over the past 4 months there has been some awesome mod/hacks to the vibrant/android device, like android runing on the iphone, angry birds coming from the iphone, ninja fruit, the same, lag fix, gps fix, new Roms etc etc... I was wondering, Facebook App for the iphoneis is the best fb app now, how hard would it be to port this app into the android OS.
I guess this questions is more for all the Vibrant/android's developers.
i know there are two totally different OS, but i think we need a better facebook app for the android.
What do you guys think?
isn't the newest fb app pretty much the same as the iphone one? i mean it's by fb so i imagine they want consitency between platforms...
From what I have heard, the facebook app for android is **** compared to the iphone.
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i use facebook touch and works great for me..
The FB app for android is missing some real common features. Like clicking on a notification takes you to the mobile site instead of the app, wtf? Can't tag photos and no Facebook chat.
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no Facebook chat.
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you say that like it's a bad thing...
Missing the ability to chat. I am OK with the rest. No complains. I am loving it but missing that key element.
the layout pretty much looks the same as the iphone version with the exception of chat and that everything isn't incorporated in the app itself...
I also don't like the little photos at the bottom. They seem to just lag up the app.
The android fb app also doesn't have "favorite people" a feature in the apple version that lets you go straight to that particular persons fb page for ex. Your best friend or girlfriend.
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Check it out, its very similar to the iohones fb, Sociable, ill post a link to to dowload it with your permission of ofcourse, 3 votes
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isn't the newest fb app pretty much the same as the iphone one? i mean it's by fb so i imagine they want consitency between platforms...
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no push notification, no tag photo, no chat, slow, and when you open a notification you been redirect to the browser.
so a question to the Developers here, can this be possible?
Post it.
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Check it out, its very similar to the iohones fb, Sociable, ill post a link to to dowload it with your permission of ofcourse, 3 votes
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I think the android face app sucks balls, I have it installed just to see the newests posts. Then use the FB's mobile website to look at pictures because theyload so much faster.
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I've used both for iPhone and Android. The iPhones app is far superior. I use Launcher pros friends widget (awesome) for a quick look then I have to bounce around the FB app and the web to get anything done. This stinks. The iPhone app did it all. I am never going back to Apple, but they got a jump on the good apps and app writers. I have seen a steady improvement since app devs have started to realize that there are great Android Phones now to write too...
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I agree, the FB app I had on my iPhone over a year ago completely destroys the current FB app for Android, its really disappointing, I hate not being able to tag people in pictures I upload from my phone and being redirected to the browser for most of the functions. Lame
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Check it out, its very similar to the iohones fb, Sociable, ill post a link to to dowload it with your permission of ofcourse, 3 votes
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can u post the link.
i thinks this is what is was taking about is 1.99 found it on the market "SOCIABLE"
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/social/facebook-client-sociable_bebn_download.html
i wish this pay app had like trial version...
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can u post the link.
i thinks this is what is was taking about is 1.99 found it on the market "SOCIABLE"
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/social/facebook-client-sociable_bebn_download.html
i wish this pay app had like trial version...
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You have 24 hours to get a refund if you don't want it anymore
For those who actually want to get on fb chat w/android, check out eBuddy. It's not perfect app, but it works well enough.
Doesn't change the fact that in order to do anything semi-complicated (even looking at friends of friends), it's basically impossible to do it with the fb client.
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For a few days now every time i try to do a refresh on the notifications page in the facebook app. I get an error, something about a parse error.
I don't know why, since i haven't done anything different or added any new apps.
Any help?
Thanks
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I have the same problem too. May be the problem is at Facebook server.
Same here, it fails to update since a few days back. This has happened before and that time it was due to changes of how FB works, not related to SE or android failure. Hope it gets resolved soon.
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Facebook is fine here, connecting through the official (crappy) app.
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I'm on Facebook for Android and both that and Timescape are updating OK. We had all those problems early last week... don't say FB have messed it up again!!
same here.... cant get update for the last few dayz
My stock-facebook app is running as it's supposed to again
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Just tried it. Still not working for me.
Jamolah said:
Just tried it. Still not working for me.
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:-(... read something on a swedish news app that Facebook has had some problems these last days, and that the fb team had not found the source of it yet. Hopefully all shall be able to update soon.
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Perhaps they should remove the horrible Facebook app that's on the market and release one that actually works. Take a page from iPhone app.
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TS and Facebook app both working for me.
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Perhaps they should remove the horrible Facebook app that's on the market and release one that actually works. Take a page from iPhone app.
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Can you give a description of what's "horrible" about the app?
Aside from built in Chat and Places support, it's pretty close to the iPhone version in terms of features, and it works perfectly fine.
The facebook app on iPhone is better.
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Facebook notifications still not working.
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Facebook notifications still not working.
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Same here, has been broken for 2weeks but i get another error code this week then last.
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Hmh, downloaded the FB from market, wich replaces the stock app, and everything works perfect! Why did i not do this before? It's so much better!
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Though it seems the market FB is sucking alot more battery then the stock one :-(
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Can you give a description of what's "horrible" about the app?
Aside from built in Chat and Places support, it's pretty close to the iPhone version in terms of features, and it works perfectly fine.
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Same here, got the newer one from the market and it works great.
My friend was whining about his FB app too and I asked him if he updated it.
*He replied "but I have the latest version".
*I asked "did you manually DL the one from teh market and replace teh one on your phone?"
*He said "um, no... it did not say it needed an update so I never changed it"
*I explained the pre installed app bug and showed him the difference in the two apps. Problem solved!
oh okay good to know. Cuz I have the facebook app that came on the phone. I assumed (never ASS-u-me) it would be the same one in the market.
so i downloaded the new facebook app, and it looks very similar to the iPhone one, which is good. So I tried logging in and I keep getting a "login in error". And I checked the e-mail address and password 3 times.
Never mind it works now. Sorry.
Somebody posed this question around 6 months ago and I am curious what most people like these days. I know some changes have been made to some of the apps out there. some for the better, some for the worse. I personally am partial to Tweetdeck. I find it user friendly and also like how I can exceed 160 characters.
anyone else?
I enjoy Twitter for Android, but I have used Twicca and it is quite nice.
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I use Plume. The ads on the free version don't really get in the way. I've tried them all, keep coming back to Plume!
Twitter seems to be slowly kicking out the third party apps that coincidentally help make them famous on Android. I went from Twidroid to Plume and finally just made the move to the official Twitter app.
I use tweetcaster
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Twitter seems to be slowly kicking out the third party apps that coincidentally help make them famous on Android. I went from Twidroid to Plume and finally just made the move to the official Twitter app.
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I did the same thing. The official twitter app is actually quite nice! Twidroyd is garbage now. But plume is still an excellent app.
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Been using Seesmic for facebook, twitter and buzz...
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I'm a fan of Tweetdeck and believe it or not Hootsuite!!
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I was using Tweetdeck but with the updates I've switched to the official Twitter for Android
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Friendstream by HTC... I mean its already there lol
I don't know about most of you but my Friend stream does not work with Twitter, and hasn't for awhile now.
Did use Twidroyd, using Seesmic now.
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I got the pro version of tweetcaster from amazon and I'm loving it.
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Are u guys not seeing the fb app in the market? Did a factory reset today and all my apps synced back except for that one
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Are u guys not seeing the fb app in the market? Did a factory reset today and all my apps synced back except for that one
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There is currently not a Facebook app in the market. They haven't optimized it for Honeycomb yet, but you can get it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1143913&highlight=kanged and that should work. The only issue I have with it, is that the friends list part force closes.
They must have recently taken it down, thanx for the link tho
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i had the fb app on my tablet and one day it just disappeared...they took it down.
Use Friend Me
I use Friendcaster. Lots more options and when you say No Notifications..... it stops polling and giving you notifications. I notices a lift in battery when I uninstalled it. Friendcaster just seems nicer and smoother to me.
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Sorry, meant loft in battery when I uninstalles FriendMe.
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Wow friendcaster for tab is great, loving it so far...Thanks for the suggestion
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Wow friendcaster for tab is great, loving it so far...Thanks for the suggestion
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I previously had this app, but removed it.
Now it will no longer install. It will download, but will never proceed to install.
Anyone else having problems?
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cdf3 said:
I previously had this app, but removed it.
Now it will no longer install. It will download, but will never proceed to install.
Anyone else having problems?
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I've had that happen with the market a few times too. I normally just back out and go back in until it finally works.
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I use Friendcaster. Lots more options and when you say No Notifications..... it stops polling and giving you notifications. I notices a lift in battery when I uninstalled it. Friendcaster just seems nicer and smoother to me.
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There is actually a Honeycomb/Tablet edition, though in beta...
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.handmark.friendstream&feature=search_result
Works well for me, and definately less crashes than the native Facebook for Android app...
I've actually gone so far as to uninstall the official Facebook on my Vibrant running CM 7. With the last update on July 18th, for some reason, even if you set it to never poll for notifications, never refresh, and not to sync, it still keeps the news feed open in the background and constantly refreshes it. I noticed huge battery drain one day when I took my phone off of the charger, barely used it all day, and later that night around 11 I had 14 percent battery warning. When I looked into the battery history, Facebook took up a whopping 81 percent of the battery drain on that particular charge.
Will stick to using the 3rd party options.
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There is actually a Honeycomb/Tablet edition, though in beta...
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.handmark.friendstream&feature=search_result
Works well for me, and definately less crashes than the native Facebook for Android app...
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Using the beta version too. Not bad
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Are u guys not seeing the fb app in the market? Did a factory reset today and all my apps synced back except for that one
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There are a lot of apps that you won't find in the market because they haven't been optimized for Honeycomb. I normally just install them on my phone, pull the apk, then transfer it to my tab. So far every app I tried worked just fine including fb and google voice.
Friendcaster for Tab seems great to me, but it loads continuously when I select the messages tab, not showing anything... if that'll be solved, and chat will be added, it will be the perfect FB app for me!
PS: anyone solved the messages issue?
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Friendcaster for Tab seems great to me, but it loads continuously when I select the messages tab, not showing anything... if that'll be solved, and chat will be added, it will be the perfect FB app for me!
PS: anyone solved the messages issue?
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Mine does that with messages too, and yes, chat is a must. At least chat works on the Facebook app though. That's about the only good thing about it. While we're on the subject of honeycomb apps and notifications not working; how hard is it for Words With Friends to get notifications to work?! Is it really that difficult? I play a word and THEN it tells me it's my turn.
This Facebook app works just fine in Honeycomb.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182640
Download the apk from the first post.
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This Facebook app works just fine in Honeycomb.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182640
Download the apk from the first post.
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Link doesn't work on the gtab.
Link worked fine for me from xda app on my sgt, alterately search for Facebook in the Asus Transformer here on XDA.
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JoKu said:
Mine does that with messages too, and yes, chat is a must. At least chat works on the Facebook app though. That's about the only good thing about it. While we're on the subject of honeycomb apps and notifications not working; how hard is it for Words With Friends to get notifications to work?! Is it really that difficult? I play a word and THEN it tells me it's my turn.
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My Messages tab does that too, as does the Events tab. Very annoying. I really hope a new beta's released soon. I sent the dev a PM about it but haven't heard anything back yet.
Strangely enough, I've seen a walkthrough video of the app (on Android Central I think) which showed them using the Messages and Events tab both working fine.
EDIT: New beta just released fixes the Messages issue, but I still have problems with Events.
I've been running CM7 since the last "Alpha" release and have it updated with the Oct 22 update. I don't recall exactly when, but I started recieving these "optout" notifications. I don't know if it's related to CM7 or something else, but they're not cool at all . Does anyone know where they're coming from or how to stop them?
An app you installed
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I started getting those after playing angry frogs
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Have you tried opting out at xapush.com?
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An app you installed
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The only app I have installed now that was not before I switched to CM7 is Go SMS Pro. Has anyone had any experience with it?
Go sms pro doesn't do that, but i don't use go fb chat. What opens when you click it?
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http://blog.fortinet.com/airpush-pushes-the-envelope/
Found this after a bit of research. Looks like an adbased app on your phone is using their apk. Seems they do support opt out, but aren't doing a good job a securing your identity period.
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abhaxus said:
Go sms pro doesn't do that, but i don't use go fb chat. What opens when you click it?
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http://blog.fortinet.com/airpush-pushes-the-envelope/
Found this after a bit of research. Looks like an adbased app on your phone is using their apk. Seems they do support opt out, but aren't doing a good job a securing your identity period.
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I'm not going to click those %^#$%#$%#$ Spam messages... I clear all the notifications. The only features of Go SMS Pro I use are SMS & MMS. I don't have Facebook, Myspace, Google+ or any other "Social networking" (Read: Stalking) crap. Want nothing to do with any of them. Any ideas how I can track down where it came from? I've looked at the installed apps and services with Titanium Backup and nothing stands out. Unless One of the other apps got 'updated' to include this new 'feature', Go SMS seems the most likely suspect at the moment.
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I don't have Facebook, Myspace, Google+ or any other "Social networking" (Read: Stalking) crap.
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wats a myspace?
Although I usually have 150-200+ apps installed at any one time, I started getting those annoying little "notifications" almost as soon as I installed the free version of the IPhone keyboard. Not cool at all...
How often do they come up? Is it at a predetermined time or is it random? A relatively easy way to narrow it down may be to look at market reviews of suspected apps.
Girlfriend had this problem. There's an app called airpush detector on the market. Download it to see what's causing the ads
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Hey had this same problem in my case it was MP3 downloader.
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Trying to figure out which one you guys feel is the best for our tf101. What do you think?
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I use friendcaster. It might not be perfect but this is much better than the official Facebook application. The official is very slow and is pretty useless in low network connectivity condition.
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Since all of the browsers and apps are terribly glitchy for me, the best solution is using Splashtop HD to remote desktop my computer and view from there... Rather roundabout but it's fast and Doesn't Glitch!
I think there are three real tablet Facebook apps:
FaceDroid (paid app)
Friend Me
Friendcaster.
I'd say Friendcaster is the best one, gives you a very nice Facebook experience with all needed features and a nice UI, plus good widgets.
Definitely not the Facebook app! Too clunky
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Arjoma said:
I think there are three real tablet Facebook apps:
FaceDroid (paid app)
Friend Me
Friendcaster.
I'd say Friendcaster is the best one, gives you a very nice Facebook experience with all needed features and a nice UI, plus good widgets.
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how is that facedroid app? I heard its pretty good as well. Anyone have any experience with it?
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I like facedroid,but I think that fbm is better . But with facedroid if you have a problem or find a bug and report it to the developer, he will E-mail you back within a couple of hours on how to fix your problem or within a week or so you will see an update that fixes that bug.So the great support is worth the money alone.But it does show those pesky game updates in the feed like anyone needs to see that jeff married his cousin on farm ville.Without the games in the feed it would be the best fb app in my opinion.
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gideo said:
I like facedroid,but I think that fbm is better . But with facedroid if you have a problem or find a bug and report it to the developer, he will E-mail you back within a couple of hours on how to fix your problem or within a week or so you will see an update that fixes that bug.So the great support is worth the money alone.But it does show those pesky game updates in the feed like anyone needs to see that jeff married his cousin on farm ville.Without the games in the feed it would be the best fb app in my opinion.
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hmmm interesting. What is fbm btw? Anyone else give a +1 to facedroid? Gideo how is the UI compared to friendcaster?
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I've never tried friendcaster,but the UI is pretty clean,and fbm has a nearly identical look to the official fb app with the ability to upload pics and post YouTube links and has notification,but it does not crash,and when you open it it just works....best part is when you turn it off it is off and does not use 30 to 50mb of ram all the time like official fb app.
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Use the default facebook app or facebook website if you want to see all your friend's posts.
Use third-party apps if you don't mind missing posts, but like the customization.
Remember, third party apps can be blocked by your friends so they not only see your posts, but you don't see theirs either.
Unfortunately, the stock Facebook app is a memory hog, but it works.
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Use the default facebook app or facebook website if you want to see all your friend's posts.
Use third-party apps if you don't mind missing posts, but like the customization.
Remember, third party apps can be blocked by your friends so they not only see your posts, but you don't see theirs either.
Unfortunately, the stock Facebook app is a memory hog, but it works.
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Not only is it a memory hog but it kills sleep eating up your battery. So get your friends to allow 3rd party apps to see their posts.
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I've been looking for one too that works 100%, I love the look of Friendcaster Pro and have been using it for 6+ months but it screws up a lot and either doesn't post my comments/status updates or when I try and load something it will be like "Friendcaster received an invalid response from Facebook". The notification Window annoys me on the official app because it's so tiny and only shows about three or four things, not to mention I still can't figure out how to share things from it. Is it even possible to do so?
I'll give Facedroid a try and see how it is.
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Trying to figure out which one you guys feel is the best for our tf101. What do you think?
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Friendcaster is good.
Using Firefox beta (v14) with agent set as Desktop/ipad is also good enough. (Desktop-like interface)