All the Facebook cell phone gossips were heard Sunday on the Internet. Denials is what we hear from Facebook. A Facebook phone supported by 500,000 Facebook people to rival Apple’s iPhone and Android phones seems like an obvious development in the midst of the craze over Smartphone’s. Even though Google has taken over everywhere, there was no accomplishment with the Nexus One. Worse things took place for Microsoft with its Kin. Nevertheless, although Facebook declines it is building a phone, the business has looked into the feasibility of a Facebook cell phone. Numerous think that a Facebook phone is unnecessary which is why it wouldn’t do well. Numerous think that Facebook should be working on the little things before getting its own development platform. For example, many think Facebook should work on its apps on all Smartphone’s.
Future of Facebook phone
There was one place the Facebook cell phone story started. That place was TechCrunch. Michael Arrington wrote that Facebook is doing what Apple does with the iPhone. It is working secretly with a 3rd party manufacturer to develop software for a phone. Arrington said that a rock star developer left the Google Chrome project in June for Facebook and that a Facebook phone operating system was likely what lured him away. He thinks that a phone for Facebook would call a friend’s name rather than a number and would be really affordable.
Just a rumor for Facebook
Facebook getting a cell phone is just one rumor. There have been numerous more hitting the company lately. Facebook told CNET that its priority was deeper integration with existing Smartphone’s, not building its own. CNN reports that Facebook is well-known for leaking ideas, but the company either scraps them outright or pursues an entirely different tangent. There was never set forth the music service that is designed to compete with MySpace music that was expected to emerge have rumors in 2008. “Facebook Wallet,” a proprietary e-commerce product to challenge PayPal, never materialized. Instead, Facebook announced earlier this year that it would partner with eBay’s PayPal to offer a transaction service called Facebook Credits.
Facebook is not the competition
A Facebook cell phone wouldn’t make any sense to do. This originated from Wired with John C. Abell. Abell calls the concept of a Facebook phone “the tail wagging the dog.”. A Facebook phone is not something that people would want over their original phones. These individuals want their Androids and iPhone still. Robert Scobe thinks Facebook really needs to just be working on developing apps. He is from Business Insider. He discusses different deficiencies. These include contacts, photos and video. He also talked about Facebook’s platform. He talked about how the platform needs fixing first. The 500,000 users Facebook has are its only real advantage. The other businesses do not have that.
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Tech Crunch
techcrunch.com/2010/09/19/facebook-is-secretly-building-a-phone/
CNN
cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/09/20/facebook.phone/
Wired
wired.com/epicenter/2010/09/is-facebook-planning-a-phone-who-knows-should-they-no/
