It seemed like it would never arrive, but at long last, Facebook has released its iPad app.
One of the key features of the iPad-specific app is its integration with other iOS apps: The Facebook app will send you straight to other apps when you navigate to them from a friend's news post or status update. For example, if a friend posted a link from The Daily, clicking the link would take you to The Daily app itself. The app also supports high-res photos that you can flip through like a photo album, as well as the ability to see where friends are located via with the Nearby mapping feature.
Facebook's iPad app was rumored to debut last week at Apple's iPhone event, but was a no-show. Earlier this summer, the app was discovered hidden inside the iPhone app. By tweaking a setting when running it on your iPad, you could access the iPad version -- until the hack was disabled.
We'll soon have a hands-on with the new app to let you know how it works, but in the meantime, you can get the app yourself from the App Store.
