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Mobility

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By matthewmiller September 9, 2009, 3:52 PM PDT

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Symbian Facebook homescreen widget

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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Symbian - news feed

Symbian - news feed

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

Image Gallery: Native mobile Facebook application comparison

Symbian - friends icon

Symbian - friends icon

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

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Symbian - friend's wall page

Symbian - friend's wall page

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

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Symbian - phonebook

Symbian - phonebook

You can call your friends from within the Facebook client.

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Symbian - threaded messaging in inbox

Symbian - threaded messaging in inbox

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

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Windows Mobile - home status updates

Windows Mobile - home status updates

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

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Windows Mobile - upload options

Windows Mobile - upload options

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

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Windows Mobile- status update

Windows Mobile- status update

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

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Windows Mobile - friend status

Windows Mobile - friend status

You can quickly view your friends’ latest status updates.

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Windows Mobile - inbox view

Windows Mobile - inbox view

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

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Android - main Facebook page

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.

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Android - menu button options

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.

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Android - my wall

Android - my wall

You can view your own wall in the Android client.

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Android - top page of settings

Android - top page of settings

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

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Android - more settings

Android - more settings

Notification settings can be managed in detail.

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Android - Facebook status in landscape

Android - Facebook status in landscape

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

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Android - landscape menu options

Android - landscape menu options

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

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iPhone - main Facebook page

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.

Image Gallery: Native mobile Facebook application comparison

iPhone - adding friends to your favorites

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.

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iPhone - news feed page

iPhone - news feed page

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

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iPhone - filtering your feeds

iPhone - filtering your feeds

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

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iPhone - contact status

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.

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iPhone - photos

iPhone - photos

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

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iPhone - favorite friends

iPhone - favorite friends

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

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iPhone - updating your status

iPhone - updating your status

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

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iPhone - uploading images and video

iPhone - uploading images and video

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

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