Finally, the insanely popular Facebook App for the iPhone is getting an update, and very soon. The update will come with a major overhaul of the UI and bring plenty of enhancements…. except for push notifications… what?

Techcrunch is reporting that Facebook will be getting a major update “very soon,” and bring changes including:

1. The “new” News Feed
2. Like
3. Events (including the ability to RSVP)
4. Notes
5. Pages
6. Create new photo albums
7. Upload photos to any album
8. Zoom into photos
9. Easier photo tagging
10. Profile Pictures albums
11. A new home screen for easy access to all your stuff, search, and notifications
12. Add your favorite profiles and pages to the home screen
13. Better Notifications (they link to the comments so you can reply)
14. Quickly call or text people right from the Friends page
15. Messages you are typing will be restored if you quit or are interrupted by a phone call

All of these changes are welcome to an App that has needed some updating for a long time. However, the fact that we’ll have to wait until the end of the summer to get push notifications is quite ridiculous. AIM implemented push pretty much the day that the iPhone OS 3.0 was released. How could it possibly take this long to implement? Regardless, I’ll be a happy camper “very soon” when it is finally updated.

Check out the TechCrunch article for screenshots of the App.

UPDATE: TechCrunch is now saying that the new version will also allow for video uploads. Badass.

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Tags: Apps, Facebook, iPhone, Social Networks