Mercifully, it seems that
Facebook (
FB) has no plans
to produce its own smartphone. What it is planning,
unnamed sources have told The Wall Street Journal, is “new software for mobile devices powered by Google’s Android operating system that displays content from users’ Facebook accounts on a smartphone’s home screen.” So in contrast to your typical Facebook app that exists as a compact icon that must be clicked to be used, the new Facebook app will act as more of a widget that gives you access to Facebook status updates directly from your home screen. Or as one source tells
The Wall Street Journal, the new initiative is about “putting Facebook first” on Android smartphones.
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