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Facebook 1.6 for BlackBerry Getting Mostly Positive Reviews

By: , IntoMobile
Monday, June 8th, 2009 at 5:37 AM

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In case you missed it a few days back, Facebook 1.6 for BlackBerry is now available. You can get it from your Berry’s browser via www.blackberry.com/facebook/mobiledownload or via your desktop browser at www.blackberry.com/facebook. After upgrading myself and giving the app a spin, I have to say the update is actually a pretty solid improvement. I love the new features, but there’s still one feature in the BlackBerry version of Facebook that is lacking… a feature that is included in the iPhone version of the app. Live chat. Hopefully we’ll see this in version 1.7!

At any rate, here are the key features of the update:

  • Status updates and highlights on the home page – you can now view your friends’ most recent status updates right on the home page. Highlights like photo uploads and wall posts are just a click away and you can comment on a photo, poke a friend, etc. right from the home page.
  • Wall access from within Facebook for BlackBerry – with one click on your friend’s profile picture from the home page, you can access their wall without having to go to the mobile site.
  • Photo viewing in a simple, easy-to-use slideshow format – check out your friends’ latest photo albums with improved photo viewing, and view albums in a simple and easy-to-use slideshow format. Just scroll back and forth through the thumbnails along the bottom to display the larger picture in the center of the screen.
  • Facebook for BlackBerry 1.6 will also support three new languages: Thai, Indonesian and European Portuguese

Again, you can download Facebook 1.6 for BlackBerry by hitting up one of the links above.

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  • kummy

    i have 2 problems with FB 1.6..

    first, when i post a wall of my friend, and they post a comment in it, i just receive the notification.. and i can’t reply the comment from the app…
    second, i can’t reply comments when i got album’s comment…

  • Jason

    I have having the same problem. I get the notification but then can’t reply!! What is the point of upgrading then! If there is no way to fix this then I will go back to the older version!