'Faceberry' Merges Facebook and BlackBerry

Facebook and T-Mobile have partnered to develop a new device that merges the world's premier smartphone with the world's premier social networking site. The device is called Facebook for Blackberry.

The software application will use the device's push e-mail capabilities to allow instant mobile access to Facebook's social-networking features.

Facebook users will be able to receive messages and updates automatically, invite friends to join Facebook and accept friends' requests, take and upload photos along with captions and tags, view friends' status, and read and compose messages even while offline. New messages written in offline mode will be queued for posting when the device re-connects to a network.

T-Mobile will be the first U.S. carrier to offer the feature on BlackBerrys. The application will also be available for downloading from the Facebook Web site.

Microsoft bought a 1.6% stake in Facebook for $240 million Wednesday. The social networking site, co-founded by former Harvard students Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz, is valued $16 billion. Zuckerberg has a 20% stake in the company.

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