Native Facebook Client for Windows Mobile

[magnifoca]

Magnifoca Inc has released SkyBook 1.0 (formerly known as Snap2Face), a FREE Facebook client for Windows Mobile devices (Pocket PC and Smartphones). With SkyBook you stay in touch with Facebook friends all the time. You can download SkyBook at http://www.magnifoca.com/products.html

Features:

* Sleek, graphic-rich user interface
* Set your status while on-the-go
* View friends' status and detailed information
* View friends' friends and send friendship requests
* Get notified of events like wall post, message,
poke, and friend request
* View your pokes, wall, inbox, and friend requests,
all in full text
* Poke friends, send message to friends, and post
on friends' wall
* Access you and your friends' photo albums
* Ability to view, zoom in/out, and pan full-sized
photos, and play slideshow
* Upload photos from built-in camera or file folder
* Import friends' profile photos to Outlook Contacts
(photo Call ID)
* and more...

Screen Captures
More screeshots can be found here

Is SkyBook Free?
SkyBook is completely free. Data usage charges may
apply depending on your mobile carrier. We recommend
you get an unlimited data plan from your carrier.

Privacy:
SkyBook is a Facebook client running on your mobile
phone and it communicates directly with Facebook, without
going through proxy servers. Magnifoca Inc, the maker of
SkyBook, does not have access to your personal
information, or otherwise share your information with any
third-party.

[skyhook007]

I just use http://m.facebook.com, and that's sufficient for me.

[bombzhome]

Man I would love to try this out, but I always get an exception error when I try running it.

[InvincibleLiving]

thanks for the update info... my last experience with this app was pretty slow and buggy but i like where it's headed.

[Rafy0003]

Me too I installed it and everything but everytime I tried to run it I got an error message too, I'll give it another shot though.

[magnifoca]

Originally Posted by skyhook007

I just use http://m.facebook.com, and that's sufficient for me.

Skyhook007:

Let me just list a few shortcomings of the mobile portal:

• You cannot upload photos from the mobile portal of facebook.
• You cannot view your photos in slide show with mobile portal
• You cannot import friends' profile photos to use as photo caller-id with the mobile portal
• You cannot check your inbox/wall/friendship requests automatically

I can go on, but I think you get the idea. Yes, you CAN stay with the mobile portal, but why? - Snap2Face is FREE and works much better.

[magnifoca]

Originally Posted by bombzhome

Man I would love to try this out, but I always get an exception error when I try running it.

We have fixed quite a few exceptions in the beta version. The current release (1.0) should be pretty stable. If you have not tried it recently, please give it another try.

[alabij]

Originally Posted by magnifoca

Skyhook007:

Let me just list a few shortcomings of the mobile portal:

• You cannot upload photos from the mobile portal of facebook.
• You cannot view your photos in slide show with mobile portal
• You cannot import friends' profile photos to use as photo caller-id with the mobile portal
• You cannot check your inbox/wall/friendship requests automatically

I can go on, but I think you get the idea. Yes, you CAN stay with the mobile portal, but why? - Snap2Face is FREE and works much better.

Actually, let's be fair. Eeverything you listed except the auto slideshow can be done through the facebook portal. Your app is good but please lets keep the facts straight.

[magnifoca]

Originally Posted by alabij

Actually, let's be fair. Eeverything you listed except the auto slideshow can be done through the facebook portal. Your app is good but please lets keep the facts straight.

How do you upload photos through http://m.facebook.com? And how do you check your inbox/wall etc at user-defined intervals though it?

You may be referring to uploading photos using MMS, or getting messages through SMS. But these are not through the mobile portal. They are a pain to use, and messages are often cut-off in the middle because they don't fit in SMS. Not to mention that even this limited functionality is not available to a large number of users (T-Mobile and Alltel in the US, for example).

[skyhook007]

Originally Posted by magnifoca

Skyhook007:

Let me just list a few shortcomings of the mobile portal:

• You cannot upload photos from the mobile portal of facebook.
• You cannot view your photos in slide show with mobile portal
• You cannot import friends' profile photos to use as photo caller-id with the mobile portal
• You cannot check your inbox/wall/friendship requests automatically

I can go on, but I think you get the idea. Yes, you CAN stay with the mobile portal, but why? - Snap2Face is FREE and works much better.

I tried it, and actually think it is not bad.

My main complaint is that I cannot scroll the friends' list with my finger. Had to use the scroll bar. Any plan to introduce support for finger gestures?