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Re:A Faster Facebook for iOS by DonnyV on Thursday August 23, 2012 @01:58PM (#4423879)
Not sure why these companies release there apps for iOS first when Android has the market share. It makes absolutely no business sense.
Re:A Faster Facebook for iOS by wallflower on Thursday August 23, 2012 @02:48PM (#4424149)
Even though Facebook for Android may have higher monthly active users, the iOS user base from a marketing perspective is a more attractive demographic to target nascent mobile revenue opportunities at. Soccer moms almost exclusively use iPhones.
Re:A Faster Facebook for iOS by sazpaz on Thursday August 23, 2012 @02:07PM (#4423919)
Despite more uniques coming from Android, maybe iOS user show more engagement.
Re:A Faster Facebook for iOS by goatforce5 on Thursday August 23, 2012 @03:21PM (#4424347)
I believe that's what the statistics say. eg, something from a Google search just now:

http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share....

Re:A Faster Facebook for iOS by shadesandcolour on Thursday August 23, 2012 @03:18PM (#4424328)
This again? Really? The main improvement in this version is that it was rewritten for iOS, it didn't need to be rewritten for Android. Whether or not you have more marketshare doesn't mean you need an update for a platform you're not on.
Re:A Faster Facebook for iOS by koyote on Thursday August 23, 2012 @04:34PM (#4424686)
Having used the android version from since it first came out:

It definitely needs to be rewritten for Android.

Re:A Faster Facebook for iOS by billeh on Thursday August 23, 2012 @02:41PM (#4424103)
Much easier to optimize for three very similar phones versus hundreds (thousands?) of Android phones?
Re:A Faster Facebook for iOS by notatoad on Friday August 24, 2012 @12:37AM (#4426232)
Android has the market share, iOS has the usage share. Lots of people get android phones who have no desire to use it as a smartphone, they just get a free phone that happens to be android. iPhone users actually use their iPhones for Facebook and web browsing and other smartphone tasks.
Re:A Faster Facebook for iOS by zeroonetwothree on Thursday August 23, 2012 @02:16PM (#4423984)
Possibly because most of the employees use iOS...