Comments on: Facebook 2.0 Announced for Android – It’s Native, Faster, and Completely Rebuilt

By: Daniel James Ward

Daniel James Ward — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 10:45:00 +0000

Try facebook contact sync from the market, it’s perfect

By: renGek

renGek — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 06:41:00 +0000

I haven’t use the facebook app on my GN in over 2 weeks but it was updated a few days ago. Today, my watchdog app kept alerting me all day long (10 times) that facebook’s service was sucking down 40% of my cpu. wth? Uninstalling.

By: gp126904

gp126904 — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 05:37:00 +0000

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3217/3015062728_6b27f9a6ae.jpg

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 05:34:00 +0000

Now please add HD contact photo syncing. The pictures looked so crappy on my Note 2 that I had to use another app for it.

By: Kristi

Kristi — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 15:39:00 +0000

Can’t update my status! To me, without that, update was pointless!!!!

By: MIKEAWESOME

MIKEAWESOME — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:44:00 +0000

To be on topic, it’s actually much improved. I briefly put it through the paces, dipping between pages, pictures, profiles, videos, and i found it all to be quite snappy and responsive. Certainly more than versions past.

By: StarCreator

StarCreator — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 06:38:00 +0000

How did they manage this giant update but not build in an onscreen menu button? I’d prefer not to have the HTC menu bar of doom across the bottom of the screen.

By: Justtyn Hutcheson

Justtyn Hutcheson — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 04:08:00 +0000

Normally I’d agree, but there are many many companies, such as Spotify, Subsonic, and Orb, who have gorgeous, platform-specific apps that have a solid theme and identity that is closely tied together. A 2.0 redesign was the perfect time to really put out a stunning app that follows the Design Guidelines, especially since they didn’t let anyone see it beforehand. Instead, we continue to use what is essentially a bad iOS port visually, despite the radical increase in speed. Facebook, I am disappoint.

By: Justtyn Hutcheson

Justtyn Hutcheson — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 02:42:00 +0000

Haxsync, SyncMyPix, etc. all go through your FB contacts, match them by name to your Google contacts, then download the pics to a directory and auto-link them to your contact. There’s no real “integration”, its more “automation”. You could achieve the same effect manually, though it would be incredibly time-consuming.

The ability to sync Facebook was not removed per-se, they just implemented API hooks for social networks to use the People app in general, rather than baked-in support, and its up to the developer to implement the hooks. Facebook has implemented them in general, and you can still link contacts and it will auto-update pics. I still don’t think they are high-res though, so they’re either tiny or look like crap blown up.

By: DanWazz

DanWazz — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:36:00 +0000

I guess. I used to use fb and the app. It was crap and frustrated the hell out of me. I don’t use fb anymore, but kinda wished I did, just to see the app become not steaming pile of crap.

By: joejoe5709

joejoe5709 — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:54:00 +0000

Settings. Turn it off.

By: MrSteve920

MrSteve920 — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:53:00 +0000

I understand that, but they still didn’t bother to update how the old menu button looks. The format they have now is the old grid style menu instead of the list style that is the current standard.

By: Keg Man

Keg Man — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:30:00 +0000

eventually we as android users, will practically be forced into using g+. Like the play store’s approach to commenting on apps. Eventually everything will be integrated so nicely that more people will give it better shot.

By: DroidLeo

DroidLeo — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:29:00 +0000

*clap……clap….clap…clap…clap clap clap clap clap
clap Clap clap!! Well done face book well done

By: Keg Man

Keg Man — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:28:00 +0000

not only that, but they are doing a good job integrating g+ with everything and has much more potential than fb for additional ways to integrate with other services. (the way the play store, g+, youtube and etc are integrated together)