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Image Gallery: Native mobile Facebook application comparison

By // September 13, 2009, 8:53 PM PST

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  • Symbian Facebook homescreen widget

    An official Google Android Facebook application was released this week, which prompted us to take a look at the official Facebook application that is available across every mobile operating system except for Palm WebOS. Several screenshots of the apps are shown here with a full article detailing them all on ZDNet Smartphones & Cell Phones blog.

  • Symbian - news feed

    The Home icon on the Nokia N97 shows your News feed and Status updates.

  • Symbian - friends icon

    One of the better views in the Symbian client is the Friends status updates.

  • Symbian - friend's wall page

    There are lots of details available on your friend's wall page.

  • Symbian - phonebook

    You can call your friends from within the Facebook client.

  • Symbian - threaded messaging in inbox

    Your message conversation can appear in a threaded bubble, iPhone-like format.

  • Windows Mobile - home status updates

    The home tab shows you status updates with subtabs available for more information.

  • Windows Mobile - upload options

    One bonus on the Windows Mobile application is the ability to upload photos and videos to your Facebook account.

  • Windows Mobile- status update

    You can update your status for several areas on your WM device.

  • Windows Mobile - friend status

    You can quickly view your friends' latest status updates.

  • Windows Mobile - inbox view

    Similar to the Symbian client you can view your inbox in a threaded view for easy conversation tracking.

  • Android - main Facebook page

    The Android client does not have many options and most of your time will be spent in the main status page, as seen here.

  • Android - menu button options

    Unlike other clients there are no tabs to access other parts of Facebook. You need to press the menu button to see these options.

  • Android - my wall

    You can view your own wall in the Android client.

  • Android - top page of settings

    There are a few general settings present in the Android client.

  • Android - more settings

    Notification settings can be managed in detail.

  • Android - Facebook status in landscape

    You can view and use the Facebook client in landscape mode as well.

  • Android - landscape menu options

    Here is a view of the menu options in landscape orientation.

  • iPhone - main Facebook page

    The newest iPhone client is very attractive and well designed with a main navigation page that lets you access different parts of Facebook.

  • iPhone - adding friends to your favorites

    You can create pages of your friends as favorites so you can quickly access their information rather than sifting through your feeds.

  • iPhone - news feed page

    Your friend's status updates appear in the news feed page.

  • iPhone - filtering your feeds

    You can use the iPhone wheel selector to filter the types of information that appears.

  • iPhone - contact status

    You can quickly check the status of your contacts. A green icon indicates your buddy is signed into Facebook and available to chat.

  • iPhone - photos

    Your albums appear on the Photos page and you can even create new albums.

  • iPhone - favorite friends

    The friends you created as favorites appear on tabs behind the main navigation page.

  • iPhone - updating your status

    You can update your status using the iPhone application from just about any area.

  • iPhone - uploading images and video

    This latest iPhone client added video upload support to go along with photo uploads.

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Symbian Facebook homescreen widget

An official Google Android Facebook application was released this week, which prompted us to take a look at the official Facebook application that is available across every mobile operating system except for Palm WebOS. Several screenshots of the apps are shown here with a full article detailing them all on ZDNet Smartphones & Cell Phones blog.

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