Facebook Plans to Release a Much Improved iPhone App Next Month

Facebook is planning to release a completely rebuilt and much faster iPhone app next month, according to the New York Times.

One of the Facebook engineers said the new application has been built primarily using Objective-C, the programming language used to build applications for iOS. Many of the components of the current version of the Facebook app are built using HTML5, the Web-based markup language.

The NYT's Nick Bilton got a chance to see the unreleased app.


"I had the opportunity to see the as-yet unreleased iPhone application, and it is fast. Blazing fast. The two engineers I spoke with said the new application is being tested by Facebook developers and is expected to be updated this summer."

You can download Facebook from the App Store for free.

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