14 DAY TRIAL // As promised, last month Research In Motion delivered an official Facebook application for BlackBerry devices, which features BBM integration.
Currently, BlackBerry users can download Facebook 3.0 through App World, while those who signed up for a BlackBerry Beta Zone account have access to newer versions, which are still in testing.
The latest Facebook update delivered for Beta Zone subscribers brings a slew of enhancements and bug fixes, which improve the overall performance and stability of the social network application.
Thanks to the folks over at Crackberry we know that the following changes have been added in Facebook 3.1.0.9 for BlackBerry devices:
- Status Cleared notification doesn't make sense; - Update help URLs for Facebook 3.1; - Got a state that could not exit Facebook setup wizard if Facebook opened from other access points; - No photo on post; - Facebook does not update while on Wi-Fi. Mobile Wi-Fi does work however; - App takes very long time to refresh comments; - Clicking “resend" on a status update doesn't seem to work; - Focus is lost after scrolling thru a very long post; - Likes count incorrect in Likes list if launched from stagnant comment screen.
Aside from the issues addressed above, RIM also fixed some problems experienced by users of the comments section. It appears that the application takes a longer time to load comments than it should.
Below are the rest of the bug fixes delivered with the latest update for Facebook:
- Doesn't work on Wi-Fi only connection; - Send icon is missing in command screen; - User is not able to scroll to Facebook title bar to open navigation screen on the new chat conversation screen if cursoris not at the beginning of text box; - Comments for Notes are limited to 1000 characters while on the web the limit is 8000 - Event Created By lists incorrect name; - BBM Text for check in is not localization friendly and might cause issues in other languages; - Focus order on comment page; - Focus jumps to the top of the notifications list after marking an unopened notification as opened.
Keep in mind that a valid Beta Zone account is required in order to be able to download Facebook 3.1.0.9 for BlackBerry devices. Check it out here.