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The official Facebook app for Android has been updated to include a few new features relating to sharing pictures. In version 1.5.2, you can now upload pictures take on your phone to the walls of friends, as opposed to only your profile. You can also post photos to Groups (seen above next to the “Write something…” box), and now they’ll be oriented correctly once uploaded. The last update to Facebook for Android introduced deals, chat, and push notifications.
As usual, you can use Facebook to keep tabs on your friends’ updates, check in to places, check upcoming events, and comb through pictures shared by your buddies. Apps for iPhone, BlackBerry, webOS and Windows Phone are also available, if you’re packing something other than an Android phone.
As nice as these new picture posting features are, Facebook for Android still has a ways to go; you still can’t Like comments on posted items, tag photos, delete items you’ve posted, and handful of other important features. To be fair, the BlackBerry app only added places recently, and still doesn’t support chat, so there’s really only so much complaining one can do.
You can download the app in the Android Market – let us know how it goes, I’ve been seeing a lot complaints about force closes and broken notifications.
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
