The Evolution of Facebook Mobile

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By Taylor Casti2013-08-01 11:00:00 UTC

You comment on a friend's status while waiting for the bus. You upload a picture via Instagram. You send a few chat messages while walking down the sidewalk.

Facebook may have been born on the desktop, but like the users who have made it so popular, Facebook is now served to-go.

With the majority of users logging into the social network via smartphone or tablet, Facebook Mobile has undergone nearly as many changes as the original Facebook website. Yet despite its one billion users, Facebook's mobile offering continues to face poor user reviews, with a series of weak apps and mobile websites that left users feeling cheated.

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Facebook Home has marked a change in Facebook's mobile presence. Like it or not, Facebook Home is more than just the latest in a long line of Facebook Mobile updates. It promises a more beautiful mobile future, one that puts social networking right where it should be: wherever the user is at any given time.

This gallery shows how Facebook's mobile presence has evolved since its inception in 2007. Let us know what nostalgia these photos surface in the comments section below.

Image: Facebook

Topics: Apps and Software, Dev & Design, Facebook, Facebook Home, Mobile, Social Media, Tech