Unofficial app reaps rewards on delay

An official Facebook app for the iPad is "coming soon," claims Oecoway co-founder Cyril Moutran. The developer is responsible for Friendly, an unofficial Facebook iPad app that costs 99 cents. People at Facebook are claimed to have told Moutran that official iPad software is in production, and nearing release. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has promised an iPad app since June.

In the absence of an official title Friendly has done extremely well, reaching into the top tiers of the App Store's paid category. Moutran himself admits that the ranking comes mostly from being first; a price cut from $5 is believed to have helped as well. The official Facebook iPhone app has gone relatively unchanged since June, when it was upgraded with iOS 4 support.

by MacNN Staff