Any way to view Facebook standalone

[CSI Guy]

Is there any way to view Facebook as a standalone and not always go thru Feeds and Updates. I have the same question regarding Twitter.

 

[objectuser]

The official Facebook app not only has a widget but also does the normal app thing.

 

[CSI Guy]

OK I am dumb, where is the standalone app? Do I have to download it or is it hidden somewhere else? Also what about Twitter?

 

[objectuser]

The Facebook app is in the Market. I'd think Twitter would be the same, but I don't use Twitter.

 

[CSI Guy]

OK so by using a stand alone Facebook program, that will not screw up the Feeds and Updates?

 

[objectuser]

Nope, they're totally separate apps. Also, looks like there is an official Twitter app ...

 

[know1]

I go to the full Facebook site using the Skyfire browser. No need for an app.

 

[gspeed]

I go to the full Facebook site using the Skyfire browser. No need for an app.

always good to at least have FB app sync with android if you want to have your fb contacts numbers and pics synched with your phone.

 

[know1]

always good to at least have FB app sync with android if you want to have your fb contacts numbers and pics synched with your phone.

Why? I can always login and get those if I need them from the Facebook site.

 

[gspeed]

Why? I can always login and get those if I need them from the Facebook site.

The fb site I believe is diff from the phone setting. When you go to your contact manager the device will not sync the photos and numbers to your device if you do not have a fb app on the device.

Having a fb app allows for contacts pics and numbers to be synced with contacts manager of your device.

Some people just like having their contacts pictures and numbers sync with their device. You may feel more comfortable logging into the browser and drilling down for this information but others may find it more convenient to have an auto sync occur.

 

[know1]

I guess you're right. I've never bothered with assigning photos to contacts, but if I did it would be easier with the app than it would to do it manually.

For phone numbers, though, I have the ones I need on my phone and if I need to look one up, I do and then I save it.

 

[gspeed]

Ok just did some thorough research on this issue using the Captivate. It appears Touchwiz is screwy when working with facebook data. Its default pre loaded app does a decent job at syncing contacts. Was a bit buggy and I was not pleased with syncing issues.

The fb app itself fromt he market doesn't play well with Touch Wiz. My Droid running stock 2.1 Vanilla Android had no problems sycing contacts pics and numbers to my contacts already on the device. In my opinion the easier way to accomplish getting contact info synched and doing it quickly.

The Touchwiz app itself allows you to go in and select each contact you want synced. While Touchwiz news and feeds app appears to work the default fb app running on vanilla android is the less painful solution.

I will explore other alternatives and reply back later.

 

[CSI Guy]

Thanks for the info.