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Facebook seems to be secretly planning on giving us a surprise: its own smartphone. Although the social networking site shrugged off similar reports published in TechCrunch, reliable sources over there say that Facebook is working on an OS and UI and has booked a third party manufacturer to build the phone.
Apparently, the constant progress of Apple iOS and Google Android is making Facebook wonder if its apps will be enough to keep up with the competition. Backed by 500 million loyal users, the worlds most popular social networking site is looking to consolidate its position further by deeply amalgamating itself into core phone functions. Plans are even on to change the way users approve or decline their friend requests.
The sources say that Facebook has put its two highest-level employees, Joe Hewitt and Matthew Papakipos, to work on the development to integrate the social networking features into users contact lists. Hewitt had previously worked with the original team that created Firefox and was working on Parakey, a web-based OS, before Facebook bought it in 2007. Since then, he has developed all of Facebooks iPhone web apps and native apps. Papikos holds credit to working on the Google Chrome OS before Facebook caught his fancy this year.
Speculations are on that Facebook is initially planning on an affordable phone, with the main intention being to bring people closer to their Facebook accounts.
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Apparently, the constant progress of Apple iOS and Google Android is making Facebook wonder if its apps will be enough to keep up with the competition. Backed by 500 million loyal users, the worlds most popular social networking site is looking to consolidate its position further by deeply amalgamating itself into core phone functions. Plans are even on to change the way users approve or decline their friend requests.
The sources say that Facebook has put its two highest-level employees, Joe Hewitt and Matthew Papakipos, to work on the development to integrate the social networking features into users contact lists. Hewitt had previously worked with the original team that created Firefox and was working on Parakey, a web-based OS, before Facebook bought it in 2007. Since then, he has developed all of Facebooks iPhone web apps and native apps. Papikos holds credit to working on the Google Chrome OS before Facebook caught his fancy this year.
Speculations are on that Facebook is initially planning on an affordable phone, with the main intention being to bring people closer to their Facebook accounts.