Comments on: MySpace Out-Androids Facebook: Most Downloaded Social App

By: Facebook Login

Facebook Login — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:54:59 +0000

Myspace still has a edge now that they see where there mistakes was in the first place.

By: xarophti

xarophti — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:58:38 +0000

I originally signed up for MySpace years ago for 2 reasons: reconnecting with a particular old friend and a particular local band. I remember when Facebook was still limited to college students. I never switched because even though I know they opened it to everyone and there’s more soccer moms than students now, I could never get over the gut feeling of being a “creepy stalker” (yes, even though I’m female). I really had no reason as I don’t do the social networking thing. MySpace does have their IM client with Skype, however, which I found very useful while a friend was overseas. Now that he’s home, we call or text.

By: Sean B

Sean B — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:01:33 +0000

I don’y have either, but I use Facebook a lot. I have the Cliq with motoblur, so having a Facebook app is really pointless for me since I can do what I need straight from Blur.

By: Cybersedan

Cybersedan — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:51:46 +0000

My what?

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:48:52 +0000

myspace eats a lot of space on my g1…i had to nix my dolphin browser and some pointless apps to fit it. facebook is growing into a space hog as well but i think it covers more functionality to its whole than myspace mobile.

@srleadjb…ill tell my mom to stop requesting you, but its your booty call youre missing out on

By: mark

mark — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:23:35 +0000

I think that facebook would be loads better if it didnt have all the annoying hugs and kisses and bloody poking stuff all the time, if it didnt have that it would be really useful

http://facebookloginnow.com

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:06:20 +0000

Yea the Facebook app ships with 2.x but I don’t think that has that much to do with it. The Myspace app was around for about a year before an official Facebook app ever showed up in the market. I’m sure if the data were broken down month by month it would be much more telling.

By: srleadjb

srleadjb — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:19:20 +0000

Your mother is on facebook!

Check out Myspace again, I did. The content is excellent compared to facebook. Besides, I’m tired of my friends moms sending me friend requests!

By: ernest leitch

ernest leitch — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:19:17 +0000

The facebook app for android isn’t good at all. The newsfeed isn’t up to date with the desktop. You can’t access events or messages. It’s hard to navigate to the “home” screen for the app when looking at someones profile.

The whole program feels like an afterthought especially after seeing the new app for webOS. I’m not sure how many people facebook has dedicated for mobile apps, but they should spend some time on the android app.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:07:29 +0000

Myspace launched as one of the first Apps on the Android Market. It took nearly a year before Facebook was available in the market. Myspace’s lead is a result of it’s time in market vs. Facebook’s… not usage. No matter how much better Myspace’s app is than Facebooks, the fact of the matter is NO ONE USES MYSPACE.

Other commenters are right. Since preloading FB on Droid/2.0+ devices, you no longer have to seek it out and download it. There was a short period of time after Facebook launched on Android that it overtook the number one slot. Once Droid launched (and with it intergrated FB) that changed.

By: ken

ken — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:41:32 +0000

I don’t use Myspace, but from your description the Myspace app is leagues ahead of the Facebook one. I do remember that Myspace was released to market a fairly longer time before Facebook. And thus, probably, has more iterations than Facebook.

I agree with the previous comments, the facebook app is dead basic; pushing you to the mobile site at every click. With the description of features you gave, if I had any friends on Myspace, I’d certainly give the app a spin.

A side note: I always choose apps that are better integrated into the Android system over others, with all else equal. Developers should take heed, a better experience is… well, a better experience.

By: bgciotti

bgciotti — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:23:56 +0000

Like Afif Aboudi said, I think this is because the Facebook app is pre-installed on most android phones. For example on my Droid, if look up Facebook in the market, it says Facebook is not installed.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:53:38 +0000

Myspace is still in business? Let me go check my profile. I haven’t been there in ages…

By: Luke Beales Android App Reviews

Luke Beales Android App Reviews — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:47:30 +0000

I use the facebook app on occasion but it needs improving as its not that amazing.

By: john

john — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:38:48 +0000

I had both apps on my phone, but uninstalled Myspace. Everybody jumped ship from Myspace to Facebook. Myspace is too cluttered with wallpapers and videos embedded on people’s pages anyways. The app was fairly clean, but I don’t know anybody that still uses Myspace.

I personally don’t see what’s so bad about the Facebook app, although it would be nice to be able to do such simple things as change a profile picture using it.

I work in T-Mobile’s customer service and we get TONS of questions about using Facebook on different models of phones every day. I honestly can’t remember the last time someone asked me about how to use Myspace.