Facebook is without a doubt the biggest social network on this planet. Majority of the users use mobile apps to say up to date with the happenings on their Facebook accounts. To further improve the convenience for its users, the company has released Facebook for iPhone version 3.5, and is now available for download.
We had received complaints from many of our readers that the Facebook for iPhone app didn't really perform the way it should have done. Many people preferred using the mobile version of Facebook through Safari rather than using the app. However keeping all those things in mind, this new Facebook for iPhone app hopes to address all of the users concerns, by boasting several UI and performance improvements.
Primarily, the biggest change in this Facebook for iPhone update is the ability to tag friends, allowing you to tag whoever you want to, as well as places, in posts that you do using your Facebook account. There was never a legitimate explanation as to why this was never added in to any of the previous updates of Facebook for iPhone app, however we're definitely glad that the ability to tag friends has finally come to the iPhone app of this giant social network. You can also check-in to a place using Facebook Places.
One big UI overhaul is of the new post screen. It looks much more simpler now and allows you to check-in to a place, tag a friend or upload a picture from that very place. Its quite easy on the eyes, not to mention immensely practical. Other UI improvements include simplified group walls and profile which are no longer haphazardly cluttered with everything that's going on your Facebook account.
As far as the privacy updates are concern, using Facebook for iPhone 3.5 you can select to share a post with all of your friends to just a particular group of you friends. Its exactly the same as the web version. Apart from that, the new Facebook for iPhone app comes with an assortment of bug fixes ranging from Facebook Chat to bugs encountered while viewing pictures and albums. Slight performance improvements are an added plus. The app is compatible with both iPhone and iPod touch if it is running iOS 3.0 or above.
Download Facebook for iPhone 3.5 [iTunes Link]