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hey everyone I'm Sharon Vaknin for cnet.com with a quick look at Facebook's new app for the iPad after months of rumors Facebook finally released this app and I have to admit that it's pretty slick and you might even end up liking it more than the website let's start in the main view of the newsfeed where recent and top stories stay on the left with a chat window on the right which you can sign out of by tapping this like the iPhone app you can update your status upload a photo or check in here at the top the interface is super clean and gives you nearly every option you'll find in the Facebook web interface so when you update your status you'll see the option to tag out of location photo and change the privacy options for that post to browse the rest of Facebook just tap this button or swipe right at any time to view the navigation sidebar or you can visit your profile groups apps and pages you admin when you tap the comments for any post a new window will pop out from the right where you can see old comments and add your own now head to photos and you'll see that it's by far one of the best features in this app with its attractive tiled view and bottom navigation when you're in full screen view so that you can jump ahead or behind to view more photos another fun feature suited for the ipad is nearby on the Left you'll see a list of friends who have checked in and a map of where they are on the right you'll notice that this top bar with friend requests messages and notifications always stays on top giving you access to the most important stuff tapping one of these doesn't take you away from whatever page you're on but gives you a pop-up window instead so that you can continue your Facebook stalking undisturbed for cnet I'm Sharon Vaknin and that was a first look at the facebook app for the iPad you