Well, I truly most have been off my game today because the much anticipated release of Facebook 3.0 for the iPhone & iPod Touch was released today around 5:50pm. I just checked for the update about 20 minutes ago and it was obviously ready for me to "fool around with."
The 3.0 update is complimentary (as is the app itself) to all iPhone and iPod Touch users who can access the AppStore (who can't right?). This update is not only about bug fixes and patches and so forth but we now have a completely new, user friendly interface as depicted in the photo above. Tons of new features and some are:
- Landscape Mode A big update for this app. Since the release of the iPhone 3G it seems that more and more apps have the landscape ability, which for me depending on which app it is can be a plus or minus. For those of you that don't know what "landscape mode" is, it is using the iPhone "horizontally." That's basically it.
- Complete Photo Management It was a pet-peeve of mine that before I could not make a photo my profile picture from my phone. That is now possible. You are now able to zoom into photos, before the photos were stationary. As well as "liking" posts, you can now "like" photos as well.
- News Feed The news feed is now almost identical to that of the actual Facebook website.
- Built in web-browser
- Call your friends via Facebook This is a very cool option. Not only can you call your friends if their phone numbers are listed on Facebook but you can also text them. Nice!
- For those users who have a 3GS, you can now upload video directly to Facebook. Sweet!
The general usability of the whole application is much nicer and faster as well. I have noticed very short loading times for photos, opening the app and navigating around the various pages. For anyone who owns and iPhone/iPod touch and has a Facebook account, this app is a must!
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