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

Facebook Phone

Posted: 05/28/2012 9:01 am

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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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. ...
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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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.
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Saumya Shrivastava
Broke is only temporary; poor is a state of mind
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.
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Fan Tastic
Conservative starts with "CON"
02:46 AM on 05/29/2012
... a facebook phone - that's gotta suck!
lurkinman
Clear thinking is best served non-partisan
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.
02:13 PM on 05/28/2012
That's their big idea, a phone? Lame.
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slocomgp
Reality has a liberal bias........
12:20 PM on 05/28/2012
Face Book is having a bad month, maybe June will be better or maybe not.
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imusintheevening
With,without,who'll deny it's whatthe fights about
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!!!
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CabCurious
let's be honest
12:12 PM on 05/28/2012
Greed and arrogance will destroy the FB brand.
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Ponderus
Enriched with lanolin.
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.
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JC Boomer
The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery
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.
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kevinbr38
Give Me A Pig Foot....
11:27 AM on 05/28/2012
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Facebook is on it's way out.
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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
Clear thinking is best served non-partisan
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.
02:13 PM on 05/28/2012
Yay
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trumbull desi
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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.
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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.
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11:38 AM on 05/28/2012
That is typical of nearly all fb threads. And has been for a couple of years now.
12:04 PM on 05/28/2012
Facebook's target demographic isn't exactly reading the news, either.
11:11 AM on 05/28/2012
Just what I need. 400 voice messages from "friends".
11:10 AM on 05/28/2012
How about a chain of Facebook restaurants instead?
12:05 PM on 05/28/2012
Facebook snorkel gear.