Facebook debuted a new app for smartphones Tuesday, allowing users to send text messages to each other from their smartphones using Facebook’s messaging system.
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Sounds like a way to invade our privacy even further.
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Sounds like a way to invade our privacy even further.
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Exactly. Smh
I guess that explains this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1206344
Ridiculous.
I doubt if i will be using this application. I rarely chat on facebook. I play Mafia wars only.
I left Facebook off my phone last time I upgraded my rom. Best decision I've made in a while. I use G+ and Gtalk, which is an excellent messaging app.
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Haven't logged onto Facebook in months. It has a bad air about it. Been using Google+, but huddles isn't my thing. Talk is good enough for me.
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Facebook wants to have our Privacy Data -.-
Not going to use this... Don't like to have my messages stored on some servers out there that I can't control.
I'm not really comfortable with facebook chat apps.. Is like a way to invade your life from the comfort of your smartphone =/
No Like!
Using friend caster. Eff facebook
Your phone has now contracted phone AIDS. Shoulda used protection while rooting. LD
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You know moTweets right?
The super cheap Twitter client (only US$3.99) that Panoramic Software developed.
It has a very nice GUI like iPhone, got complete and perfectly-working feature as well.
And this morning I asked Panoramic to develop Facebook application as well, since there is no single good/decent Facebook application for WinMo yet.
Even the M$' Facebook app is suck and not working right. It even can't fetch the stream by itself, need manual refresh.
The other simply used the cropped version (mobile version) of NewsFeed, not the complete one like BlackBerry's.
I asked them to make Facebook application for WinMo with nice GUI like moTweets and the functionality like Facebook for BlackBerry.
And here's their answer to my idea (we had conversation via Twitter) @PanoramicSoft: "We will definitely consider creating a Facebook app for WinMo. Thanks."
So, just tweet them and give them a vote.
They're surveying whether they need to develop this app or not.
Don't vote here, just send a tweet to @PanoramicSoft or email them at [email protected].
I'm not Panoramic's affiliate. I'm just the satisfied customer that use their moTweets application. And I want to share the idea here so if you all want a good/decent Facebook app, this is the solution.
Or, as I put in the other thread where you mentioned this, use the Microsoft developed Facebook client.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/downloads/facebook.mspx
FloatingFatMan said:
Or, as I put in the other thread where you mentioned this, use the Microsoft developed Facebook client.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/downloads/facebook.mspx
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Yup, but that program is a dead program, no further development (stuck in 1.0.0.7p for long time), very slow, can't even do simple basic task (live news feed like the Blackberry's), can't fetch notification, and so many more bugs that rendering it useless...
Up you go! Be the first post in Dev&Hack...
yeah. MS has a crappy client for facebook. half the time I dont get my messages or even look at my profile.
What is it with microsoft. I thought thay paid a **** load for facebook and thay can't make a good app. Saw the new one on my mates I-phone the other day and it was cool.So I'm up for this.
Yeah, that's why, I suggest Panoramic Soft to make one with great interface like moTweets.
They're taking votes now, so just drop an email to [email protected] or tweet them via twitter: @PanoramicSoft
Coz I'm not Panoramic's people. I'm just their satisfied customer. ^^
If the vote is sufficient, They'll start developing the app for Facebook.
Up! Up! Up! Make this post to the first page. Let peoples know about this..
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sent an email..
Yupz... Just need a vote to make them start developing the Facebook apps.
And I think peoples in XDA-Devs not really interested in Facebook.
No response from XDA-Devs peoples.. Only one or two peoples interested...
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Yupz... Just need a vote to make them start developing the Facebook apps.
And I think peoples in XDA-Devs not really interested in Facebook.
No response from XDA-Devs peoples.. Only one or two peoples interested...
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hmm...perhaps.'ill forward this post tovother forum and hope there'll be more people sending them mails..i guess using my siblinfs' email acc to send them mail is not cheating
tcchuin said:
hmm...perhaps.'ill forward this post tovother forum and hope there'll be more people sending them mails..i guess using my siblinfs' email acc to send them mail is not cheating
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Yup, please help me forwarding this. I'm currently sending an email to all my Facebook friends, Twitter followers, and all of the forum I'm currently in.
Thanks for the support.. Hope that we can get a decent Facebook apps.
Im in the same boat as you all guys. WM needs a good Facebook apps. The one from MS sucks!
Not only sucks, the one from MS isn't counted as an app at all for me.. I even uninstall it after first use.. It even lack basic auto-refresh feature, not to mention about live-feed... I think that MS' programmers can't even make live-feed feature for Facebook app... Or maybe they don't know how to utilize Facebook's API..
you know ever since I started using Mini5 i kinda fell off the boat as far as using facebook goes. My facebook is sync'd to my yahoo account which I'm using push for. My favorites(which opera mini has that looks like google chrome) has iphone facebook account page saved which has a very slick and usable UI. So its really just one push of the button from the internet. I dunno...if I were to want anything it would be more like the X1's facebook panel which is really nice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAtiCEE3hDQ and I actually liked it back when i was running the panels on my HD.
No need to copy innovation when you can port it.
you could go to x.facebook.com in opera mobile, works perfectly on my touch pro, but i agree, an app would be nice, especially if its like the xperia one, i sent a request to them.
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Don't vote here, just send a tweet to @PanoramicSoft or email them at [email protected].
I'm not Panoramic's affiliate. I'm just the satisfied customer that use their moTweets application. And I want to share the idea here so if you all want a good/decent Facebook app, this is the solution.
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Sent an email. We'll keep our fingers crossed.
i dont use facebook at all, but i would like that winmo has better facebook app than ipony
just tell me what to send/type in email
I don wanna use chunky BB just because my boss uses BBM.
Save mee
Tell him to start using WhatsApp!
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Is there any chance that BBM will come to Android OS?
dude, whatsapp is better but you must wait when you will the Black berry Messenger it's not out know i've googled it ^^
guys I know, whatsapp is better. even chaton is better.
but the boss just sticks to bbm, so if bbm will come to android, i won't have to buy a BB (actually my company buys) otherwise I will have to carry 2 phones thats why I'm asking.
you can try ChatOn. it can be usig iphone, blackberry, bada, android and web.
WhatsApp can be used on all platforms aswell
having to use BB just for the BBM most be frustrating. Explain him that there are other messaging services that are better.
It's all to do with critical mass, that's why people are using Facebook.
We now have a choice of a few good push Over The Top (OTT) instant messaging services now.
1. Beep from IM+ - I personally like their app on Android.
2. WhatsApp
3. eBuddy XMS by eBuddy
4. Nimbuzz
I don't have any strong affinity with any of them, however I ended up convincing a friend to use WhatsApp on their BlackBerry, because I have few other friends on it, just to avoid the hassle of checking three different services.
I don't see why Google, Yahoo! or Microsoft don't turn on push, which will level the playing field.
It's very tiring being online everywhere.
ksoze11 said:
I don wanna use chunky BB just because my boss uses BBM.
Save mee
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Use whatsapp instead
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victormlgh said:
having to use BB just for the BBM most be frustrating. Explain him that there are other messaging services that are better.
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It's because his bos enjoy using cheap Blackberry provider service like here in my country
I have same issue too, its hard to push my friends use whatsapp because there no cell provider package for whatsapp like BBM.
For the HTC Email stock JB 4.1 app, on some emails with web links in the body of the email the email app doesn't give hyperlink. I have to copy it then open a web broswer, then paste, etc. Also, say i get a package confirmation email with a tracking number. On my iPhone the tracking number was a link directly to UPS and my package so i can just tap that tracking number, web browser opens and shows tracking status. Again HTC mail app fails here and have to copy tracking number, open web browser, to to ups.com, paste tracking number, etc to do the same thing. Is the HTC stock email app just not that smart for such simple requests/features that i would think would be standard by now?
The reason why i use the stock email is because i have both yahoo and gmail accounts so this email app groups them into one inbox so it's easy to read having this one app in the dock. If i didn't use the HTC email app then i would have to put both yahoo app and gmail app in the dock wasting a spot since the dock only allows 4 apps.
Anyone know a way around this or maybe a better email app that can group several accounts into 1 inbox like the HTC email app and offer hyperlinks to all web addresses included in the email body? Maybe asking for a tracking number hyperlink is too much with this device, lol? Thanks
I think you can blame Apple for that. Lots out there about it.
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droidiac13 said:
I think you can blame Apple for that. Lots out there about it.
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Blame Apple for spoiling me with their email app. Wish this HTC one had more features or could find one that does :/
Didn't know there were links problem with HTC stock mail app, but, i've also notified that this app is not as smooth as it looks since you can't choice push synchronization, you have to choice a period of time or the smartsync (wich works like a ****)
I'd prefer to use HTC mail app than Gmail app, since htc looks better, but well... gmail default's app works much better.
Maybe you can try other mail apps like K-9, for example
I have never had this issue with HTC's mail app.
On my old phone, I would use Enhanced Email. This is a very nice paid email app that can deal with the security that some exchange serves have.
I poked around in my settings looking for something that might cause your problem, but I couldn't find anything. If no one here suggests something useful, try stopping in the ATT store and having them look at it, or call 911 and explain the problem there.
Having played with my girl friends iPhone from time to time, I have always found the Android to be a bit better.
Also, afaik, the only way you get true push mail is with an MS exchange account, or using a Blackberry.
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I have never had this issue with HTC's mail app.
On my old phone, I would use Enhanced Email. This is a very nice paid email app that can deal with the security that some exchange serves have.
I poked around in my settings looking for something that might cause your problem, but I couldn't find anything. If no one here suggests something useful, try stopping in the ATT store and having them look at it, or call 911 and explain the problem there.
Having played with my girl friends iPhone from time to time, I have always found the Android to be a bit better.
Also, afaik, the only way you get true push mail is with an MS exchange account, or using a Blackberry.
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Found enhanced email and using the trial version right now. Offers a lot of features the htc stock email doesn't and seems like a winner so far. Thanks guys
deeznuts said:
Found enhanced email and using the trial version right now. Offers a lot of features the htc stock email doesn't and seems like a winner so far. Thanks guys
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HTC email app provides the best features. Try to sync reply status on the iPhone, or try to set out of office with any exchange email client. Push is no longer a problem since the original HTC One X issues. Also, the productivity lockscreen (which is the only reason I have a HTC phone other than any other android phone) only works with the stock email app. I used EE for push while HTC fixed their issues, but I couldn't see my messages without unlocking my phone and I hate to go through putting in my unlock code to realize it was just the latest junk email. I have found that the stock app has more features than EE especially with an exchange server. (Except for bypassing security, which is not a good idea anyway.)
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For the HTC Email stock JB 4.1 app, on some emails with web links in the body of the email the email app doesn't give hyperlink. I have to copy it then open a web broswer, then paste, etc. Also, say i get a package confirmation email with a tracking number. On my iPhone the tracking number was a link directly to UPS and my package so i can just tap that tracking number, web browser opens and shows tracking status. Again HTC mail app fails here and have to copy tracking number, open web browser, to to ups.com, paste tracking number, etc to do the same thing. Is the HTC stock email app just not that smart for such simple requests/features that i would think would be standard by now?
The reason why i use the stock email is because i have both yahoo and gmail accounts so this email app groups them into one inbox so it's easy to read having this one app in the dock. If i didn't use the HTC email app then i would have to put both yahoo app and gmail app in the dock wasting a spot since the dock only allows 4 apps.
Anyone know a way around this or maybe a better email app that can group several accounts into 1 inbox like the HTC email app and offer hyperlinks to all web addresses included in the email body? Maybe asking for a tracking number hyperlink is too much with this device, lol? Thanks
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I'm actually using a Droid DNA on Verizon, but I found this thread while searching for an answer to this same question. I came from an HTC Thunderbolt and the hyperlinks in emails worked perfectly. I'm trying to find out what changed to remove that feature!
deeznuts said:
Blame Apple for spoiling me with their email app. Wish this HTC one had more features or could find one that does :/
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Well they sue everyone under the sun. I'm shocked they haven't sued anyone for having a store with 4 walls.
The patents in question include: (1) the ability to unlock the phone by sliding an image; (2) the ability to search for information via voice commands; (3) making use of data as hyperlinks; and (4) searching across multiple sources to find information. Apple argues that all of these features are ones that customers expect from Apple products. In other words, they are unique to Apple products.
My wife is using HTC Desire HD. It has a wonderful feature called Facebook for HTC Sense.. In case of any birthday, one can just open contact in phone book, scroll through tabs at the bottom to go to events, tap on wish birthday... Box to write on wall opens.. Just write your wishes there and post. It gets posted on the contact's FB wall. There isn't any need to specially open FB or any other separate wishing app. Also, this is so much faster.
Wish there was a similar feature or work around for Sammy N7100 as well.
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Also, to further add on, to ease this task of birthday wishing in Sammy, I had also used two apps earlier (BWished and Birthday Wish) on Google Play which were even better than Facebook for HTC Sense. They used to sync your FB birthdays and one could just enter a universal message in settings and schedule a fixed time to wish. Let’s say 00:00 hours. So even if one is sleeping, these apps used to automatically post your wishes daily by default on your friend's walls as and when their birthdays approached. Only condition : Internet connectivity has to be there at the scheduled time.
But, ever since FB changed their APIs since February, both these Apps fail to work.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mots.haxsync&hl=de
is this something for you?
I have HaxSync on my cell. But it doesn't support automatically facebook wishing at predefined hours with a prescheduled message.
choco376 said:
I have HaxSync on my cell. But it doesn't support automatically facebook wishing at predefined hours with a prescheduled message.
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oh ok
What email app do you guys use thats not the stock Mate 20 pro?
I am having problems linking my corporate exchange email account where it doesnt push emails to the phone at all but google and hotmail works (also not push but works every 5 minutes interval).
thoughts?
You are using exchange and never thought about Outlook?
Nine for me, used it for years.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ninefolders.hd3&hl=en_GB
x2srj said:
Nine for me, used it for years.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ninefolders.hd3&hl=en_GB
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Hola
Nine client is the absolute standard for professionals.
I like Boxer. It's been getting some bad reviews lately but it does what I need.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.boxer.email
Newton (it's back!)
I really hope their business model works this time as there is nothing on android that comes close for me.
While it was away I was using the BB hub, not bad at all.
K9-mail has been one of the first mail app.
The most complete for functionality and customization.
And best of all, it's completely free and open source.
I've been using it for about 10 years, currently 10 mailboxes configured.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fsck.k9
Yahoo mail pretty good even with Gmail and outlook and exchange
x2srj said:
Nine for me, used it for years.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ninefolders.hd3&hl=en_GB
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Does this do PUSH EMAIL?
I've been using Aquamail for years because I like the extensive customization options. I periodically try different email programs but so far I have always ended up going back to Aquamail.
There was a problem for a while where Aquamail didn't play nice with Yahoo Mail because Yahoo didn't like the security standards Aquamail was using but Aquamail updated its app to comply with stricter security standards so that's been resolved.
I can't stand Yahoo's app which is terrible at displaying the content of emails--they end up being too large, too small or the text and images get arranged and spaced oddly.
Gmail has gotten better even though it has very few options for user customization but the lack of a dark mode turns me off--to me that app is way too white and ugly.
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I've been using Aquamail for years because I like the extensive customization options. I periodically try different email programs but so far I have always ended up going back to Aquamail.
There was a problem for a while where Aquamail didn't play nice with Yahoo Mail because Yahoo didn't like the security standards Aquamail was using but Aquamail updated its app to comply with stricter security standards so that's been resolved.
I can't stand Yahoo's app which is terrible at displaying the content of emails--they end up being too large, too small or the text and images get arranged and spaced oddly.
Gmail has gotten better even though it has very few options for user customization but the lack of a dark mode turns me off--to me that app is way too white and ugly.
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Again I'm using yahoo mail and it looks great. Nine was good until they charged!!!! ?
Well iuse BlueMail, any objections? Lol, just wondering why no ones mentioned BlueMail it's quite a popular one.
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krossfyah said:
Does this do PUSH EMAIL?
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Yes
BlackBerry hub for me
jhs39 said:
I've been using Aquamail for years because I like the extensive customization options. I periodically try different email programs but so far I have always ended up going back to Aquamail.
There was a problem for a while where Aquamail didn't play nice with Yahoo Mail because Yahoo didn't like the security standards Aquamail was using but Aquamail updated its app to comply with stricter security standards so that's been resolved.
I can't stand Yahoo's app which is terrible at displaying the content of emails--they end up being too large, too small or the text and images get arranged and spaced oddly.
Gmail has gotten better even though it has very few options for user customization but the lack of a dark mode turns me off--to me that app is way too white and ugly.
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Yes I agree with you Gmail & Calendar both need a dark mode, Gmail looks like a Snow blizzards hit it.
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Indeed it does, I use it with exchange 2013 and office 365. It's costs a bit of money but it's well worth it. From memory it has a 2 week trial
jadaress1 said:
Well iuse BlueMail, any objections? Lol, just wondering why no ones mentioned BlueMail it's quite a popular one.
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I haven't used Blue recently but what I didn't like about it at the time was that I couldn't load all of my unread emails at once. It would load a small number which I read then I needed to click load more which would load a small number again. I contacted the dev because I found that whole process needlessly tedious and it's possible Blue doesn't work like that anymore. Sometimes I also ended up with a batch of unread messages because Blue didn't load everything.
There was also an email app called Type that appeared to be exacly the same as Blue except for the app name and color. Not sure what the point of offering the exact same app under 2 different names was.
Another vote for Nine mail.. I think it's the best email for professionals
I’ve been on Nine for many, many years. Just got a M20 Pro today and I can’t get Nine to work. It basically never completes the initial handshake with O365. Anyone else seen this? I really can’t imagine using something else other than Nine!!!
Edit: resolved by doing manual config, and selecting Exchange rather than O365 as the server type. Problem solved.
Nine email is the best... Worth the money