The launch of iOS6 for Apple’s iPhone users wasn’t just a major milestone for the boys from Cupertino; it was a huge leap for Facebook developers on the mobile OS. With the upgrade, the toolbox for application artists got much larger. Here is a quick look at some of those features:

Image and Video Uploads

With iOS6, users can upload images and videos from their phone. Now users can participate in sweepstakes, polls and anything requiring them to contribute content, without using a desktop!

More Real Estate

When viewing in landscape mode, the user now has the option of making the page full screen. This means better visuals and better user experiences. And with the bump in pixels on the iPhone5, this means even more screen to fill with awesomeness.

C to the S to the S

All those CSS3 filters you have been so stoked to use on the desktop are now fully capable of being translated to your phone. Want image editing power? Grab your favorite cupcake photo and with the push of a button, add sepia, super saturate, change the hue, rotate it, flip it, make it bright, deepen contrast, gray scale, blur, drop-shadow… you name it!

Cache, Cache, Cache

Cache has jumped from 5MB to 25MB! That translates to 500% more space to store app data, boosting performance for app users and allowing storage of several sessions of app items.

Gotta Catch ‘Em All

You can now debug your mobile web apps remotely. Just plug in your iOS device via USB and run the simulator. That way, developers can test all that JavaScript and new CSS capabilities with ease, which means less buggy web apps.

Overall this is a huge step for mobile web. Desktop power is even closer to being a reality on your iOS device!