I learnt yesterday at work that iPhone users can access Facebook's chat facility on their phones.

I tried this on my sexy Samsung Galaxy S, but wasn't successful.

Does anyone know if Facebook are planning on introducing chat to the Android market?

Or am I just pressing the wrong button?

You'd think so....but then why not already.

There are some chat like apps on the market place - not sure I want to give my password away to strangers??? Maybe the generic chat app eBuddy is ok?

I used go!Chat on my galaxy s and it works brilliantly.

Not sure why Facebook don't have this - it certainly is an oversight. Perhaps because Android users could stay logged in indefinitely in the background where iPhone could not?

I have used Meebo in the past for this, and it works well.

I have Ebuddy and use it for not just facebook chat but MSN as well. Trillian is also available.

Yes Ebuddy is available on many platforms including Android & IOS. I have FB on my i phone but prefer Ebuddy for chat.
I would be surprised if FB chat is not available on Android.

Staying logged in indefinitely would be stupid on any phone as you would be using up the limited memory available when doing other tasks ? Also battery life could be affected.

IOS has multitasking if that is what you mean ? Apps like Ebuddy, FB, email,& text use push technology on the i phone without having the apps open in the taskbar.

I have a dell streak running on 2.2 froyo and Facebook chat works fine

ebuddy is good for fbook chat