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Plenty of Facebook users have been waiting for it, and we had a pretty good feeling it was coming today. That said; Facebook v2.0 is now available for download for both BlackBerry smartphones and the BlackBerry PlayBook. As noted from RIM:

We are pleased to announce the availability of Facebook for BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 today in BlackBerry App World. Facebook for BlackBerry PlayBook was the first optimized tablet Facebook application that offers users a highly engaging experience with access to popular features such as Facebook chat, video uploading and Places.

New features include:

• Facebook Places – Users choose to share where they are, what they are doing and who they are with – with Facebook friends. Get directions to and from a Facebook Places by clicking on the map image, which will seamlessly launch the Bing! Maps on the BlackBerry Playbook.
• Facebook Events – View events and birthdays and receive notifications of new invitations. View event details like the time, place, guest list and more. Users can even RSVP and write on the event’s Wall.
• View ‘Likes’ – See the names of the friends that ‘liked’ a user’s post. Users will also be able to tap their friends’ names to launch directly to their profiles.
• Privacy control on status updates – Control who can see each update users share. Simply click the lock icon in the lower-right corner of the status publisher to select who to make the status update visible to before posting it.

Also available today in BlackBerry App World, is the official Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones v2.0 app. Thanks to user feedback on the beta, this next generation app includes a sleek new user interface and many new features based on customer feedback, including Facebook Chat.

Fire up BlackBerry App World now and grab it — if you’re not seeing it as of yet try refreshing your applications list or sideloading it directly from the BlackBerry App World webstore online.

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Download Facebook for BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0

Facebook for BlackBerry v2.0 has been available in the beta zone for a few weeks now, and today RIM has issued another refresh of the popular social networking application. Version 2.0 brings along a new UI for the app as well as Facebook chat and more. The refreshed version is available today for enrolled Beta Zone members. Features include:

• Support for BlackBerry OS 5.0 – The beta app now supports BlackBerry smartphones with BlackBerry OS 5 and above.
• Facebook Chat Enhancements
  • Know when a friend is typing a message by the visual cue of “is typing a message”
  • Filter Online Contacts to quickly find a specific friend and start a Chat message.
• Mutual Friends and Friends List – Discover which friends you have in common with other users via the Info tab on Profiles (dependent on Privacy Settings of the user).
• Enhanced integration with BlackBerry native apps – Click on PINs, Phone Numbers, and email addresses displayed in Wall posts, messages or the Info tab, to perform the respective action (e.g., place a call) or save the information to your BlackBerry Contacts application

The new version can be found in the BlackBerry Beta Zone today.

Source: Inside BlackBerry

Check out the above leaked screengrab of Facebook 1.7 for BlackBerry. Rumored to hit in September, some of the new features and changes include:

• Faster page loading
• Ability to filter the news feed (Status updates, photos, links, etc.)
• A new view profile option
• More

We’re light on details and light on more screenshots, but hit the link below if you’d like to check it out for yourself.

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