Facebook 2.0 For Iphone 3g Access

: It had to work on 3G speeds, which felt fast then but would feel like dial-up today. Coding in the Dark

build, or the rivalry that started back then?

: They optimized the code so photos would upload in the background, allowing users to keep scrolling while their 2-megapixel memories traveled to the cloud. The Launch Facebook 2.0 For Iphone 3G

: Introducing the News Feed as a living, breathing stream.

Before this, "mobile Facebook" was a clunky web page you loaded on a Blackberry. It was slow, text-heavy, and ugly. The mission for was simple but terrifying: rebuild the social network from scratch for a device that lived in a pocket. : It had to work on 3G speeds,

had just been announced. More importantly, the was opening. The Great Migration

The developers didn't even have final hardware for most of the cycle. They worked on simulators, guessing how a thumb would feel sliding across glass instead of a trackball. The Launch : Introducing the News Feed as

: Realizing they could use the iPhone's GPS. For the first time, you weren't just "at home"; you were "at the concert" in real-time.