You may have surfed the Web Sunday. If you did, then you also probably noticed about the rumors of a Facebook phone. Facebook states it is not true. A Facebook phone supported by 500,000 Facebook members to rival Apple’s iPhone and Android phones seems like a clear development within the midst of the craze over Smartphone’s. But in spite of Google’s world domination, the Nexus One quickly faded into oblivion. Microsoft had a worse destiny. Its Kin was worse off. Facebook previously looked into getting a Facebook phone. Right now, it completely denies building a phone though. Many think that a Facebook phone is unnecessary which is why it would not do well. Numerous think that Facebook should be working on the little things before getting its own development platform. For instance, many think Facebook should work on its apps on all Smartphone’s.
Possibility of a Facebook phone
The Facebook phone story first broke on 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 speculates that a Facebook phone would be affordable and fully integrated to Facebook to the point where a user could call a friend’s name, rather than a phone number.
Facebook rumor
Facebook getting a cell phone is just one rumor. There have been many more hitting the company lately. Facebook said to CNET that it is more interested in integrating with Smartphone’s rather than making their own. CNN reports that Facebook is well-known for leaking ideas, but the company either scraps them outright or pursues a completely different tangent. There was never set forth the music service that is supposed to compete with MySpace music that was expected to emerge have gossips 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.
No competition from Facebook
A Facebook phone doesn’t make good sense, according to John C. Abell at Wired. The thought of a Facebook cell phone is ridiculous. Abell claims it is “the tail wagging the dog”. He writes that Smartphone users won’t pass on the power and versatility of an iPhone or Android handset for the purpose of Facebook immersion with a branded handset. Developing Facebook applications is what Robert Scobe at Business Insider thinks Facebook should do. He talks about all the deficiencies the cell phone would have. . The only thing that Facebook has that other companies don’t have are 500,000 users that check in daily.
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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/
