Facebook Phone Now Rumored to be in the Works?
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If this turns out to be true then we might just need a sequel to that movie that shows us how Facebook was created. You know, the kind of movie that would explain how Facebook went against Apple and Google in the smartphone business and failed miserably.
If this turns out to be true, then I’m really not going to give much credit to a Facebook phone. The smartphone business is already overcrowded with various designs that are amazing. Not all of them can compete with the iPhone, especially since most of them don’t have anything new to bring to this business. The iPhone imposed new trends in this particular mobile niche, such as touchscreen interface and the App Store, and everyone followed these business models. What else can be invented?
What can a Facebook phone really accomplish? Because that’s the rumor I am talking about, a Facebook phone that’s expected to be available at some point in the future. The company is building a totally new mobile OS, like we don’t have enough of those already, and hiring a third-party to build a device around it. Does that sound familiar? It’s what Apple does with the iPhone also, but unlike, Apple Facebook doesn’t know anything about gadgets and product building.
And since every smartphone out there comes with Facebook integration, why would we need to have a Facebook phone? Can a Facebook phone offer an even better social networking integration? If the Facebook phone is not a smartphone too, but rather a featurephone centered around Facebook alone, then maybe Facebook shouldn’t be building it in the first place.
Or is Facebook simply getting back at Apple for the whole Ping feature of iTunes? Ping is Apple’s social networking solution built around its iOS, a mobile OS that’s currently used by over 120 million people. Does Facebook feel threatened that Apple’s Ping will become a formidable Facebook adversary in the following years? Is that why the Facebook phone is created, to fight Apple on multiple battlegrounds?
We’ll just have to wait, folks, and see what happens in the following months. Do you think a Facebook phone is a good idea?
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Hi Chris -
Want to share Facebook’s statement on the rumors of “a Facebook Phone”:
“The story is not accurate. Facebook is not building a phone. Our approach has always been to make all phones and apps more social, not build a phone. 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” (even internally) because that’s such an attractive soundbite, but our real strategy is to make everything social and not build one phone or integration.”