Facebook Said To Be Developing Phone With HTC 78
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."
Re:Privacy! (Score:5, Funny)
Buffy the privacy slayer.
Phone for all occasions. (Score:5, Funny)
There are several social networking phones in the works- not just the facebook phone.
Facebook Phone: Invites people to talk to you that you didn't call.
iGoogle Phone: Built in GPS drives you in circles.
Despora Phone: Offers greater security but you need to wait a year after placing the call for the call to go through.
Twitter Phone: Phone only lets you speak a sentence per call and lets anyone hear.
MySpace Phone: No one uses this phone and all phone calls get talked over by "male-enhancement" ads.
Re:Buffy? (Score:5, Funny)
The only connection it will have with vampires is that it will suck.
Re:Joke or bad writing? Both? (Score:4, Funny)
Kristy Swanson bent over a table showing cleavage, holding a Facebook phone with a graphic of dripping blood ... definitely sexual, likely not a joke ...
Fixed it for you.
Re:I'm looking forward to... (Score:5, Funny)
"But you can opt out of this!"
(You just have to slap on your fedora and run through the Temple of Account Settings)