Facebook Said To Be Developing Phone With HTC

Posted by timothy on Tuesday November 22, 2011 @03:13AM from the hey-the-weasels-said-the-words-first dept.

ProbablyJoe writes "AllThingsD is running a series of stories this week about a possible new Facebook phone, codenamed 'Buffy.' The phone is said to be in development by HTC, who collaborated with Facebook earlier this year for the Salsa and ChaCha/Status phones, which both had physical Facebook buttons, and a degree of integration with the social network. While these rumors have been going around for quite a while, the article contains some new information, and neither Facebook or HTC are denying the rumors. The phone will be based on Android, but like Amazon's Kindle Fire, will be heavily modified to integrate with Facebook, potentially using Facebook's HTML5 platform. While we're unlikely to see any official announcements or releases any time soon, Facebook are eager to compete with Google and Apple, and are likely to want a phone of their own on shelves as soon as possible."

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Privacy! by TaoPhoenix · 2011-11-22 03:14 · Score: 5, Insightful

Oh neat.
Two of the most privacy-destroying forces joined together!

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I'm looking forward to... by Chrisq · 2011-11-22 03:23 · Score: 5, Insightful

I'm looking forward to having a private conversation with my doctor or lawyer posted into all my friends voicemail boxes due to an unannounced "improvement" in the phone's security profiles.
Re:Buffy? by Oswald+McWeany · 2011-11-22 03:59 · Score: 5, Funny

The only connection it will have with vampires is that it will suck.

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