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Friend Me for Facebook – A better alternative for tablet users
Tested version: 1.4.2
Latest version: 1.5
Requires Android: from 3.0
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Summary
Those of you who own Android tablets will feel my pain when I say: the Facebook app is total rubbish on tablets. It makes more sense to use the Facebook page designed for desktops than the app if you’re using a tablet.
And what would make even more sense than that? A Facebook app designed for tablets, d-uh! And that means optimized display size and finger friendliness.
That’s what the developer behind the Newsr and TweetComb Honeycomb versions (which came out sooner than the official ones) must’ve thought to himself – and thus he came up with Friend Me for Facebook.
Features & Use
Test device:
Acer Iconia Tab A500
Android version: 3.1
Mods: Root
(NB: In the interest of protecting my personal privacy as well as that of my friends I have taken the screenshots from the Android Market rather than submitting personal ones.)
Friend Me for Facebook runs as of Android 3.0 Honeycomb, meaning it can only run on tablets.
The first thing you will need to do - after starting the app up, of course - is add your Facebook account. What I noticed straight off the bat is that Friend Me supports multiple accounts.
After you've logged in you will see the familiar overview of what's new on Facebook (see screenshot #2). Selected entries can be viewed in detail as a panel on the right hand side, meaning you can keep your eye on the news feed – not bad!
When you view an entry in detail you will be able to see the entry itself, obviously, who has 'liked' this entry as well as any comments that have been made in response. Comment 'likes' are also displayed, but unfortunately you can't see who liked the comment.
You yourself can comment and/or like at any time.
Oh, and in order to refresh/update the news feed you need only pull it downwards.
The app's drawback is accessing photos and/or galleries. The news feed shows that someone has posted a photo and you are keen to look at it in more detail, so you tap on it, but rather than seeing the photo you see the user's profile. This means you have to go to the gallery and then search for and select the picture you were originally interested in seeing. As you can imagine, the time it will take to look for pictures is contingent on the size of the album.
Click on Profile in order to check out your own FB profile; it shows the most relevant profile information, wall posts and photo albums. And that's all there is to that.
Click on Friends to see your friends list where you can search for individuals. Click on any one of your friends in order to explore their profiles, which contain the same information as yours.
Photos shows you your own albums. Speaking of photos, Friend Me lets you upload pictures to Facebook, but not via the app directly. In order to upload you have to go to your device's gallery and forward a photo to Friend Me. What can I say – it would make things just a wee bit easier if it were possible to upload via the app directly without having to take this detour.
View your personal groups via Groups. Hit any one one of there in order to see information about the group and wall posts.
Go to Messages in order to view conversations you've had on Facebook, but be warned the the messages/chat fusion generated veritable chaos that has yet to be sorted out. Messages that were sent via chat display the sender's own name as recipient, so can wager guesses as to whom you sent them.
Standard messages are displayed accurately. Hit Reply in order to respond to your friends. A Facebook pop-up window will appear in which you can enter your message.
I was pleased to see that there's a Games tab, which grants you access to Facebook games, though only via the Facebook website.
Lastly, there's a Notifications tab.
To finish off, let's take a quick look at the settings – 'quick' because there's not much to say. There are four settings options: deactivate the internal browser with which you would ordinarily open links.
I like that Friend Me automatically filters out games and news tabs, but if you don't like this function you can deactivate it in the settings.
The last two settings are related to automatic updates of messages. You can adjust how often this should occur, or else switch it off completely.
Bottom line:
Friend Me for Facebook works quite well for an unofficial Facebook app, and it's definitely a viable alternative to the Facebook website. There are a few minor issues here and there for which we're deducting points, e.g. the chaotic message display.
Screen & Controls
Friend Me for Facebook fits in nicely to the Honeycomb UI.
If you're already familiar with Facebook you will find the app's controls to be intuitive and easy to use.
Speed & Stability
Friend Me for Facebook's speed is largely contingent on your internet connection. the faster the connection, the faster the app will run.
The application didn't lag or crash during our test runs.
Price/Performance Ratio
Friend Me for Facebook is financed through advertising and can be downloaded for free. SHould you be bothered by the ad banners you can remove them by paying EUR2,10 (via the menu at the top right).
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