Facebook cell phone gossips spread across the Internet Sunday. Facebook responded. This response came with denial. Apple’s iPhone, Android phones and other Smartphone’s have a great business of competition right now. Facebook joining that with 500,000 supporting Facebook people with a phone would seem sensible. But despite Google’s world domination, the Nexus One quickly faded into oblivion. Worse things happened for Microsoft with its Kin. Facebook has looked into getting a Facebook phone though it declines building the cell phone. Some think that the Facebook cell phone would die off fairly easily since it wouldn’t be needed by numerous. Others say that before Facebook attempts to create its own development platform, it needs for making its Facebook app work better on existing Smartphone platforms.

Facebook phone forecast

There was one place the Facebook cell phone story began. That place was TechCrunch. Michael Arrington wrote that Facebook is secretly building software for a phone and working with a third party manufacturer, just like Apple does with the iPhone. 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, instead of a cell phone number.

Facebook rumor

Facebook has had lots of gossips spread over it recently, such as the Facebook phone. Facebook told CNET that its priority was deeper integration with existing Smartphone’s, not building its own. CNN reports that Facebook is well-known for leaking ideas, however the company either scraps them outright or pursues an entirely different tangent. 2008 was the year when MySpace Music was rumored to have a competitor with Facebook Music. This never really happened though. An additional competitor idea that never happened was “Facebook Wallet.” Facebook was expected to compete against PayPal. A service called Facebook Credits will be added to eBay’s PayPal as a partner with Facebook.

See no competition in Facebook

A Facebook phone doesn’t make sense, according to John C. Abell at Wired. “The tail wagging the dog” is what Abell says the concept of a Facebook cell phone is. 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. Robert Scobe at Business Insider writes that Facebook’s priority should be to develop what is missing from its Facebook apps. He discusses different deficiencies. These contain contacts, photos and video. He also talked about Facebook’s platform. He talked about how the platform needs fixing first. The 500,000 users Facebook has are its only real advantage. The other companies do not have that.

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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/

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