Comments on: Facebook for BlackBerry Should Be Built by Facebook Not RIM

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By: greatwiseone

greatwiseone — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 06:58:00 +0000

It’s a legacy issue that RIM builds its own Facebook app rather than Facebook building an app for the BBOS. The need to work with BES and BIS meant RIM would prefer building the apps themselves, rather than letting Facebook see those internal API’s. While one would prefer Facebook or Twitter to make their own apps for BB10, it’s likely not going to be the case at launch.

By: Hitgrove

Hitgrove — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:39:00 +0000

bb have failed on showcasing the facebook

By: Hawaii Wedding Photography

Hawaii Wedding Photography — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 06:52:00 +0000

BlackBerry doesn’t even show Instagram posts whereas iOS shows a beautiful image in the feed.

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Blackberry in the News… — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 00:39:59 +0000

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By: Kyle McInnes

Kyle McInnes — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:51:00 +0000

Hopefully Facebook could develop the app and take a few hints from RIM. I agree there are things RIM did better such as the integration. RIM’s deep integration blows iOS out the water.

By: Ajay

Ajay — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:31:00 +0000

I would prefer a mix between iOS and the BB versions. I love the dropdown you get when you hit the Facebook button in Blackberry to jump between Feed / Messages / Chat etc.

Also like the cleaner view of notifications as opposed to the iOS version. However, the BB app could definitely use a major upgrade in its ability to display the feeds including inline pictures as you mentioned above

By: Jimsbag

Jimsbag — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 04:34:00 +0000

Agreed, and my sentiments exactly. As the numbers released by facebook today point out, millions of users are only using the mobile apps and not logging into FB via web browsers. While the BB FB app is lacking in some areas it is still far better in most areas then the mobile site. As one of “those people” who almost never us a desktop to access FB, and only due so on my BB, I want the app to be better, but not at the expense of needless ads and extra data. If FB made the app themselves I am confident advertisements will be in the forefront, and this means more data use, and slower speeds. For my money, I’ll stick with what RIM is building.

By: Kyle McInnes

Kyle McInnes — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:41:00 +0000

Interesting point. Facebook probably also makes a lot of money sending traffic to Apple’s App Store. If RIM had a solid app ecosystem that tied in nicely with Facebook, that would also probably push things along.

By: John Pinkerton

John Pinkerton — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:22:00 +0000

Facebook is looking heavily at monetizing mobile. RIM should make sure that their app does everything it can to prevent monetization for Facebook, then when they’re missing out on those checks maybe Facebook will say, “Fine, we’ll do it ourselves.”