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If anyone was looking forward to the “Facebook Phone,” sorry to disappoint but it won’t be happening. This confirmation comes from an official statement by Facebook themselves.

In more specific words,

“The story, which originated in Techcrunch, is not accurate. Facebook (Facebook) is not building a phone. Our approach has always been to make phones and apps more social. Current projects include include everything from an HTML5 version of the site to apps on major platforms to full Connect support with SDKs to deeper integrations with some manufacturers. Our view is that almost all experiences would be better if they were social, so integrating deeply into existing platforms and operating systems is a good way to enable this. For an example, check out Connect for iPhone and the integration we have with contact syncing through our iPhone app. Another example is the INQ1 phone with Facebook integration (the first so-called ‘Facebook Phone’). The people mentioned in the story are working on these projects. The bottom line is that whenever we work on a deep integration, people want to call it a “Facebook Phone” because that’s such an attractive soundbite, but building phones is just not what we do.”

Summarized - they’re actually just continuing work on a special and huge software program and updates. But I guess people on the Internet wanted to give it the title of “Facebook Phone,” which is misleading because Facebook is Facebook and they have no desire to branch out to building phones. Got it?

I guess it’s kind of a bummer but then again, the sound of a phone just for Facebook didn’t sound that appealing to me in the first place. Thoughts?

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they were thinking of doing that?
wow..


Never liked that idea anyways.


i didn’t like the idea in the first place , they didn’t need to create a “facebook phone” , not appealing at all ..


well, its okay to me then, that would just make the people more addictive with facebook....


hmm doesn’t sound appealing to me either.. no need to expand your horizon this far haha



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