Looking at the screenshots, the app appears very similar to the Blackberry application I use, with options to view your friends’ status updates (though Windows Mobile appears to include the full News Feed), send your friends a message or wall post, and upload photos and video, presumably with integration with the camera on your phone. The download can be found here.
Since this isn’t an official release, there are still likely some bugs, but members of the Windows Mobile fan page on Facebook are reporting success with the application. As for when Windows Mobile 6.5 and the native Facebook app might be available for general release, speculation late last year had a launch date of Q1 2009, which means it could be out shortly.
Facebook had more than 15 million active mobile users as of November, a number that has likely grown considerably with the social network adding an estimated 600,000 users per day. Becoming a pre-loaded application on Windows Mobile will only further grow the company’s mobile presence. Meanwhile, the killer mobile feature we’d like to see – GPS integration to see where your Facebook friends are – remains a mystery.
[via mediabistro]
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