Facebook for iOS 4.1 adds Timeline support on iPhone

Facebook rolled out version 4.1 of its social networking application for Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS, bringing support for the new Timeline feature to the iPhone but not the iPad tablet.

Facebook Timeline offers users a reverse-chronological view of their Facebook history, organizing posts and photos to create a virtual scrapbook of their social interactions. Facebook introduced the feature to Android smartphone users late last week: "Mobile timeline starts with your unique cover photo," Facebook product manager Mick Johnson explained on The Facebook Blog. "As you scroll down, you'll see your posts, photos and life events as they happened, back to the day you were born. Photo albums and other posts are horizontally swipeable, so you can quickly view multiple photos or posts inline without leaving timeline. You can also swipe through the views at the top of your timeline to navigate to your map, photos, subscribers and more."

Facebook for iOS 4.1 also brings access to friend lists, subscribers and subscriptions, more efficient access to photos and faster, improved performance. Facebook's App Store page vows Timeline support will extend to the iPad "soon."

Facebook now tops 800 million users worldwide, with more than 350 million users accessing the platform via mobile device each month. Nielsen reports that Facebook is now the most popular application across all mobile operating systems.

For more:
- read this ZDNet article
- see the Facebook blog

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