If you are like me Facebook's first iPhone App was cool, but it just was too limited in features and function. Perhaps Facebook knew this as well and that's why the king of social networks says it is prepping its second iPhone app, Facebook v2.0, which is slated for a September release. This upcoming Facebook app should be more to the liking of folks like myself who are eager for a no-compromises mobile Facebook experience.
The iPhone Facebook 2.0 app more closely matches the full Facebook experience accessible through a computer. Facebook 2.0 delivers your Facebook top stories, posted items, profiles and photo comments, and a host of other friend-related news to the iPhone.
Facebook is really paying attention to detail with this new Facebook app cleverly mashing the "wall" and your "mini-feed" together as well as including every sent and received Facebook mail message. Even the app's look mimics Facebook's tabbed homepage design.
Using Apple's "push" service, Facebook intends to create notification deliveries even when the app is off. However, this feature arrives sometime after v2.0.
According to Facebook, searching for and accepting new friends was the most popular update request. This 2.0 service will come in handy if you catch someone's name at a bar and absolutely need to friend them immediately.
Fans of Facebook and social connectivity should be excited for this update. Lets just hope it'll run smoothly given Apple's current 3G woes.
