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New Facebook-Branded Android Coming?

Posted by timothy on from the oh-did-you-want-those-calls-chronologically? dept.

Earthquake Retrofit writes "The Register reports that 'Facebook has sent out invitations to an event at its Menlo Park headquarters next week that many believe will see the launch of a new, Facebook-branded smartphone...' I have lately become disillusioned with Google having so much power over my phone and the usual privacy concerns, so this announcement means I now have a choice. Oh, wait..."

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  1. Re:So, by ackthpt · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You could ask the same about Facebook itself,yet, hundreds of millions of people seem to want it.

    Go figure.

    And before Facebook there was something called MySpace, which was a worse interface. When Google, or maybe Yahoo, gets their sh*t together, they could come up with a much better interface and kill off Facebook. Honestly, it wouldn't take a lot.

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