I have always been impressed by the Facebook app for the iPhone and iPod Touch.  I’ve used Facebook on almost every platform (except Blackberry) and the iPhone version is by far the best.  I really thought it was about as good as it could get, but today it just got a whole lot better.

The main page features a new icon oriented approach, which puts you one step from every major function of the app.  Fantastic!  Swipe across to find the new favorites where you can add shortcuts to your favorite friends and pages.  with over 300 friends and pages, I was thrilled to find this feature.

Now for the bad news.  be very careful updating your status from the iPhone app.  According to Gear Diary, there is a problem with the privacy settings, which allows there allows status updates to be seen by friends of your regardless of privacy filters.  Now, I have to be honest and say that I have never taken the time to even set up privacy filters (though I probably should) but I am sure many of you have.  So, unless you want everyone to know everything…then you should be careful with this.

And just as a reminder, be careful what you post on Facebook.  You do not want to become this person:

Or this poor formerly-employed person

So…just be careful out there.  And enjoy the new Facebook app, which is currently available in the iTunes app store, for the always low price of…FREE!

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