UPDATE: Link appears to be down and over bandwidth at the moment, we’ll be sure to post up a working link once received.  If any of you come across a link, drop us a line.

Here’s a moment many have been waiting for, but before too many of you get excited, this is a BETA version of Facebook for BlackBerry v1.8.0.31. So far the changes we know of here are faster load times, video uploading, and the replacement of BIS-E notifications with BlackBerry Push APIs instead.  Sorry, no Facebook chat yet. To download and use the application successfully, follow these quick instructrions:

• 1. Make sure you have the latest official version of Facebook for BlackBerry installed from blackberry.com/facebook.
• 2. Download the Facebook beta app OTA from here.
• 3. When the download is finished and you are prompted to reboot, don’t.
• 4. Press the red call button to escape to the homescreen.
• 5. Go your Facebook app icon and click it.
• 6. Accept the terms and conditions at the bottom and go into the app.
• 7. When the app is running open the menu and select options then logout.
• 8. Close and open up the app again and input your login credentials to access Facebook.
• 9. Reboot (battery pull) your BlackBerry after the Facebook app fully loads.
• 10. When up and running access the Facebook app again. It should now be version 1.8.0.31 without a keycode!

So once again, this is a leaked beta.  That means download and install at your own risk.  I personally haven’t tried this myself so let us know what you see with this version.  Thanks to BlackBerry Cool for putting this one out.

-by Collin Sorp

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