A Facebook smartphone? Why?

Release Date 28 Nov, 2011 in The Guardian

A Facebook smartphone? Why? The Guardian - 28 Nov, 2011 At the end of last week's Monday Note, I briefly wondered about the rumoured Amazon smartphone. Would it follow the Kindle Fire strategy: Pick Android's lock and sell the device at or below cost in order to lubricate the wheels of Amazon's e-commerce ...
Enderle: 'A Facebook Phone is Just Plain Stupid' PC Magazine - ‎Nov 26, 2011‎ You know it's bad for Facebook when its rumored "Buffy" phone, arguably still in rumor-mode instead of "we have a working prototype that's on the way soon" mode, is already drawing comparisons to Microsoft's Zune. ...
Sites set on smartphones Boston Herald - ‎Nov 24, 2011‎ Scuttlebutt surrounding new smartphones from two of the Web's biggest companies �" social network Facebook and e-tailer Amazon.com �" is getting more specific, but there may not be enough room in the smartphone market for an entry from ...
	Buffy the Facebook Phone and the Walmartization of the Web The Atlantic - ‎Nov 24, 2011‎ Facebook's new phone is just one more step in the big box phase of the internet. This week, the tech world caught word of a phone named "Buffy." AllThingsD broke the news that Facebook has signed a deal with Taiwan's HTC to produce ...
A Facebook phone is doomed, doomed, doomed CBS News - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎ COMMENTARY The latest phone rumor craze? The Facebook phone, thank you very much. Chatter about a Facebook branded phone that heavily integrates the company's services into a handset has been around since at least 2009. But the most recent round of ...
Loaded: Facebook's Buffy: The Smartphone Slayer CNETTV - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎ Amazon is selling many smartphones for just a penny through Cyber Monday, Microsoft uses bacon to entice potential employees to its Kinect for Windows group, and Facebook may be working on a smartphone with HTC codenamed Buffy after the TV show.
Report: Facebook making phone, code-named 'Buffy' CNN International - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎ (Mashable) -- Facebook is working with HTC to develop a phone that has a much deeper integration with the social network than any previous "Facebook phone." That's according to a report from All Things D, which says the phone ...
HTC And Facebook Working On Facebook Phone ? Gadget Helpline (blog) - 28 Nov, 2011 The world's largest social network Facebook could be planning to launch a phone �" apparently it's already working with HTC to develop the phone which is 12 to 18 months away from hitting stores, according to All Things D. The new phone will have much ...
How a 'Facebook Phone' Could Help Facebook Break Into Mobile Apps [VIDEO] Mashable - 28 Nov, 2011 According to (unconfirmed) reports, Facebook is working with HTC to develop a phone that has a much deeper integration with the social network than any previous “Facebook phone.” On Friday, Mashable's Christina Warren joined CNN in Atlanta to assess ...
Facebook phone? No thanks ITworld.com - 28 Nov, 2011 A Facebook phone would entwine the social network too deeply into your life, privacy, and everyday tasks. November 27, 2011, 7:55 AM �" Once again, a Facebook phone is the talk of the tech world, despite Mark Zuckerberg's insistence that his company is ...
	Facebook phone, code-named 'Buffy,' is in the works MacVideo.tv - ‎Nov 26, 2011‎ Facebook is working with HTC to build an Android-based smartphone with Facebook social networking services at its core, according to a report. The phone, code-named "Buffy," would run a version of Android that's altered heavily by Facebook, ...
Is Facebook bringing the HTC smartphone into the mix going to work in this ... Mobile bloom News - ‎Nov 26, 2011‎ It looks like Facebook isn't only worried about how many millions of members they have worldwide, or whether or not you downloaded the new version of the Facebook mobile app. The company announced this week they would be partnering up with HTC to bring ...
	Why a Facebook phone is doomed to be the next Zune Digitaltrends.com - ‎Nov 26, 2011‎ As HTC and Facebook pursue building a phone together, they both risk alienating far more important partners �" a lesson they should have picked up from Microsoft's Zune fiasco. In the list of bad ideas, the rumored “Facebook phone” (which will ...
	Facebook phone coming in April, will look like iOS app Phone Mantra - ‎Nov 25, 2011‎ A few days ago, All Things D confirmed that Facebook was indeed working on building a 'Facebook Phone', currently codenamed Buffy. The device was to be manufactured by HTC and run on a heavily customised version of Google Android with deep FB ...
Facebook Developing 'Buffy' Smartphone? DigitalVersus - ‎Nov 25, 2011‎ Just over a year after the first rumours of a Facebook smartphone hit the web, the hype machine is back in action. The latest rumours suggest that Facebook is looking to team up with HTC on a Facebook Phone codenamed 'Buffy', boasting deep integration ...
Facebook and HTC Team Up for New Smartphone Newspanel (blog) - ‎Nov 25, 2011‎ Facebook has connected with HTC to create the new frontier in the smartphone industry. HTC is a Taiwan-based smartphone manufacturer which is just new in the smartphone competition. However, HTC has really made a name when it popularized the use of ...
How Will Facebook's Buffy Phone Look? There's An App For That MocoNews - ‎Nov 25, 2011‎ Facebook has not approached anything resembling a confirmation of the reports that it is developing its own phone with HTC, code-named “Buffy”, but it seems that insiders' chins have begun to wag anyway. The latest detail: how the phone will look. ...
Will the rumoured Facebook phone, “Buffy”, succeed? Campaign Asia-Pacific - ‎Nov 24, 2011‎ GLOBAL �" While rumours of the “official” Facebook phone have been in the wind for years, the tech industry seems convinced it is being built by HTC. But can this new entry, codenamed "Buffy", ...
	Facebook Wanted To Give The Facebook Phone Away For Free Business Insider - ‎Nov 24, 2011‎ Two sources close to people who have worked on Facebook's phone told us that executives wanted to design and build the gadget in-house and then give the thing away for free. Facebook hoped to make the money back through advertising. ...
	This Is What The Facebook Phone's Operating System Looks Like Business Insider - ‎Nov 24, 2011‎ If you have, you probably have the same question we had when we read them: What will the OS look like? This answer to this question is probably already on your iPhone. A source close to people who actually worked on Facebook's project tells us that ...
	The Facebook Phone Might Come As Soon As April Business Insider - ‎Nov 24, 2011‎ In their excellent reporting on Facebook's secret phone project, All Things D reporter Ina Fried and Liz Gannes say the first phone from the social networking company is "a ways from hitting the market, potentially as long as 12 to 18 months. ...
	Facebook and HTC Working Together for the release of the Ultimate Facebook Phone Empowered News - ‎Nov 24, 2011‎ According to a report from All Things D, Facebook is working with HTC to produce a phone that deeply integrates with the social network. Facebook is referring to a new phone, much different from the previous Facebook phone. Further, sources said that ...
Facebook to Release Social Smartphone 'Buffy'? Kozmedia News - ‎Nov 24, 2011‎ If the rumors are anything to go by, then soon a Facebook Phone will be made available to one and all. And the rumors are anything but a word of mouth, the social networking giant ...
Is a Facebook smartphone something consumers would be interested in? Mobile bloom News - ‎Nov 24, 2011‎ After a considerable amount of speculation we now know that Facebook is gearing up to release its own mobile phone, codenamed Buffy. The Facebook phone will run off of a heavily modified version of Google's Android OS while also providing developers ...
Facebook Is Developing An Integrated HTC Smartphone PSFK - ‎Nov 24, 2011‎ Facebook is finally entering the mobile phone business after recently selecting the Taiwanese manufacturer HTC to build an integrated smartphone. Code-named “Buffy”, after the vampire slayer, the device is going ...
Facebook's phone project is built on social software Washington Post - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎ We've told you already about Buffy, the phone Facebook is reportedly releasing sometime in 2012 or 2013. We've learned this morning that Buffy started out as Slayer, a highly controversial project within Facebook's walls that led to more than one ...
The Facebook Phone: Why Would You Want One? All Things Digital - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎ The loudest responses to our recent series on Facebook's work on a social mobile operating system code-named “Buffy” have not been “Ooh, I want one!” Instead, they've been more along the lines of: “Why would I let creepy Facebook into my pocket! ...