Facebook 2.0 released on iPhone – A First Look

Facebook has just released v2.0 of its iPhone application on AppStore (Download it here). Feedback from the first version of Facebook iPhone application is not very positive. If you have ever tried out the first version, you should know it missed so many features that are provided on regular facebook (i.e. web-based version). The update of Facebook 2.0 is very promising. It’s a huge step ahead of previous version and rolls out quite a number of significant features that are available on web-based version, making this application is a must-have application on iPhone. In brief, new features come with v2.0 include:

Notifications
Full News Feed
News Feed story comments
People Search
Friend Requests
Photo tagging & captioning
Photo posts to your friends’ Walls
Full mini-feed, now combined with The Wall
Full access to your entire inbox, sent folder and updates tab
Inbox Search & Message Attachment
Improved performance and stability

First impression – Full news feed, Notification & friend requests

As you launch the new version of Facebook, the first thing impressed me is the user interface. It’s impressive and looks like regular facebook. You can now access the full news feed. What’s more is, you can view and add comments directly by just tapping on the bubble (in green) next to the message. It’ll zoom out an editable for you to add comment. The user experience is really great. Under news feed, you’ll find a scrollable menu bar that lets you select different type of news feed.

Previously, two crucial features that were left out are notification and friend request. Now, you can find them in the new version of Facebook iPhone application. Really cool and make this application more useful!

Photo captioning & tagging

Photo tagging is probably another demanding feature. And now, it’s well-integrated with iPhone. To tag a photo, you have to use two fingers. Keep one finger pressed down on the photo and then touch anywhere of the photo with another finger. You can also add caption to a photo (One finger is enough) and easy upload to Facebook.

Full access to Inbox & People Search

Full access to your Inbox, sent and update folder is now available. And people search is also integrated in iPhone version of Facebook.

I’m not a big fan of facebook. But Facebook 2.0 on iPhone exceeds all my expectation and brings nearly all powerful feature on web-version of Facebook. Highly recommened you install or upgrade to Facebook 2.0.

As always, feel free to share me and other readers about your experience on this new application.

To enjoy Facebook on your iPhone, you have to use firmware 2.0 or up. If you haven’t upgraded your iPhone to 2.0, you can further check out this post.

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{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

1 nikkyb October 21, 2008 at 3:49 am: I’m a little disappointed that you can Geo tag photos that you upload. On other iPhone blog apps (Livejournal, for example) you can – which is a nice bonus. Hope to see this feature in an upcoming release!

2 mynk January 12, 2009 at 4:11 pm: recently i hav updated my i phone from 1.1.4 to 2.2..
and intalled facebook..
but whenever i launch facebook it ask for id and password…
which id should i put here..
i tried my yahoo one but it says “incorrect email/password combination”"

what sholud i do

3 Simon Ng January 12, 2009 at 9:01 pm: mynk, it’s your Facebook ID and password. If you don’t have one, you can register one at http://www.facebook.com