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Facebook said more than 65 million people are actively using the social network on their mobile devices.
The social network said it had just 20 million active mobile users at the beginning of the year. The site has seen explosive growth in the mobile department thanks to Facebook placing a stronger emphasis on applications, and expanding its Facebook Connect feature to the mobile Web.
The Facebook app is routinely among the most-downloaded programs from over-the-air content stores like Apple's App Store for the iPhone, and Research In Motion's App World for its BlackBerry smartphones. The social network also updates these programs often to ensure it is optimized for each individual mobile platform.
The social network has also struck deals to get its app preloaded on multiple handsets such as INQ Mobile's phones. It recently collaborated with Nokia to provide a "lifecasting" app for the N97 mini. This program enables users to include their location with their status updates.
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CLIP: "The initial PR positioning statements leave me confused. I find it hard to understand why Nokia describes it as “delivers a PC-like experience on a handset-sized device“. That is so yesterday. If I was describing this product I’d consider terms like “the power of your cloud” or “may the source be with you”. These suggest a much more emotional direction. We’re too hung up on trying to define it as a genre when it is really “the power in your pocket”. Worse from my perspective… taking its cues from desktop computing. What crock. This must be a mobile social device. It runs Linux too and almost no one has seen desktop computing on Linux. So why make Maemo reach for the desktop when it can be something altogether new? I need kids to say “I want Maemo!” and then go fishing.
There is another opportunity missed in the PR. “Mozilla-based browser technology”. Come-on. Most people know it as Firefox. Frankly we know that iPhone’s have Safari and “Firefox” isn’t claimed."
