Facebook app finally comes to Apple’s iPad

By on Oct 10, 2011 at 5:11 PM
Software October 10, 2011

Facebook users can finally stop wondering why no official Facebook app is available for Apple’s iPad. As of Monday evening, Facebook’s iOS app is now a universal binary that supports the iPhone and iPod touch as well as the iPad. Among the app’s key features, Facebook lists high-resolution photo support, slide and pinch gesture support, Facebook game compatibility and quick access to messaging features from almost any view within the app. Facebook’s full statement to the press follows below.

Today, Facebook announced their first app for the iPad.

Facebook for iPad not only includes popular features from the site like photos and games, but also optimizes them for the unique capabilities of the iPad.

Facebook for iPad is available today in the Apple App Store and additional information can be found in the blog post attached.

Additionally Facebook announced they are extending the Facebook Platform to mobile including the new iPad app, iPhone/iPod app and mobile web site. The Facebook Platform will allow mobile developers to take advantage of social channels for search of discovery of their apps and also the Facebook Credits payment system.

Additional details about the Facebook Platform on mobile can be found in the second blog post attached as well.

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  • Anonymous

    It is out now!

    • Fat Mams

      Facebook is so innovative .. it only took them 2 years ..

      • Anonymous

        ,, awesomee ..

        my best friend’s mom makes 77$ an hour on the computer. She has been out of job for
        9 months but last month her check was 7487$ just working on the computer for a few hours. Read about it here goo.gl/syatb

      • ibegary

        My mom makes more on the corner. Just sayin

      • Anonymous

        What does that have to do with innovation?

  • zacamandapio

    This app wasn’t available for the iPad? 
    What were people doing with the device?  Besides fart apps?

    • Albokay

      Burp apps.

    • IPwn

      Watching your mothers amateur videos on youporn

      • Anonymous

        Ah…. Youporn! The only reason us Goofans (aka Apple Haters) love and need flash!

      • http://www.droiddoes.com/ Norm

        Male on male ass to mouth pr0n is largely flash, which another reason DROID DOES and why I love my galaxy tab

      • zacamandapio

        Offensive ha!!
        Is that all you got? 

        Got offended because you use an iPhone, iPod, iPad, iMac and what else? 
        Phuken Dumbphuck.

  • IPwn

    It also updated the iPhone app which is an awesome update!

    • zacamandapio

      Must be nice.
      With all the nice iApple products you carry around. 
      You own 5 devices that all do the same thing?
      What an idiot.

      • Anonymous

        HEY the iPhone and iPod touch are radically different in BGR land. All you have to do is add or remove some bloatware and go .00053 centimeters thinner.

        Now that’s revolutionary

      • zacamandapio

        My bad.

  • Anonymous

    bout damn time! 

  • Devon2000

    You mean the mighty Apple with there million and 1 apps didn’t have a facebook app for Ipad, a device thats been around for more than 2 years now? Thats weird my Blackberry Playbook had that at launch.

    • Anonymous

      Does BlackBerry have a Tablet? 

      • http://www.droiddoes.com/ Norm

        Nope. Many confused the Kindle Fire Beta to be one called the playbook

    • Anonymous

      Hmmm. And yet it didn’t have an email application or a calendar. Go figure.

      • Anonymous

        Goofan…that was your moment to shine and piss on apple products and instead you backed apple up…

        Son, I am disappoint.

      • Devon2000

        I guess his hate for blackberry over powered his hate for apple, maybe he should change his name to goofanAKAblackberryhater

    • Anonymous

      The playbook has a Facebook app? Well RIM must have paid to get it. Don’t blame apple or android for not having it till now. They don’t make the apps.

    • Moencal

      To bad its a piece of sh*t.

      • Devon2000

        ok tell me how and in what way is it a piece of shit? and dont say it doesnt have email or calender, thats beating a dead horse and in a couple of weeks you will not be able to say that anymore, all the people I know that has both Ipad2 and Playbook says they prefer their playbook.

      • zacamandapio

        I prefer the playbook as well.
        Very solid device.

  • Anonymous

    It’ll probably be another half a year till this is released to android. 

    • Anonymous

      We don’t need it in android. We have flash!

      • Devon2000

        BB Playbook has both options

      • zacamandapio

        In my opinion you sound too intelligent.
        I suggest you start saying more nonsense and get with the program.

        Furthermore, I concur with your statement.

  • SKINNI

    Crazy that it took this long! Still standing by for a Honeycomb App. I hate the phone app on tablet & would rather a native app instead of going to the browser

    • Anonymous

      Why. Same sh*t different toilet. Make a bookmark.

    • Booboolala2000

      Why don’t you like the browser? You need a data connection to do anything anyway.

  • Anonymous

    Now if only zuckerberg and the other Aholes over at fb can make a decent android/honeycomb app, that would be newsworthy

    • Sweet James Jones

      Why are you using an app?  Just put a link to the website on you homes screen.

    • Anonymous

      Yeah I’m so enraged that I can’t creep on my x girlfriends little brother from an app! Why is Facebook not listening to my demands on a free service! WE WONT STAND FOR THIS

  • http://twitter.com/gnomehole The Gnome

    Crashes immediately when I try load it.   (iOS 5 GM)   Bummer.

  • Anonymous

    All I could say that is is bare, unpolished, unstylized. I think it is a good start, but I am not sure if they could catch up with other existing Faecbook iPad app soon.

    joseasawyer@linuxmirroreast.com

  • Booboolala2000

    Website is still better. I don’t see why anyone would want to use the app over the website. Either iOS or Android.

  • Tim Cookmeth

    Playbook can do the full desktop and for that reason, iPad sucks

    • zacamandapio

      I wouldn’t say “iPad sucks”.  It’s just an inferior product.
      Like a the bigger iPhone that has never been released.  That’s all.

  • Booboolala2000

    WWWWWait! What am I talking about? I use Google+ haven’t used facebook in a couple of months.

  • Anonymous

    great update and it finally works on ios5 for me on my iphone

  • Anonymous

    Playbook version came out months ago – why did this take so long?

  • mike aim

    OK, now port it to honeycomb please….

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