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Facebook is definitely encroaching on MySpace's space, if yesterday's Microsoft/Facebook news is any indication, but the formerly student-only social networking site is busy going after another sophisticated, most-likely-well-educated, professional, or at least famous crowd -- the BlackBerry set. Need proof? Look no further than the new mobile Facebook application for BlackBerry from Research in Motion (RIM), the device's creator/manufacturer.
The new app lets you do the essentials on the social networking site. For example, if you've got a camera equipped Pearl or Curve, you can upload photos, "poke" (a suggestive term for text message), send mail, and post on users' virtual walls. According to early reports from the CTIA conference, the app is just about as fast as the mobile Web version, but much prettier.
Due out by year's end, the app will come pre-installed on new BlackBerrys, making it even easier for all your co-workers to try and get in on your private life and network, so no more drunken' pictures of you making out with a stranger on the barstool, y'all!
BlackBerry owners: Is this going help you take the plunge and finally get on Facebook, or, if you're already a Facebook member, do you think this will turn you into a Crack-Berry-head?
From Research in Motion (RIM) (via BetaNews)
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsdhirajOct 26th 2007 12:21PM
it is slightly useless app
I couldnt figure out how to check my Own Wall Messages and Private Messages sent by users...
ukantseemeOct 26th 2007 12:50PM
An "Assbook" might prove to be a popular alterative net-space.
Nmotion (aka Original)Oct 26th 2007 1:17PM
Why not everybody jump on the band wagon and build their own useless site. Here's mine "FaceSpace.com" ... it how unproductivity is done.
What a waste of memory space for a business oriented mobile device.
Nmotion (aka Original)Oct 26th 2007 1:35PM
I find it even more interesting that Bill Gates coached this kid through the whole ordeal and has now purchased a small portion into the company to help push the value to an insane amount. Sounds like a shadey deal to me ... you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours scheme.
I demand an internal investigation into this. "Where's my red flag?"
lisaleeOct 26th 2007 1:54PM
Oh come on, leave Tom alone. It really isn't a big deal whether he lied or not about his age. It would be a different story if he was pretending to be a teenager of course.
frankveroOct 26th 2007 2:25PM
what a waste of time this almost reaches the level of personal ads in the local paper
TroyOct 26th 2007 2:46PM
I don't even have an ipod yet. However, the idea about Facebook on the Blackberry has nothing to do with what people need, it's all about viral marketing and the almighty dollar!
http://www.mymoviefriend.com
craigsavesthedayOct 26th 2007 3:15PM
I've been using m.facebook.com on my Blackberry for the past year which I think works better than the RIM application.
MJZimmer88Oct 26th 2007 7:27PM
Yeah. m.facebook.com is available and it works on any internet-enabled phone, including the blackberrys and iphones. there is also an iphone-facebook site (basically the same as the mobile site), which sucks compared to the regular site. If you can get internet access, why not just go to the regular site www.facebook.com on your browser. Works well on the iphones, the razrs (i had one of these too), and should be fine on any of the inferior blackberries.