- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Mobile 6.x, Windows Mobile
- Date added: May 07, 2009
- Total Downloads: 19,976
- Downloads last week: 487
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 10 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Jessica Dolcourt on May 08, 2009
Thanks to Facebook's strategy to collaborate with the likes of RIM (BlackBerry), Palm, and Microsoft to create its mobile applications, the software isn't identical on any two operating systems. What does carry over are Facebook's core features--the news feed, status, and photo updates, notifications, and friend requests. Also your personal wall, info, and photos, your friends list, and so on.
It's noteworthy that the phone's form factor may affect how you navigate. On a tall, thin phone, flipping the screen horizontally will show the full width of the app, but not the depth. The vertical view condenses the navigation icons up top but truncates the secondary navigation bar just below, so you'll need to scroll to the right to see the photo tab, for instance.
Beyond the basics, Microsoft and Facebook have implemented some unique and useful functionality tailored to this platform. You're able to upload photos and videos to Facebook's news feed, either from your media library, or by spanning or recording them in real-time. There's also an icon of a phone on the navigation bar that displays the names and numbers of buddies who have populated their profiles with their digits. With this list, you can call, text, or send a message to their Facebook in-box. While the app could use some visual polish and is missing the ability to update your profile picture from the phone, Microsoft has risen to the occasion with the substance of this app, and the effort shows.
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Publisher's description
From Microsoft :Download the new Facebook application for Windows Mobile and send messages to any of the people in your Friends list; tTake pictures and videos on your phone, then upload them right to Facebook; send messages or call people in your Friends list; manage your profile and post anytime, anywhere; keep up with the latest news and posts with Facebook on your phone. Now your status updates can be up-to-the moment accounts of what you're doing. Photos and videos are about as close to live-action as you can get. Show your friends what you're up to, while you're out and about.
CNET Editor's Note: The 'Download Now' link will take you to Microsoft's Windows Mobile page, where you can download the CAB file to your phone. This link may be followed from a mobile browser.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 2.7 stars out of 10 votes
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Version: Facebook for Windows Mobile 6 1.0
"Good for the basics, but missing some useful features"
Pros: LOVE uploading videos & pics straight from this app!
Great how you can comment and tag photos.
Easy access to phone numbers of your friends, to call, text or message them through facebook.Cons: You can't "like" a comment, no way to check out your groups or events.
The Wall page is also odd, you can see what other people have posted, the last comment of a post, new feeds, but any updates that person made don't show up!Summary: I find the online mobile web version more user friendly with the look, feel & features you are used to, however, the mobile pic & video upload feature of this program can't be beat!
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Version: Facebook for Windows Mobile 6 1.0
Pros: The version for the blackberry is much easier to use.
Cons: nearly impossible to add a new friend from the app...so if you meet someone you have to just get their email and link up with them when you get to a computer. It is also difficult to follow a full thead of comments on any particular status.
Summary: Whoever made the app...needs to get back to work bc windows mobile is getting it's azz kicked.
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Version: Facebook for Windows Mobile 6 1.0
"Good UI but not a great apps to use on the fly."
Pros: Nice layout, finger friendly, and feels like facebook.
Cons: Scrolling is too slow, refreshing take a long time if it does work at all, and not all notifications are displayed.
Summary: Its free so why not, just make sure u have some patience before u log in.
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Version: Facebook for Windows Mobile 6 1.0
Pros: Can update staus and photos kind of.
Cons: Does not display my notifications that I would really like to have.
Summary: It is a nice try at facebook for mobile but the fact that it does not update my notifications is really bad. I would like to see a update so that this problem would be resovled.
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Version: Facebook for Windows Mobile 6 1.0
Pros: Quick view of your wall and status updates on the road. (When it works)
Cons: Even on WLAN slow, buggy, info from your wall is missing, picture uploads not always working, tabs not refreshed reliably.
Summary: Wait for fixes.
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