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Three better ways to use Facebook on Android tablets

Looking for a better way to use Facebook on your Android tablet? We'll show you three.

Ed Rhee
Ed Rhee, a freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is an IT veteran turned stay-at-home-dad of two girls. He focuses on Android devices and applications while maintaining a review blog at techdadreview.com.
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If you're an Android Honeycomb tablet owner, you might be a little bit jealous about the official Facebook iPad app that was released a few days ago. There's no reason to feel like a second-class citizen, though. Here are three better ways to use Facebook on your Android tablet:

1. FriendCaster
FriendCaster is an ad-supported app with a lot of features, including support for Pages and Check-Ins. The best part is, it's optimized for Android tablets. The Pro version removes ads and costs $4.99. Both the free and paid versions are available in the Android Market.

FriendCaster
FriendCaster on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Screenshot by Ed Rhee

2. Friend Me
Friend Me is also ad-supported, but doesn't have quite as many features as FriendCaster. It does however, have a clean and simple interface. It's available in the Android Market and the in-app upgrade costs $2.99.

Friend Me
Friend Me on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Screenshot by Ed Rhee

3. HTML5 Web app
Sharon Vaknin recently discussed how to access Facebook's HTML5 Web app on the iPad. Luckily, Facebook's HTML5 web app works by default on Android tablets; just point your browser to m.facebook.com.

HTML5 Facebook web app in Honeycomb
Facebook's HTML5 web app on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (Android browser). Screenshot by Ed Rhee

That's it. Now you know three better ways to use Facebook on Android tablets.