{"id":513222,"date":"2010-04-04T16:04:31","date_gmt":"2010-04-04T20:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2010\/04\/04\/ipad-the-facebook-app-kerfuffle\/"},"modified":"2010-04-04T16:04:31","modified_gmt":"2010-04-04T20:04:31","slug":"ipad-the-facebook-app-kerfuffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/513222","title":{"rendered":"iPad &amp; The Facebook App Kerfuffle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  title=\"ipad2\" src=\"http:\/\/gigaom.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/03\/ipad2.jpg?w=210&#038;h=126\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"126\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-103852\" \/>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 <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2009\/02\/10\/why-facebooks-future-is-mobile\/\">ready with a brand new version of Facebook Mobil<\/a>e &#8212; whether as a website or as an application, thanks <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2009\/11\/11\/joe-hewitt-facebook\/\">to super-hacker Joe Hewitt<\/a>.\u00a0And perhaps that is why everyone assumed that there will be a Facebook Mobile app for the iPad.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, that isn&#8217;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&#8217;s just say it is horrible &#8212; or\u00a0at least\u00a0that 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.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inline-related-posts-110550\" class=\"widget inline-related-posts alignleft clearfix\">\n<div class=\"widget-wrap\">\n<div class=\"widget-title-wrap clearfix\">\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">More on <span><a class=\"category-link\" href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/topic\/ipad\" title=\"iPad\">iPad<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<ul class=\"inline-related-posts\">\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-related-posts-article\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2010\/04\/03\/om-ipad-impressions\/\">iPad: My Very Early Impressions +  Your&nbsp;Questions<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"brand-icon gigaom\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\" title=\"Visit: GigaOM - This is a description.\">Tech Insider<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-related-posts-article\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2010\/04\/02\/unboxed-the-ipad\/\">Unboxed: The&nbsp;iPad<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"brand-icon gigaom\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\" title=\"Visit: GigaOM - This is a description.\">Tech Insider<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-related-posts-article\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2010\/04\/02\/why-ipad-will-change-blogging-for-me\/\">Why the iPad Will Change Blogging for&nbsp;Me<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"brand-icon gigaom\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\" title=\"Visit: GigaOM - This is a description.\">Tech Insider<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-related-posts-article\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2010\/04\/01\/media-ipad-apps-is-that-the-best-they-can-do\/\">Media iPad Apps: Is That the Best They Can&nbsp;Do?<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"brand-icon gigaom\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\" title=\"Visit: GigaOM - This is a description.\">Tech Insider<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"widget-bottom clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Given the popularity of the app, I wonder why Facebook themselves didn&#8217;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?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=1149864&#038;post=110550&#038;subd=gigaom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=VDi2EVAPVM8:K5jPZ6nzsk0:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=VDi2EVAPVM8:K5jPZ6nzsk0:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?i=VDi2EVAPVM8:K5jPZ6nzsk0:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=VDi2EVAPVM8:K5jPZ6nzsk0:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?i=VDi2EVAPVM8:K5jPZ6nzsk0:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=VDi2EVAPVM8:K5jPZ6nzsk0:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=VDi2EVAPVM8:K5jPZ6nzsk0:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?i=VDi2EVAPVM8:K5jPZ6nzsk0:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/OmMalik\/~4\/VDi2EVAPVM8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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