Facebook?

illwun11 · June 11th, 2010, 01:21 AM

Sorry if this post is redundant but I've searched and couldn't realy find anything. My question is, is there a Facebook app that is more like the blackberry version? One that actually alerts you when there are new comments, notifications, messages, etc... It really sucks you have to go in manually and refresh to see what notifications you have rather than it just telling you when you do like the blackberry version does.

AMTrombley0924 · June 11th, 2010, 01:30 AM

Have you tried going onto the app, then going to settings to edit the notifications you want to receive? It checks for notifications as regularly as 30 minutes. I know it's not exactly push, but it's a solution

bluenova · June 11th, 2010, 03:03 AM

The official Facebook app has terrible notifications. Give Bloo a go.

Bswartz95 · June 11th, 2010, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by AMTrombley0924

Have you tried going onto the app, then going to settings to edit the notifications you want to receive? It checks for notifications as regularly as 30 minutes. I know it's not exactly push, but it's a solution

It won't notify you of comments and wall posts like the Blackberry & iPhone apps.

illwun11 · June 11th, 2010, 11:32 AM

Thanks for the help guys. Guess I'll just have to wait till they catch up to the bb version... :-(

jredenbaugh · June 11th, 2010, 12:44 PM

Try a widget on your home page you can cycle thru latest posts.

m165 · June 11th, 2010, 07:25 PM

Bloo notifies me of pretty much everything, give that a go!

Tre Lawrence · June 11th, 2010, 10:29 PM

Someone told me about Touch.

i VTAK · June 12th, 2010, 01:03 AM

If you go into Facebook you can have it email any alerts or posts that you recieve. I'm trying to figure out why people use an app for something that the internet browser does just fine, I just have it in my bookmarks.

illwun11 · June 12th, 2010, 04:39 AM

I gave Bloo a shot. I like it. It's pretty close to the BB version. Thanks guys.

Bswartz95 · June 12th, 2010, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by i VTAK

If you go into Facebook you can have it email any alerts or posts that you recieve. I'm trying to figure out why people use an app for something that the internet browser does just fine, I just have it in my bookmarks.

Because launching the internet browser typically uses more of your phones resources than an app. The info from many apps can be accessed through the browser, but apps are usually faster to launch and the information is usually organized better. This is the whole point of having them.

With a good Facebook app (like Blackberry), you wouldn't need to receive Gmail notifications and then go to the internet browser to respond. It could all be integrated into one functional app.

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