It took a bit longer than many of us expected, but the Facebook iPhone and iPod touch app finally features push notifications along with another welcomed addition, contact syncing. Joe Hewitt did a great job making Facebook v3.0 one of the best free apps available, but his sudden departure from the project left us waiting impatiently for the highly sought after push notifications. Many turned to other apps to fulfill this need, most notably Boxcar, but now you will no longer have to fuss with a third-party app thanks to v3.1. Facebook v3.1 allows you to customize when you receive push notifications. For example, you can set the app to notify you when you receive a new message, wall post, friend request, friend confirmation, photo tag, event, and comment all from within your settings. Facebook v3.1 is also able to sync with your iPhones address book, adding profile pictures to your contacts, if you so wish, and a link to their Facebook page for easy access. So fire up the App Store on your iPhone or iTunes on your computer and get Facebook v3.1 right now!
Is there any way to disable chat in this version? I prefer to appear offline as I don't like using it
Pretty sure you've been able to do that since before the update... Just go to chat and press "Go Offline"
I did that in an earlier version and still got messages. It may have been a glitch in the earlier versions though, but for that reason I thought the "go offline" button was for that session. So when I exited the app then rentered i'd be back online
Facebook is my most used app next to System Activity Monitor. I use them probably more than i play games on my iTouch. Good to know Facebook is continuing to make this app better and with S.A.M. i haven't had to restart my device in a very long time. for any reason.
Question! If Facebook is your most used app, why do you need System Activity Monitor at all? I play craploads of games a day and I don't ever see reason to free memory or reboot more than about once a week... yet some people seem to rely on it. Everything runs more or less perfectly for me.
The contact url link to peoples FB pages doesnt work from your laptop. Only from your iPhone contact of that person
Awesome, but it only synced a quarter of the people who (entered their info) into my contacts. Edit: actually, the only thing it did was overwrite the pictures of the people I already had in my contacts. It didn't sync anyone :/
