Microsoft long-awaited implementation of Facebook for the Zune HD can not have waited long enough. After rolling out late Monday night, users immediately reported problems with the application’s capability to pull down content, as well as a slow performance in general. The Zune team quickly acknowledged the problem and promised to investigate.

Well, I’m happy to report that the issues were apparently resolved, and it seems that problems are not entirely Microsoft’s fault.
 
A Microsoft spokesperson emailed CNET the following statement:

“Yesterday evening, the Microsoft and Facebook engineering teams worked together to fix an issue Zune HD users were experiencing with the recently released Facebook application for Zune HD. Users should now be able to access the full functionality of the Facebook application for Zune HD.”

The smoking gun in this case is the fact that the application has been determined without requiring a software update. However, regardless of who’s to blame for the botched application launch, the responsibility to properly test the Zune application before making it public HD falls squarely on the shoulders of Microsoft.

For Microsoft’s sake, we hope to nail down the process all applications before the release of Windows 7 Series Phone.