Facebook Phone Design

Facebook Phone Design

If you keep reading the info and news from the world of technology, you’re probably aware the Mark Zuckerberg and co are working on a Facebook Phone, I mean a REAL phone, not only a handset made by some other company. We’ve already had the HTC Salsa and ChaCha with Facebook buttons, but what will the real FB phone look like? Maybe something like Bob Freking’s idea:

I’m certain that the Facebook blue printed on the back of the device is a special color flavour, that we’ll only find on this device. Let’s call it “Facebook Blue”, but the real delight is the front side. The handset integrates Instagram with LYTRO and seems to run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, judging by the upper and lower side of the screen. To me this looks like a full touch smartphone with a 4.5 to 4.8 inch screen, most likely a HD one, although one wouldn’t necesarilly need 720p resolution to socialize.
If Facebook wants to keep the cost down, they’ll make a handset with great performance, cheap components, decent camera and great battery. So, a qHD display, 8MP camera with the latest and most affordable technology available (maybe from Sony?), a dual core CPU (Snapdragon S4 or TI OMAP) and 4G LTE connectivity. Would you buy this Facebook Phone?

[Thanks Bob Freking]source

Facebook Phone Design

Facebook Phone Design

If you keep reading the info and news from the world of technology, you’re probably aware the Mark Zuckerberg and co are working on a Facebook Phone, I mean a REAL phone, not only a handset made by some other company. We’ve already had the HTC Salsa and ChaCha with Facebook buttons, but what will the real FB phone look like? Maybe something like Bob Freking’s idea:

I’m certain that the Facebook blue printed on the back of the device is a special color flavour, that we’ll only find on this device. Let’s call it “Facebook Blue”, but the real delight is the front side. The handset integrates Instagram with LYTRO and seems to run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, judging by the upper and lower side of the screen. To me this looks like a full touch smartphone with a 4.5 to 4.8 inch screen, most likely a HD one, although one wouldn’t necesarilly need 720p resolution to socialize.
If Facebook wants to keep the cost down, they’ll make a handset with great performance, cheap components, decent camera and great battery. So, a qHD display, 8MP camera with the latest and most affordable technology available (maybe from Sony?), a dual core CPU (Snapdragon S4 or TI OMAP) and 4G LTE connectivity. Would you buy this Facebook Phone?

[Thanks Bob Freking]source

Facebook smartphone release data

Facebook smartphone to be 'released next year'

Social networking giant Facebook is to launch its own smartphone by next year, reports have suggested.

The New York Times cited unnamed sources, including Facebook employees, suggesting that the network had been hiring several smartphone engineers.
Facebook recently admitted it was struggling to make money out of its growing mobile audience.
The company, which recently floated on the stock market, has also just launched its own mobile app store.
The App Center currently offers links to Facebook-enabled apps within Apple's iOS and Google Android stores but developers will soon be able to write apps to be placed exclusively in Facebook's store.
According to the New York Times, Facebook has hired experts who worked on the iPhone and other smartphones.
It quoted a Facebook employee as saying the site's founder Mark Zuckerberg was "worried that if he doesn't create a mobile phone in the near future... Facebook will simply become an app on other mobile platforms".
Mobile money A Facebook smartphone has reportedly been in the works for some time.
In 2010, Techcrunch reported that Facebook was "secretly" building a smartphone - although this particular project is said to have broken down.
The company's desire to enter the smartphone market could be a result of increasing pressure to improve the potential of mobile to make money.
In a statement for potential investors ahead of its initial public offering earlier this month, the company admitted it had concerns about more users accessing Facebook through their mobile - a trend which could make it more difficult to sell advertising.

When asked by the BBC, a spokeswoman for Facebook said the company did not comment on speculation, and referred instead to a written statement.
"Our mobile strategy is simple: we think every mobile device is better if it is deeply social," the statement read.
"We're working across the entire mobile industry; with operators, hardware manufacturers, OS providers, and application developers to bring powerful social experiences to more people around the world."
source

Facebook smartphone release data

Facebook smartphone to be 'released next year'

Social networking giant Facebook is to launch its own smartphone by next year, reports have suggested.

The New York Times cited unnamed sources, including Facebook employees, suggesting that the network had been hiring several smartphone engineers.
Facebook recently admitted it was struggling to make money out of its growing mobile audience.
The company, which recently floated on the stock market, has also just launched its own mobile app store.
The App Center currently offers links to Facebook-enabled apps within Apple's iOS and Google Android stores but developers will soon be able to write apps to be placed exclusively in Facebook's store.
According to the New York Times, Facebook has hired experts who worked on the iPhone and other smartphones.
It quoted a Facebook employee as saying the site's founder Mark Zuckerberg was "worried that if he doesn't create a mobile phone in the near future... Facebook will simply become an app on other mobile platforms".
Mobile money A Facebook smartphone has reportedly been in the works for some time.
In 2010, Techcrunch reported that Facebook was "secretly" building a smartphone - although this particular project is said to have broken down.
The company's desire to enter the smartphone market could be a result of increasing pressure to improve the potential of mobile to make money.
In a statement for potential investors ahead of its initial public offering earlier this month, the company admitted it had concerns about more users accessing Facebook through their mobile - a trend which could make it more difficult to sell advertising.

When asked by the BBC, a spokeswoman for Facebook said the company did not comment on speculation, and referred instead to a written statement.
"Our mobile strategy is simple: we think every mobile device is better if it is deeply social," the statement read.
"We're working across the entire mobile industry; with operators, hardware manufacturers, OS providers, and application developers to bring powerful social experiences to more people around the world."
source