There's still no date for the launch of the very overdue Facebook iPad app, but Canadian engineering student Marvin Bernal spotted a hole in the latest update of the Facebook iPhone app that revealed what the iPad version will look like.
Seemingly correcting a few minor bugs, version 3.4.4 fixed various problems that caused crashes, restored the send button for comments, chat and messages and the friends lists to the news feed filter. But, as Bernal discovered, "change the UIDeviceFamily to 2 for iPhone on the Facebook app you get an iPad version!".
TechCrunch's MG Siegler had an intensive fiddle and pasted two dozen screen shots showing everything you might expect from a comprehensive Facebook iPad app. And to be fair, probably everything you could have expected from a Facebook app months ago. With the app this finished, you have to wonder what finishing touches are worth holding back for. Or, what kind of opportunity Facebook is looking for to time this launch.
You can be sure that this will be one of the next slate of launches Mark Zuckerberg announced during the Skype press conference. The question now is how much longer it will take.
Sources: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2011/jul/25/facebook-ipad-app-revealed
TechCrunch's MG Siegler had an intensive fiddle and pasted two dozen screen shots showing everything you might expect from a comprehensive Facebook iPad app. And to be fair, probably everything you could have expected from a Facebook app months ago. With the app this finished, you have to wonder what finishing touches are worth holding back for. Or, what kind of opportunity Facebook is looking for to time this launch.
You can be sure that this will be one of the next slate of launches Mark Zuckerberg announced during the Skype press conference. The question now is how much longer it will take.
Sources: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2011/jul/25/facebook-ipad-app-revealed
