Jun 06 2009
Facebook 1.6 for BlackBerry available now
In April, Facebook 1.5 for BlackBerry was released to customers around the US and Canada. With some major changes from Facebook 1.0, 1.5 brought new light to Facebook on a BlackBerry. Today Facebook released version 1.6 of its application and brings a few new changes. Check out the full changes below.
- Status updates and highlights on the home page – you can now view your friends’ most recent status updates right on the home page. Highlights like photo uploads and wall posts are just a click away and you can comment on a photo, poke a friend, etc. right from the home page.
- Wall access from within Facebook for BlackBerry – with one click on your friend’s profile picture from the home page, you can access their wall without having to go to the mobile site.
- Photo viewing in a simple, easy-to-use slideshow format – check out your friends’ latest photo albums with improved photo viewing, and view albums in a simple and easy-to-use slideshow format. Just scroll back and forth through the thumbnails along the bottom to display the larger picture in the center of the screen.
- Facebook for BlackBerry 1.6 will also support three new languages:
- Thai
- Indonesian
- European Portuguese
You can download this application by doing to www.BlackBerry.com/facebook from your BlackBerry Browser.
