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Facebook for Palm webOS updated to version 1.3

Categories: Social Networks, webOS
By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 at 10:39 AM

Facebook for webOS has received a much needed update to version 1.3. The latest update improves performance and adds some hot new features including selectable feeds, photo tagging, landscape mode, clearing multiple notifications, and more. Though recently announced by Facebook, the new Places feature is not included in this update and remains an iOS exclusive.

According to Facebook, the webOS version of Facebook boasts of 1.2 million active monthly users. While this figure pales in comparison to the 44 million active users on iOS devices, this is still a respectable number considering the market share and overall perception problem that plagues this platform. Despite having a core of enthusiastic users, webOS still trails all the major platforms and grabbed a meager 0.7% market share in 2009.

Nonetheless, it is encouraging to see a major platform like Facebook investing time and effort into its webOS application. Hopefully, this trend will continue to blossom so that the rumored HP webOS tablet can launch with some sweet titles to help it compete with the iPad and the sled of Android tablets coming done the pike.

[Via Palm]

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Kelly Hodgkins

Kelly spent the last three years covering mobile technology at places like BGR, Gizmodo and The Unofficial Apple Weblog. Before writing, she spent a few years working with and teaching others how to use Adobe Flash and Macromedia Director. Even earlier than that, she spent six years working on her Ph.D in Microbiology. When she's not writing, she can be found fishing the lakes and hiking the mountains of Western Maine with her husband and children.

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