Facebook, the social networking company has long been the champion of iPhone and iPod Touch, using those devices as a way to grow its presence in the mobile world. Whenever the new iPhone launched, they were always ready with a brand new version of Facebook Mobile — whether as a website or as an application, thanks to super-hacker Joe Hewitt. And perhaps that is why everyone assumed that there will be a Facebook Mobile app for the iPad.
Unfortunately, that isn’t the case. Instead, the consumers are buying an app called Facebook Ultimate for $2.99 a pop. It is the eight most popular download at this minute and let’s just say it is horrible — or at least that is what the people who spent the money on the app are saying. The reviews of the app are universally bad and the app is getting 1.5 stars in ratings in the iTunes store.
Given the popularity of the app, I wonder why Facebook themselves didn’t release an app. Have the relations between the two companies have cooled? Or is Facebook betting that the browser-based access to the uber social network will suffice?
