Facebook's iPad app revealed

Facebook's long awaited iPad app has been revealed -- but not by Facebook. TechCrunch has discovered the the code to Facebook's iPad app has been hidden inside the code of Facebook's iPhone app. No, the iPad app code wasn't always there. It was apparently added in with yesterday's 3.4.4 update of the Facebook for iPhone app. According to TechCrunch's MG Siegler:

All of this is possible apparently thanks to a seemingly tiny update Facebook pushed yesterday to their iPhone app. Version 3.4.4 seemed like a small version that restored the "Send" button for comments and chat among a few other little things. Facebook may have even pushed it out in response to some backlash they had been getting about the app, as Financial Times covered a few days ago. Perhaps it was the rush to fix some of those issues that caused Facebook to push this version - which will clearly eventually be Universal Binary (meaning it will house both the iPhone and iPad versions of the app) - with the iPad elements inside. Whatever the case, the app is carrying a payload of much greater importance than some bug fixes.

Besides just finding the code for the iPad app inside the iPhone app, Siegler has actually installed and launched the full fledged Facebook iPad app and is pretty impressed with it. You can see all the screenshots of it here. TechCrunch has also confirmed that the version of the iPad app inside the iPhone app is the Facebook iPad app the company will be launching shortly and speculates that TechCrunch's early reveal of the app may cause Facebook to launch it earlier than planned.

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Source: http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/25/facebooks-hidden-ipad-app/

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danceprometheus

I feel this is the future of social networking. Social networks Integrated by apps on mobile devices. Supplement your social apps with Event Locator for Facebook free in iTunes.
http://www.eventlocatorforfacebook.com/

August 29 2011 at 12:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

danceprometheus

I feel this is the future of social networking. Social networks Integrated by apps on mobile devices. Supplement your social apps with Event Locator for Facebook free in iTunes.

August 29 2011 at 12:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

agupta96

simplest way to get the facebook ipad app
http://darksta1ns.blogspot.com/2011/07/facebook-app-for-ipad-get-it-now.html

August 04 2011 at 7:35 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Rob Ortenzi

Err... nevermind. Found it....

July 26 2011 at 1:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Rob Ortenzi

Don't see FaceForward on Cydia anymore. Is it gone already???

July 26 2011 at 12:52 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jfrank

This works now again if you have a jailbroken iPad and go to cydia and download chpwn's FaceForward tweak.

July 26 2011 at 2:28 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

xman

Looks like Facebook got wise and are blocking users logging on the "official" app. Oh well, it was good while it lasted, and I'm sure it will be back soon.

July 26 2011 at 12:34 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Rob Ortenzi

Didn't work for me. Keeps asking me to login and when I fill it out and click Log In it says login failed - unable to connect to Facebook. please try again later.

July 25 2011 at 2:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Noah

This is just another reason why "updates" need to list EXACTLY what is being pushed out. It needs to be enforced somehow... I don't know how exactly, but releasing an update that states "bug fixes", but actually contains a BUNCH of new code just feels wrong.

July 25 2011 at 12:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Bill Ziobro

Considering the iPhone app is the buggiest piece of software on my iPhone, I wouldn't be so excited about the iPad app. They obviously do not dedicate as much attention to the apps as I think they should.

July 25 2011 at 11:01 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply