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Facebook Connect for iPhone Now Live – First Apps Released (Updated)
March 14th, 2009
| By Justin Smith | 27 Comments » |
Last summer, Facebook originally announced that it was bringing Facebook Connect to the iPhone. This morning it’s launching, and several popular iPhone apps are live with Facebook Connect integration in the iPhone app store, including apps and games from Playfish, SGN, Flixster, Urbanspoon, Tapulous, Whrrl, Zynga, and Binary Game.
Facebook Connect makes it easy for iPhone app and game developers to authenticate users through their Facebook accounts and share content from the app with their friends through Facebook’s News Feed. Facebook says Connect has been implemented by over 6,000 websites since it was announced last May.
The iPhone is the first mobile platform to get full Facebook Connect support – and we think it’s going to be big. (iPhone apps also work on the iPod Touch, which some app developers report higher traffic on than the iPhone itself.) While a couple iPhone apps from SGN and Zynga have authenticated through Facebook Connect via the web, this is the first native iPhone app support we’ve seen. Now, users will be able to easily connect with Facebook friends through iPhone apps & games.
Here’s how the first apps with Facebook Connect for iPhone live look:
Binary Game (as first spotted by KRAPPS)
Who Has the Biggest Brain for iPhone (Playfish)
Who Has the Biggest Brain for iPhone, users can connect through their Facebook account and continue playing Playfish’s classic game on their iPhone anywhere there’s an internet connection.
Whrrl (as first spotted by Kevin Foreman)
Agency Wars (SGN)
SGN’s new Agency Wars lets players see when their friends are live online and interact with them in real time.
This morning, Facebook’s Dave Morin takes to the stage at SXSW to discuss “The Search for a More Social Web.” Perhaps he will be discussing Facebook Connect for iPhone in more detail!
Update: Dave Morin just confirmed, Facebook Connect for the iPhone is launching today. “Now you can share and play games on the iPhone with friends and family…” The story has been updated with this information.
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March 14th, 2009 at 8:19 am
Tap Tap Revenge 2 just updated in my iPhone with Facebook Connect support! Really popular app!
March 14th, 2009 at 10:42 am
HOLY !!! google friendconnect is DEAD !!
March 14th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
@Mano LOL never liked the google one anyway
no mention of Seesmic For Facebook Public Preview (0.2) that Mashable reporting as launched with Facebook Connect for Iphone announcement
http://mashable.com/2009/03/14/facebook-connect-comes-to-the-iphone-and-your-desktop/
surprised allfacebook not mentioned anything yet particularly as the blog writer has a love-hate of Twitter and had mentioned during the Mark on Twitter newsstory that Mark used Tweetdeck and mentioned coming soon (well it seems it has) although it more like Twhirl – Tweetdeck other rival
March 14th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
[...] morning at SXSW in Austin, Facebook Senior Platform Manager Dave Morin announced the official launch of Facebook Connect for iPhone. With Facebook Connect, iPhone users will be able to easily connect with Facebook friends through [...]
March 14th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
Another masterstroke from Facebook. Will help Facebook maintain its position.
March 14th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
cool I was looking for it
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March 15th, 2009 at 3:13 am
[...] y validación de usuarios entre la red social y cualquier sitio o aplicación de escritorio, ahora llega al iPhone con integración a cualquiera de las aplicaciones de iTunes que lo desee, sólo hay que agregar unas líneas de código en la aplicación y ya está la [...]
March 15th, 2009 at 7:01 am
[...] founder Loic Le Meur made the announcement during Dave Morin’s talk announcing the launch of Facebook Connect on the iPhone as [...]
March 15th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
[...] addition to announcing the official launch of Facebook Connect for the iPhone this weekend, Facebook has also announced a new round of the fbFund competition for developers building apps on [...]
March 15th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
[...] Screenshots zu Facebook Connect auf iPhone-Applikationen findet man auf Inside Facebook. TechCrunch listet einige iPhone-Applikationen auf, welche mit Facebook Connect bereits arbeiten. [...]
March 15th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
[...] y validación de usuarios entre la red social y cualquier sitio o aplicación de escritorio, ahora llega al iPhone con integración a cualquiera de las aplicaciones de iTunes que lo desee, sólo hay que agregar unas líneas de código en la aplicación y ya está la [...]
March 15th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
this facebook connect thing is kinda fun
and will be very useful for other apps
March 16th, 2009 at 7:01 am
[...] weekend at SXSW in Austin, Facebook’s Dave Morin announced the launch of Facebook Connect for iPhone. Now, iPhone app developers can integrate Facebook Connect natively into their apps so users can [...]
March 16th, 2009 at 10:26 am
[...] addition to announcing the official launch of Facebook Connect for the iPhone this weekend, Inside Facebook is reporting that they have also announced a new round of the fbFund [...]
March 16th, 2009 at 10:28 am
[...] Dave Morin announced of Facebook Connect for iPhone this weekend at SXSW in [...]
March 16th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
[...] – this weekend, several iPhone app developers launched Facebook Connect integration as part of the launch of Facebook Connect for iPhone, and Seesmic launched a brand new Facebook status update desktop client the same [...]
March 16th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
[...] became another major announcement of Facebook Connect integration this morning. First there was the iPhone connect-connection and than the Seesmic [...]
March 16th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
[...] bir toplantıda Facebook’tan Dave Morin tarafından duyurulan yeni özelliği, Facebook Connect for iPhone‘u Urbanspoon kullanmaya başlamış bile; yazılımın “Friends” özelliği, [...]
March 19th, 2009 at 11:57 am
[...] Facebook Connect for iPhone Now Live [insidefacebook.com] iPhone app developers are rejoicing at the news that Facebook Connect is now available for native apps. The popular platform makes it easy for iPhone app and game developers to authenticate users through their Facebook accounts and share content from the app with their friends through Facebook’s News Feed. [...]
March 19th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
[...] became another major announcement of Facebook Connect integration this morning. First there was the iPhone connect-connection and than the Seesmic [...]
March 22nd, 2009 at 3:04 pm
[...] new service is the first Facebook Connect for iPhone analytics product to launch since Facebook announced the expansion of Facebook Connect to the iPhone with several top iPhone app developers last [...]
March 25th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
[...] of the show was from Facebook. Dave Morin from Facebook delivered the news that changes to the Facebook API would now allow iPhone developers to connect their applications directly to Facebook. This simple [...]
May 4th, 2009 at 9:23 am
I’m glad that Facebook enabled Connect to work on the iPhone! Makes alot more iPhone Apps social.
September 3rd, 2009 at 9:57 am
[...] social network has previously released Facebook Connect for the iPhone, and has worked on custom implementations of Connect with various handset manufacturers. [...]
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:28 am
[...] been about six months since Facebook first publicly released its Facebook Connect for iPhone client libraries at SXSW in Austin. Since then, app developers from Playfish to Urbanspoon have [...]
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:08 am
[...] been about six months since Facebook first publicly released its Facebook Connect for iPhone client libraries at SXSW in Austin. Since then, app developers from Playfish to Urbanspoon have [...]
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:07 am
[...] been about six months since Facebook first publicly released its Facebook Connect for iPhone client libraries at SXSW in Austin. Since then, app developers from Playfish to Urbanspoon have [...]