As you all know by now, Facebook v2.0 was released yesterday for both BlackBerry smartphones and the BlackBerry PlayBook. If you were never signed up for the BlackBerry Beta Zone, this is likely your first time at seeing all the new features RIM has implemented in v2.0. The folks over at the Inside BlackBerry blog have gone ahead and done up a demo video for us all so that we can see all those features in action. It's pretty cool to see the new features and all but maybe using the BlackBerry Bold 9900 wasn't the best idea really. I was more focused on it then the actual walkthrough of Facebook. That reminds me, how about some release dates for the Bold 9900 RIM?
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