http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/ Engadget Comments for Facebook for Android hits the Market, still playing a bit of catch up http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/
My iPhone's had facebook longer than I can remember. And Myspace and Twitter and AOL IM.]]>Sep 8th 2009 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/
Tell me though, how long have you been running those apps simultaneously, unhacked? Oh wait, never mind. Android users can enjoy all of those apps and multitask with them at the same time.]]>Sep 8th 2009 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/I do not know too much about Android. I used the G1 once when it came out. But I read all the time on Engadget how great the OS is and how the market is really coming along. I am glad to see the same apps come to other platforms, I guess there is still at this time more hype then substance. Possibly why Android isn't taking off on Netbooks and so forth.
But a year difference between iPhone OS and Android versions are inexcusable. How is the market supposed to flourish if bigger programmers a year to write an app. ]]>Sep 8th 2009 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/

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There is not an "inexecusable" gap of an entire year to write one application for Android. The reason the application's only coming out now is because Facebook didn't view Android as a competitive platform until recently (Some staff members went so far as to call it vapourware).]]>Sep 9th 2009 3:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/
That sentence right there, just about describe the whole Android platform/experience. Neat.
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1. It's not N900
2. It's quite slow considering it's an emulator included in Android SDK (I guess you knew that already).]]>Sep 8th 2009 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/
BESIDES I have had an HTC Hero since about a month, when I exchanged it for the disappointing iphone3GS, and the Facebok widget and app has always ben there, it was one of the first one I got rid of.
I just kept twitter and IM and Skype and all of these have been working perfectly from day 1.
One more thing, whoever says tha Android+Sense UI on the Hero looks dated, lags, has this or that that should or can be better, has never tried to use one.
his froma guy who beside the Hero also owns an HTC TouchHD and a NOKIA N97.
From today I have set for sale both the TouchHD and the N97, I know that will only use the Hero anyway.
At least until can grab an HTC Leo and/or a Nokia N900, that is.]]>Sep 8th 2009 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/
Not sure what the people at Facebook are on, maybe it's been "in beta" all this time...

(Have a G1, have had it since March, has had Facebook app on home screen since March...)

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It's news because the app was developed by Google itself and Facebook is calling it the "offical" fb app...for now.]]>Sep 9th 2009 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/
Other than that it's just like browsing the web. ]]>Sep 8th 2009 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/
As for the app itself, I just downloaded it and it's not too shabby....]]>Sep 8th 2009 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/
The iPhone version of this app handily takes the cake for now, but I think that's more a reflection of Facebook's targeted programming resources rather than OS/phone capabilities.]]>Sep 8th 2009 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/lolzors at Slutnugget. I have your Mom as a "friend". That's all that matters. Dont need facebook to talk to her either. All she needs to hear from me is the sound of my pimp hand before I smack the bitch.]]>Sep 8th 2009 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 9:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://fbandroid.wordpress.com/ ]]>Sep 8th 2009 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 8th 2009 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/
There have been better more feature-filled apps available on the market for months. Take a look at Babbler and Bloo. I like Babbler better, Bloo is slow to load.

* This is also not an OFFICIAL Facebook app. It isn't programmed by Facebook *]]>Sep 9th 2009 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 9th 2009 2:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 9th 2009 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/facebook-for-android-hits-the-market-still-playing-a-bit-of-cat/Sep 9th 2009 12:24PM