“Research In Motion”, the company behind BlackBerry has created a Facebook software which is designed specially for its hi-tech smartphones which enable users to access Facebook. The first telecom carrier has been chosen as T-Mobile US.
The phone carrier would provide the software application to its users.
Via the BlackBerry phone users can receive friend notifications/alerts and check their lists using scroll utility like a typical e-mail service. Users are also powered to compose offline messages. Most importantly, users can upload photos directly from BlackBerry camera into Facebook application.
RIM has adding features to its basket with”lifestyle applications” like games and multimedia in an effort to attract more retail users to the traditionally business-focused BlackBerry.
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Darn, what about my BB 8300 Curve on Cingular ?
@Tony - it looks like you are out of luck for now. It seems that RIM has yet to strike deals with all of the cellular providers in the US.
It has been reported that users are getting errors when trying to install and utilize the applications on other cellular networks.
If this is popular, expect other cellular providers to follow suit in short time.
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