Parent company Research In Motion says that about 21 million people actively use Facebook on the BlackBerry every day, while monthly average users tops 30 million.

However, not all of them use the latest version of the operating system, but the newest version of Facebook will become available for devices with 4.6 or higher OS in future releases — typical of RIM’s strategy to encourage people to upgrade.

Since I have one of those lesser versions of the BlackBerry, I have to take RIM’s word for it that Facebook 2.0 includes:

• “Always on” Facebook chat notifications
• a Redesigned navigation grid
• a new notification bar
• improved news feed scrolling
• enhanced profiles
• added publisher functionality
• an updated user interface

Further descriptions of the enhancements appear on the official BlackBerry blog. To download the new Facebook 2.0 onto your RIM device, click here.

Readers, have you had a chance to try Facebook 2.0 for the BlackBerry, and if so what do you think about the enhanced features?

Parent company Research In Motion says that about 21 million people actively use Facebook on the BlackBerry every day, while monthly average users tops 30 million.

However, not all of them use the latest version of the operating system, but the newest version of Facebook will become available for devices with 4.6 or higher OS in future releases — typical of RIM’s strategy to encourage people to upgrade.

Since I have one of those lesser versions of the BlackBerry, I have to take RIM’s word for it that Facebook 2.0 includes:

• “Always on” Facebook chat notifications
• a Redesigned navigation grid
• a new notification bar
• improved news feed scrolling
• enhanced profiles
• added publisher functionality
• an updated user interface

Further descriptions of the enhancements appear on the official BlackBerry blog. To download the new Facebook 2.0 onto your RIM device, click here.

Readers, have you had a chance to try Facebook 2.0 for the BlackBerry, and if so what do you think about the enhanced features?

Parent company Research In Motion says that about 21 million people actively use Facebook on the BlackBerry every day, while monthly average users tops 30 million.

However, not all of them use the latest version of the operating system, but the newest version of Facebook will become available for devices with 4.6 or higher OS in future releases — typical of RIM’s strategy to encourage people to upgrade.

Since I have one of those lesser versions of the BlackBerry, I have to take RIM’s word for it that Facebook 2.0 includes:

• “Always on” Facebook chat notifications
• a Redesigned navigation grid
• a new notification bar
• improved news feed scrolling
• enhanced profiles
• added publisher functionality
• an updated user interface

Further descriptions of the enhancements appear on the official BlackBerry blog. To download the new Facebook 2.0 onto your RIM device, click here.

Readers, have you had a chance to try Facebook 2.0 for the BlackBerry, and if so what do you think about the enhanced features?

Parent company Research In Motion says that about 21 million people actively use Facebook on the BlackBerry every day, while monthly average users tops 30 million.

However, not all of them use the latest version of the operating system, but the newest version of Facebook will become available for devices with 4.6 or higher OS in future releases — typical of RIM’s strategy to encourage people to upgrade.

Since I have one of those lesser versions of the BlackBerry, I have to take RIM’s word for it that Facebook 2.0 includes:

• “Always on” Facebook chat notifications
• a Redesigned navigation grid
• a new notification bar
• improved news feed scrolling
• enhanced profiles
• added publisher functionality
• an updated user interface

Further descriptions of the enhancements appear on the official BlackBerry blog. To download the new Facebook 2.0 onto your RIM device, click here.

Readers, have you had a chance to try Facebook 2.0 for the BlackBerry, and if so what do you think about the enhanced features?

Parent company Research In Motion says that about 21 million people actively use Facebook on the BlackBerry every day, while monthly average users tops 30 million.

However, not all of them use the latest version of the operating system, but the newest version of Facebook will become available for devices with 4.6 or higher OS in future releases — typical of RIM’s strategy to encourage people to upgrade.

Since I have one of those lesser versions of the BlackBerry, I have to take RIM’s word for it that Facebook 2.0 includes:

• “Always on” Facebook chat notifications
• a Redesigned navigation grid
• a new notification bar
• improved news feed scrolling
• enhanced profiles
• added publisher functionality
• an updated user interface

Further descriptions of the enhancements appear on the official BlackBerry blog. To download the new Facebook 2.0 onto your RIM device, click here.

Readers, have you had a chance to try Facebook 2.0 for the BlackBerry, and if so what do you think about the enhanced features?

Parent company Research In Motion says that about 21 million people actively use Facebook on the BlackBerry every day, while monthly average users tops 30 million.

However, not all of them use the latest version of the operating system, but the newest version of Facebook will become available for devices with 4.6 or higher OS in future releases — typical of RIM’s strategy to encourage people to upgrade.

Since I have one of those lesser versions of the BlackBerry, I have to take RIM’s word for it that Facebook 2.0 includes:

• “Always on” Facebook chat notifications
• a Redesigned navigation grid
• a new notification bar
• improved news feed scrolling
• enhanced profiles
• added publisher functionality
• an updated user interface

Further descriptions of the enhancements appear on the official BlackBerry blog. To download the new Facebook 2.0 onto your RIM device, click here.

Readers, have you had a chance to try Facebook 2.0 for the BlackBerry, and if so what do you think about the enhanced features?

Parent company Research In Motion says that about 21 million people actively use Facebook on the BlackBerry every day, while monthly average users tops 30 million.

However, not all of them use the latest version of the operating system, but the newest version of Facebook will become available for devices with 4.6 or higher OS in future releases — typical of RIM’s strategy to encourage people to upgrade.

Since I have one of those lesser versions of the BlackBerry, I have to take RIM’s word for it that Facebook 2.0 includes:

• “Always on” Facebook chat notifications
• a Redesigned navigation grid
• a new notification bar
• improved news feed scrolling
• enhanced profiles
• added publisher functionality
• an updated user interface

Further descriptions of the enhancements appear on the official BlackBerry blog. To download the new Facebook 2.0 onto your RIM device, click here.

Readers, have you had a chance to try Facebook 2.0 for the BlackBerry, and if so what do you think about the enhanced features?

Parent company Research In Motion says that about 21 million people actively use Facebook on the BlackBerry every day, while monthly average users tops 30 million.

However, not all of them use the latest version of the operating system, but the newest version of Facebook will become available for devices with 4.6 or higher OS in future releases — typical of RIM’s strategy to encourage people to upgrade.

Since I have one of those lesser versions of the BlackBerry, I have to take RIM’s word for it that Facebook 2.0 includes:

• “Always on” Facebook chat notifications
• a Redesigned navigation grid
• a new notification bar
• improved news feed scrolling
• enhanced profiles
• added publisher functionality
• an updated user interface

Further descriptions of the enhancements appear on the official BlackBerry blog. To download the new Facebook 2.0 onto your RIM device, click here.

Readers, have you had a chance to try Facebook 2.0 for the BlackBerry, and if so what do you think about the enhanced features?

Parent company Research In Motion says that about 21 million people actively use Facebook on the BlackBerry every day, while monthly average users tops 30 million.

However, not all of them use the latest version of the operating system, but the newest version of Facebook will become available for devices with 4.6 or higher OS in future releases — typical of RIM’s strategy to encourage people to upgrade.

Since I have one of those lesser versions of the BlackBerry, I have to take RIM’s word for it that Facebook 2.0 includes:

• “Always on” Facebook chat notifications
• a Redesigned navigation grid
• a new notification bar
• improved news feed scrolling
• enhanced profiles
• added publisher functionality
• an updated user interface

Further descriptions of the enhancements appear on the official BlackBerry blog. To download the new Facebook 2.0 onto your RIM device, click here.

Readers, have you had a chance to try Facebook 2.0 for the BlackBerry, and if so what do you think about the enhanced features?

Wayne Smith, age 25, was accused of sexually assaulting someone on October 19, 2009, but was never charged because of a lack of physical evidence. He was recently arrested for raping a woman in his home on February 28, and that re-opened the first case.

In that case, Smith met his victim on Facebook, then talked to her over the phone , before they met in a restaurant. She took a bus home and realized Smith had followed her. When she got off, so did he, quickly hooking his arm around her neck and forcing her to go back to his residence with him.

She went into the bathroom to try to get help on her cell phone, but he broke the door down, dragged her to the bedroom and raped her. She told her parents and ex-boyfriend about the attack, then sought treatment at Roseland Community Hospital.

The more recent case that occurred this past February involves a charge of rape of a woman Smith met on Facebook. Officials haven’t revealed whether content from the accused’s account on the social network will form part of the evidence used against him.

But if there’s a moral to this story, we suggest that people use more caution when deciding to meet in person with someone first encountered on any website — be it a personals site or a social media destination.

Readers, what do you think of this particular case?