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Facebook v2 for iPhone goes live

by Cory Bohon Sep 29th 2008 at 11:15PM

The Facebook [iTunes link] application for the iPhone has just been updated to version 2 (although you may see it listed as version 1.1 in the store), and the new version number brings some stellar features! In this release, the Facebook team has completely revamped the user interface and brought the client up to parity with the mobile Facebook app for Blackberry (really surpassed it, if you ask me). Some of the new features are:
  • Facebook Chat (OK, not new, but seems to be working much better now)
  • Address book lookup
  • New, easier to use interface, including notifications and the full news feed
  • WritePhoto post on friends' walls and view their full profiles
  • Photo tags (holding your finger down on the photo will show them)
  • People search, friend requests and your full inbox/inbox search
  • Photo uploading is faster
  • You can now upload photos from your library stored on the iPhone
In addition to all those changes, there are also "dozens of bug fixes that improve stability" and speed -- especially for users with a large number of friends. Now that's something every iPhone-owning Facebook user will like!

You can download this new version of FaceBook.app for iPhone from the iTunes App Store today. Be sure to check out the changes in the user interface by looking at our gallery of screenshots.

Facebook 2 for iPhone



Thanks for the tip, Jason!

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Andreas

What about testing the software before submission? What about a QA session, guys? Heck, what about finishing all the empty holes of the software before submission? Is this an alpha leaked software?
WHAT ABOUT WRITING STABLE SOFTWARE? It was fun to tap around the new interface for 1 minute, then no fun tapping along all empty holes for half a minute, then it crashed. Good bye.

This was the most unnecessary software release since that "I'm rich" app.

September 30 2008 at 6:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
iBearTouch

STILL can't save Facebook Pics of chicks I am stalking, oops I mean trying to befriend into my saved photos on my iPod Touch. That frickin' blows.

September 30 2008 at 4:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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iBearTouch

Oh BTW this friend that I just accepted to my friend list after the update... the app doesn't seem to understand that I have accepted him as a friend! It keeps asking me to accept him every time I open the app. (I get the red circle icon with the number "1" in it)

September 30 2008 at 4:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Andreas

In the meanwhile, take a screenshot.

September 30 2008 at 6:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
gareth

you can't polish a turd - and this app was a turd from the very start.

September 30 2008 at 11:47 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Miguel

eh, I found I havent even used facebook in 3 weeks since the redesign. Never liked the iphone app much either.

September 30 2008 at 10:34 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
MacGyverDXS

Well it won't let me log in at all. I can't even type my email and password cause the app just freezes at the login screen. And yes, I have restarted my phone.

September 30 2008 at 9:25 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Infobhan

Try uninstalling, restarting, and reinstalling. That fixed it for me.

September 30 2008 at 10:27 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sam the Deaf

I like it. It's new improve.

September 30 2008 at 9:11 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Infobhan

Doesn't work for me...I get a login page and it's completely unresponsive to touch. Nothing happens when I type...just get a blinking cursor.

September 30 2008 at 9:07 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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D. Toliver

I had the same problem. I just deleted from my phone and then downloaded it again. Everything worked afterwards.

September 30 2008 at 10:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Labrat

I also wish that groups were included in the FB app but of course, Groups are second class citizens in the web app too.

September 30 2008 at 5:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jon Oakley

A little bit buggy, in the top stories section it sometimes displays minutes as hours, and some posts have a totally different time to the one shown on the web version - and requests also descend into the minus and dont disappear - - still loving it though!

September 30 2008 at 4:47 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Unregistered

I always had problems getting the chat to work in the previous version.

And oh, photo uploads from the library was already possible too. I did it a few times while on my iPt.

September 30 2008 at 4:36 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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