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Downloads of Facebook for BlackBerry Smartphones top a million


LAS VEGAS – Downloads of the Facebook for BlackBerry Smartphones application have surpassed the one-million mark, Research in Motion announced Tuesday. The mobile software application leverages the push-based BlackBerry service and Facebook platform to allow Facebook users to wirelessly send and view messages, photos, pokes and Wall posts. It was launched at the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment 2007 show on October 24. “When we launched Facebook for BlackBerry Smartphones, we believed that consumers would recognize the value of marrying social networking with mobility and that vision has now been validated more than a million times,” said Mark Guibert, VP...