According to VentureBeat, Facebook has announced a new feature that enables third-party developers to build web applicaitons that work on mobile devices. While Facebook mobile is nothing new, the ability to build applications for mobile is. Facebook has also announced that they will be launching a new Blackberry optimized site in conjunction with RIM.
This comes the day after news was released about Facebook’s new ad platform. All the startups that were based around building social networks for mobile devices have just taken a serious blow. The iPhone compatible Facebook site is one of the slickest designed sites that I have seen for mobile devices in a while.
Given that Facebook mobile is not highly optimized on my Blackberry, I look forward to the new update. While there is no mention of when this is launching, this is huge news. Web developers worldwide now have the ability to create personalized mobile applications all built on top of the Facebook platform. Want personally targeted applications on your phone? Looks like you are going to need Facebook! How big is mobile? There are more mobile devices that are in use worldwide than computers. That’s big!
Update
I have downloaded the Facebook application for Blackberry. It is an amazing application. If you have a Blackberry, go get Facebook for Blackberry® Smartphones application. All you do is enter your email address and it will send you a download link that you can open from your Blackberry. It then installs the application directly on your phone. I hope to be able to provide screenshots soon!
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The RIM Blackberry app has just been made available (http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id…..) and after using it for about 2 hours I can't tell you how smooth it is! Good work RIM!
Comment by T M — October 24, 2007 @ 10:57 am
This is so awesome and a great marketing tool. I already use Facebook Mobile for getting friends numbers, updating my status, etc…but to be able to access 3rd party apps or even upload a new pic on the run? That's awesome. I'd love to see how Facebook integrates ads into this later on…
Comment by David Fishman — October 24, 2007 @ 11:14 am
The RIM Blackberry app has just been made available (http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2254487659&b&ref=pd) and after using it for about 2 hours I can't tell you how smooth it is! Good work RIM!
Comment by T M — October 24, 2007 @ 11:57 am
This is so awesome and a great marketing tool. I already use Facebook Mobile for getting friends numbers, updating my status, etc…but to be able to access 3rd party apps or even upload a new pic on the run? That's awesome. I'd love to see how Facebook integrates ads into this later on…
Comment by David Fishman — October 24, 2007 @ 12:14 pm
Built in the same sort of way as Yahoo! Go. Installs under a seperate icon on your Blackberry menu screen – good work Facebook!
Comment by Nick Burcher — October 24, 2007 @ 1:31 pm
[...] AllFacebook brought the news of the new app earlier today, and I have been really impressed with it. [...]
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Built in the same sort of way as Yahoo! Go. Installs under a seperate icon on your Blackberry menu screen – good work Facebook!
Comment by Nick Burcher — October 24, 2007 @ 5:31 pm
Just installed it and it works great. Love the feature where i can upload photos directly from my bb image folder to fb.
Comment by Roy — October 24, 2007 @ 10:20 pm
Just installed it and it works great. Love the feature where i can upload photos directly from my bb image folder to fb.
Comment by Roy — October 25, 2007 @ 2:20 am
I downloaded this app today after getting a blackberry yesterday and have to say it is amazing.Already uploaded some tagged photos on the fly!
Comment by james — October 25, 2007 @ 1:48 pm
I downloaded this app today after getting a blackberry yesterday and have to say it is amazing.
Already uploaded some tagged photos on the fly!
Comment by james — October 25, 2007 @ 2:48 pm
[...] have been using the Facebook Blackberry application since it launched almost two weeks ago. My first impressions were amazing. The new interface makes [...]
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Just installed it and it works…No problem!
Comment by Vladimir — March 1, 2010 @ 8:34 am