Comments on: Facebook Migrates 400,000 Users to Fans of Apple’s Page

By: After Breaking Up With Google, Apple May Turn to Facebook As Its New BFF

After Breaking Up With Google, Apple May Turn to Facebook As Its New BFF — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:02:38 +0000

[...] long been chummy, with some of the earliest corporate participation on the site being the “Apple Students” group, which dated back to at least 2006 and foreshadowed the current Fan Page product. And [...]

By: Facebook No Longer Converting Groups Into Pages

Facebook No Longer Converting Groups Into Pages — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:15:30 +0000

[...] Facebook to move their Group members over to their Facebook Page. For example, last year, Facebook converted the Apple Students Sponsored Group to a Facebook Page. (Facebook promoted “Sponsored Groups” back in the [...]

By: Apple Marketing: iTunes Launches Official Page on Facebook, Already Has 1M Fans

Apple Marketing: iTunes Launches Official Page on Facebook, Already Has 1M Fans — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:00:51 +0000

[...] Students page was launched a few years ago when Facebook was largely a college-centered platform (originally as a sponsored group, a concept now replaced by pages). The page naturally became the default Apple Facebook page that [...]

By: Inside Facebook » Facebook Increases Groups Messaging Limits

Inside Facebook » Facebook Increases Groups Messaging Limits — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:33:19 +0000

[...] a more usable tool for those managing large user groups. However, for those with large groups, converting your group to a Facebook Page is the right move. (Those wanting to migrate their group to a Page can fill out this request form [...]

By: Baratunde Thurston

Baratunde Thurston — Sat, 03 May 2008 13:30:11 +0000

although the link you provide does have language saying you can convert from group to page, there is no actual form there for entering the FROm and TO URLs.

once again facebook disappoints with a half-complete feature