The strange thing about this article is that I honestly didn?t know that Facebook didn?t have an app for the iPad. Well that is all going to change, it has been said that in the coming weeks Facebook is going to launch a free iPad app that has been designed and optimized for the iPad tablet. The app has been in production at Facebook for almost a year, going through several design iterations, and is now in the final stages of testing, according to these people, who declined to be named because they were discussing confidential product plans. Apple also plans to help Facebook promote the new application by featuring it prominently in the App Store, said a person familiar with the plans for the app.