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Although Facebook was one of the first companies to launch its iPhone app, the social network still hasn’t unveiled a dedicated iPad application. That’s about to change with final touches being added to Facebook for iPad as we speak.
We don’t have anything official, only this blog post from The New York Times in which Nick Bilton talks about the latest rumors. From there we learn that the upcoming Facebook app has been “carefully designed and optimized” for the tablet and that Mark Zuckerberg himself has been “heavily invested” in the design process. People who have seen the application praised its slick design as well as specially optimized Facebook Chat and Facebook Groups features.
Facebook’s communications manager Jaime Schopflin declined to discuss any future products. We do, however, hope that iPad users won’t have to wait for too long to dump the iPhone version from their tablets and replace it with the real deal.
Finally, the article says that in addition to the native iPad app, Facebook also plans to introduce a better version of its website for the iPad and we guess other (Android) tablets…
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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