Facebook for BlackBerry

RIM's developed a Facebook application for BlackBerry. The Facebook has become a lot more popular than I expected...mobile facebook who would have thought!!!

The first thing I would like to point out about the Facebook BlackBerry application is that it does not do everything that Facebook can from a desktop. You can update your status, send message, write on walls, poke, upload pictures, and invite someone to Facebook. Any other activities have to be done on a PC or via the mobile Facebook Web site (m.facebook.com), which is accesible from the Facebook for BlackBerry application menu.

The Facebook BlackBerry application is simple and easy to use. When you receive something new in Facebook, such as message, a little Facebook icon appears in the top banner to make sure you know it is Facebook that needs attention and not something else.

The application also appears as an entry in your BlackBerry profiles, so you can set a ringtone for when your Facebook account becomes active. You can set your BlackBerry to vibrate or have the LED blink. And because it is in your profile when you change from Normal to Vibrate, you don't have to worry about Facebook making a sound when you don't want it too.

Each Facebook activity you can perform from your BlackBerry receives a shortcut key. For example, there's S for Status Updates or U to upload a picture. If you prefer to use a trackball you can also navigate manually to icons that launch these functions at the top of Facebook application.

Because the Facebook application knows who your friends are, when you begin to type in a name to poke someone it'll begin to pull up friends with matching names. So there's no need to remember the full name of a friend. This makes it easier to send pokes, messages, or write on a wall.

This popular social networking site along with many other ones are now becoming popular among BlackBerry users who lives are mostly on the go. The best part about this application is that its FREE!!