The second major version to be released since mid-July, when Apple opened the iPhone to third-party applications, Facebook for the iPhone now offers a full news feed, including story comments, rather than the truncated service available in the original version.
Also new in Facebook 2.0 are people and in-box search tools, photo tagging and captioning capability, and the ability to post photos to friends' Walls. Users can now send friend requests from the iPhone, and receive message attachments.
Facebook also claimed that Version 2.0 offers better stability and performance than its predecessor. "Above all, you'll find the app to be much faster and more stable, especially if you have a large number of friends," the company said in its App Store write-up.
User reviews on the App Store were almost unanimously upbeat. "This is the version I have been waiting for since they launched," said someone identified only as "Chase76" in a review today.
"This is how it should have been," echoed "TexasAg03."
A few, however, gave the update a thumbs-down. "I was very excited for the update, but am now quite disappointed," said "antitrust311" in another review. "Upon initial install, the app froze and wouldn't allow text entry, then once I logged in the app continues to display the date as one day in the future. I think they should have spent more time working the bugs out before they released this app."
Facebook can be downloaded free of charge directly to an iPhone or an iPod Touch running firmware 2.0 or later, or to a PC or Mac via iTunes for later syncing with a phone or music player.
In related news, millions of Facebook users are fighting the site's new design, and leaders of one recall effort are organizing a two-day boycott of the social networking service for next month.
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