It’ll Be A Miracle If The Facebook Phone Doesn’t Suck

TechCrunch:

Here we go again: Facebook is apparently trying for the third time to get its phone project off the ground — snatching up iOS design and engineering talent left and right Nick Bilton is hearing.

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Comments

[Flight]

06:04 PM on 05/29/2012

Sorry for the dumb@$$ who buys one. You think your private data is already compromised with just an account....wait until they get folks on their phones and then there will be more they can track and sell about you for money in Zberg's pockets.

[Saumya Shrivastava]

07:51 AM on 05/29/2012

Here is a concept of what the rumored phone might look like.
http://liveoncampus.com/wire/show/3383886
Facebook phone could allow users to more seamlessly send messages, post updates
Many tech bloggers believe such a move would be a bad idea for Facebook.

[Fan Tastic]

02:46 AM on 05/29/2012

... a facebook phone - that's gotta suck!

[lurkinman]

03:08 PM on 05/28/2012

Facebook hasn't done anything really customer-friendly innovative in years. Now they think they can create a new phone everyone will rush to? Especially since the main priority of it will be forcing ads on the users, probably that you can't avoid. After all, that's the one and only business that Facebook is in - ad distribution.

[Drugs not Hugs]

02:13 PM on 05/28/2012

That's their big idea, a phone? Lame.

[slocomgp]

12:20 PM on 05/28/2012

Face Book is having a bad month, maybe June will be better or maybe not.

[imusintheevening]

12:15 PM on 05/28/2012

FLMAO

I can't think of a better admission that their core business will not support their lofty valuation.

SHORT!!!

[CabCurious]

12:12 PM on 05/28/2012

Greed and arrogance will destroy the FB brand.

[Ponderus]

11:57 AM on 05/28/2012

All hat, no cattle.

Zucks invented and an electronic bulletin board, and tried to pass it off as a product.

[JC Boomer]

11:47 AM on 05/28/2012

FB should stick to developing software and let other manufacturers develop the hardware. With the technology changing so rapidly I find it hard to see how they can keep up.

[kevinbr38]

11:27 AM on 05/28/2012

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Facebook is on it's way out.

[Andy Osinski]

11:37 AM on 05/28/2012

Don't say that!!!!!!
How will I ever keep in touch with my 3,187 friends (whoever they REALLY are)?
What will I do in my spare time if I can't plant pretend corn on my pretend farm???
I may have to re-learn how to talk to people face to face and (shudder) may actually have to go outdoors.

[lurkinman]

03:10 PM on 05/28/2012

Can you imagine this thing's notification sound going off like every 10 seconds? It'd be only a matter of hours before most buyers will be running over the thing with their cars.

[Drugs not Hugs]

02:13 PM on 05/28/2012

Yay

[trumbull desi]

11:24 AM on 05/28/2012

Oh sure. I want Mark Zuckerburg knowing every phone call I make a receive. Not. Going. To. Happen.

[AlonzoQuijana]

11:24 AM on 05/28/2012

Telling that a story on FB gets only 21 comments after a few hours. FB is becoming less and less relevant.

[konspikuous]

11:38 AM on 05/28/2012

That is typical of nearly all fb threads. And has been for a couple of years now.

[Kvothe]

12:04 PM on 05/28/2012

Facebook's target demographic isn't exactly reading the news, either.

[westcoastprog]

11:11 AM on 05/28/2012

Just what I need. 400 voice messages from "friends".

[westcoastprog]

11:10 AM on 05/28/2012

How about a chain of Facebook restaurants instead?

[Kvothe]

12:05 PM on 05/28/2012

Facebook snorkel gear.