The masses have been clamoring for a Facebook iPad app, but the company has seemed more interested in promoting the cause of HTML5. Earlier this summer it was reported that an iPad app was finally imminent, but then . . . nothing. But now it appears Facebook has indeed been hard at work on a tablet version.
It is possible to run the hidden app, but to do so requires some pretty technical knowledge and violating some of Apple’s user rules (read: jailbreaking). Early reviews of the “leaked” version have been pretty positive.
The app is also similar to MyPad, a third-party creation that has become the de facto iPad app for Facebook. MyPad still has the advantage of also providing Twitter access, but one has to wonder what will become of it once Facebook releases this.
Techcrunch also reports a source says the hidden code is in fact what Facebook plans to release soon. We’ll see if the company pushes that release up due to this leak, but one thing is for sure – Facebook must be happy to have finally stolen the buzz back from Google+, if only for a second.