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June 4, 2012

Why a Facebook phone doesn’t stand a chance

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin @ 12:20 am

By Adrian Kingsley-Hughesm, ZDNet

Summary: Perhaps Facebook is using the specter of developing its own handset as leverage against Apple to get its service integrated into iOS? A persistent rumor has resurfaced which suggests that Facebook is planning to build a smartphone. The idea that the social network giant should develop its own smartphone makes no more sense now than it did the first time it was rumored back in 2010. According to the New York Times, Facebook “has already hired more than half a dozen former Apple software and hardware engineers who worked on the iPhone, and one who worked on the iPad”. The reason suggested for this move into hardware — relevance.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/why-a-facebook-phone-doesnt-stand-a-chance/20574?tag=nl.e539

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