one (twitter) that my email could come in only, but any app that regularly updates itself quit working, so no new temp on weather, no crackberry wallpaper rotation (worth buying-neat app!),no way to get images in emails and no way to get a web page to load. Have you ever had this happen?
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It's about damn time! I've been hearing about this Facebook update for some time now. Honestly, I'll just be happy if push notifications work again! Another thing, hopefully RIM's attempt on Facebook Chat within this, yet to be released version, is better than the current options we have now!
Only time will tell!
Oh...I want that!! Hopefully it's in BlackBerry beta zone soon!
Looking very nice, can't wait for the release
Where is NNBB getting all these leaks from . They have had loads in the last week alone ...
Still good news though and free chat too.
Bye bye money for any app developer who makes a fb chat app .
N4BB is BBLeaks. BBLeaks has always had the scoop on BB related leaks.
Congrats. Now it looks like the iPhone version.
Shhhh. The Monaco is the iPhone version of the storm too (no surepress). Hard to admit your first 2 attempts failed at even catching up to the competition when your 3rd is a carbon copy of it... *nix, liquid graphics, apps on the flash memory. Wow, revolutionary!
I didn't know the iPhone invented hardware accelerated graphics. Also, if the Monaco is a copy of the iphone, then they did it in 2008 when they invented the Storm 1. The design is clearly an evolution from their first iteration and just stretched with a few altered design cues.
I think the S1 was RIM's attempt at outdoing the iPhone. They saw the consumer market leaning towards Apple's UX and touch screen and thought they could enhance the experience by adding tactile feedback. I would applaud surepress if the software was ever developed to the point it could have been. Having said that, I think the Monaco is more of a copy of the iPhone in both hardware and software. To call the Monaco a clear evolution from their first iteration is basically to say that surepress was a horrible idea and they should have just gone multitouch exclusively since day one.
Hey Jason are you really Steve Jobs or do you own the company? If not you are really pathetic. Don't you know that damn near 100% of the people on here could own and iPhone and choose not to? Do you think we don't know that the iPhone exists? Really as I write this all I can do is laugh at you and people like you.
Even going on a site like intomobile and fighting for your beloved iPhone, while dumb might be forgivable but to come on crackberry and say this crap is really pityful.
I could buy and iPhone tomorrow, in fact I had one, it's in my drawer. I DON'T want to use it. In my view the iPhone is shit at email, but I don't bother going on iPhone sites I don't want to waste my time.
If you could go "buy and iPhone tomorrow" why would you when there is already one in your drawer? I'm not an Apple fanboy, nor do I own the company. I'm actually a Storm owner and have been since launch day on November 2008 with the 4.7.0.65 OS which would not even change orientation... I don't think anybody here thinks the iPhone doesn't exist. I'm fairly confident that if you can afford a BB you can afford an iPhone or any phone really, I wasn't trying to place it on a pedestal.
Honestly though, if you feel like an iPhone on Exchange is really much worse at email than a BB on BIS I don't know what to tell you. I guess I will respectfully disagree. I know that originally iOS was indicating that it was encrypted when in fact it wasn't to circumvent an Exchange policy (thats a big no no AAPL!) but that is neither here nor there.
So, how bout that Facebook 2.0?!?
Nice.Finally
Is this for OS6.1? When is that supposed to surface?
In my opinion, RIM needs to start developing for OS 6 only. Part of the reason so many Blackberry apps are terrible is because they're still accommodating the people using old devices.
Seriously, the 4.x APIs are horrible, and even the 5.0 API is already pretty dated. People just need to realize that if you want good apps, you just have to upgrade your 5 year old blackberry and get an OS 6 capable device.
As much as my 8900 hates you for saying that, I agree with you. Certainly 4.x
Agreed with you both as well. I'm on a 9550 with 5.0 too. I will be upgrading though and its totally understandable, even if my 9550 was shafted.
Couldn't have said it better myself. The flip side is that all of the 5x and some 4x users have no reason to upgrade- an upgrade decision is 90% hardware 10% software. The hardware on every device over the past 3 years is the same. There's very little difference between an 8900 and everything released since then. Same screen, same memory, slap on a trackpad, marginally better processor, occasionally remove the flash, newer os. Nothing else.
When RIM steps up the hardware game, more will jump in. When that happens, ditch everything pre bb6 and a real experience will begin. The real question is how long are (and will) we the consumer wait. Even winmo7 is looking nice now :)
Get real I bought the most advanced 'berry for my carrier at the time, less than a year ago, and I will never see OS6 on that device.
Well then you obviously chose to go with carrier rather than device when you chose to buy your phone because there was a device that supported 6.0 on the market OVER a year ago. Anyhow, by the time this actually gets released, you'll probably be entitled to an upgrade.
But I recently bought a pearl 8100 on a 3 year contract :'(
No! I'm about 9 months in to a 2 year contract with a Curve 8520. Please show 5.0 some love for the new Facebook. The current version sucks.
6 months into my 2 year contract with my free 8520 (thank you WalMart!) Otherwise on my fixed income I could never afford a blackberry at all! Thanks to AT&T also since when your 2 yrs are up they let you have free phones! I upgraded it to OS 5.0 myself (see,don't have to be young techy to learn something new). So yeah, I totally agree with you. Although, I am on FaceBook daily so whatever happens I won't bitch overly, at least I can run it since my laptop is on the fritch.
People relax that isn't even official. And I don't think RIM would do that since majority of their customers are rocking OS 5. OS 6 is pretty new so forcing people to upgrade is just too early.
Nice...but can I play Bejeweled and Farmvile?
+1
Nope. You need flash player : )
That is the only drawback to my BB is no flash! I find something that sounds very interesting only to be told to download something that can't run on my BB! I wish RIM would add it soon.
Do that on the playbook :)
oh good - I hope this one actually works!
Interesting aspect ratio... Hi Monaco!
Good stuff! It's about time.
Sweet, does anyone when the official version will come out
Also possibly, only for OS6. :c
That's what I was afraid of. :(
Noooo! I think RIM should also think about the BBerry addicts who can only have OS 5.
Maybe we (Curve users) may never a new firmware update. What do you think about this?
I have Curve 8520 that I upgraded to OS 5 and am a total addict, on all day & when can't sleep....between FaceBook, Crackberry, GetGlue and NewsFeeds I almost have no time for games! If this FB upgrade comes out for only 6.0 I will be very upset (am on all day literally since I am disabled & CAN'T work) was looking fwd.to beta testing it!
I wish they would make it so that you can use it over WIFI without a data plan!!!
You are exactly right. Sometimes activating an expensive data plan becomes very annoying.
Get a job and you won't have to worry anymore about paying $25 amonth for data. Not trying to be rude just saying.
I agree get a job but on the other hand there is $10 data plan on T-Mobile
I wish that was the case in Canada as well, the lowest we got is 500MB for $25 and the Social Networking plan for $10. 500MB is more than enough for me, 200mB would be enough for $10 since I have wifi available at my college, work, and at home. I'm not complaining nor have troubles paying that but I do not like feeding Rogers my hard earned money when I don't use it all :(. Oh well hopefully they come out with a plan like that.
Go with Wind Mobile :P
Want to but not available where I live yet (n)
+1!!!
Wind hinted that they would have Peterborough on their map by the end of the year 2010.
Still waiting ):
Man, thats harsh!
I wouldn't pay for that! Im in Australia and i pay $79 a month and that got me a blackberry torch (no upfront cost) with unlimited calls, text and 3GB of data with free social networking! Canada sounds crazy!
Well sudenly att 20 dollars for 2GB doesn't sound so bad.
Lovin the new looks of it!! But why till may?? That's too long of a wait!!!
LEAAAAKKKKK PLEAAAASEE!!!
Wow, hope a beta leak soon hits CrackBerry! I'm especially looking forward to be able to access basic profile information and pages and friends lists etc.
Not so much looking forward for Facebook Chat as I don't use it that much...
Its much more visually appealing than the current version available. Looking forward to testing it
Hell YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It looks awesome finally!!!
Awww FINALLY !!!
This one will look better and oh gosh how much i hate the current one !
2.o I can't w8 for it to leak or come out!
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