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Facebook Launches "Facebook For Every Phone" – Java Based Mobile App

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Post by dkd903 » Wed, Jul 13, 2011, 2:37 PM UTC

Facebook Launches "Facebook For Every Phone" – Java Based Mobile App
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#2

Post by cesar » Wed, Jul 13, 2011, 3:10 PM UTC

I would be interested to know the architecture of the application/s to make it seamlessly work for all those phones.

Suggestions?

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Post by thinkcomp » Wed, Jul 13, 2011, 3:26 PM UTC

cesar wrote: post #2

I would be interested to know the architecture of the application/s to make it seamlessly work for all those phones. Suggestions?

Most likely it's just a J2ME MIDlet, but I have no idea.

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Post by currywurst » Wed, Jul 13, 2011, 3:35 PM UTC

cesar wrote: post #2

I would be interested to know the architecture of the application/s to make it seamlessly work for all those phones. Suggestions?

J2ME Polish (http://www.enough.de/products/j2me-polish/) was a popular cross-phone toolkit when I was spelunking in J2ME dev a long time ago ..

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Post by jwarzech » Wed, Jul 13, 2011, 3:40 PM UTC

I understand that its really "Facebook for Every (non iOS, Win7, Android, etc.) Phone" but doesn't the name sort of imply that its the same app that can be downloaded for every phone? (I know sort of a nit-picky comment)

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Post by paliopolis » Wed, Jul 13, 2011, 3:42 PM UTC

But why still no native app for the iPad :-(

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Post by zalew » Wed, Jul 13, 2011, 3:49 PM UTC

I'd prefer they fixed the Android app

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Post by revorad » Wed, Jul 13, 2011, 3:51 PM UTC

This will probably be huge in developing countries.

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Post by shimi » Wed, Jul 13, 2011, 3:58 PM UTC

cesar wrote: post #2

I would be interested to know the architecture of the application/s to make it seamlessly work for all those phones. Suggestions?

Its J2ME midlet, and well written I must add

Very nice effort

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#10

Post by spinchange » Wed, Jul 13, 2011, 4:00 PM UTC

This makes me want to dig out an old phone just to try. I'm not not even that into Facebook, but find this really impressive.