Facebook (
FB) on Thursday sent out invitations for a press event that promised to show off the company’s “new home on Android,” which naturally led to fresh speculation about the company’s intention to produce its own
Facebook-centric smartphone.
Unnamed sources have told 9t5Google that Facebook plans to show off its own modified version of the Android operating system, a move that’s similar to the way Amazon (
AMZN) has heavily modified Android for its own Kindle Fire HD tablets.
9to5Google’s sources also indicate that Facebook is working with HTC (
2498) to
produce a smartphone based on Facebook’s modified Android that will be sold “as a lifestyle brand, not specifically for its hardware or software.”
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