Facebook is not — repeat NOT — developing a mobile phone, a company representative told TechNewsWorld Wednesday, trying to waylay the latest rumor that the social media giant might be looking to add a new identity — “Phonebook,” perhaps? — to its mega-popular worldwide brand. The latest gossip — that HTC will launch two such phones at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona — was reported by City A.M. Wednesday. Google’s Android operating system might display Facebook messages and home-screen news feeds, the report claimed.
Facebook Once Again Hangs Up on Phone Rumors
Posted by: Mike Martin January 26, 2011 02:00 PMFacebook is not — repeat NOT — developing a mobile phone, a company representative told TechNewsWorld Wednesday, trying to waylay the latest rumor that the social media giant might be looking to add a new identity — “Phonebook,” perhaps? — to its mega-popular worldwide brand. The latest gossip — that HTC will launch two such phones at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona — was reported by City A.M. Wednesday. Google’s Android operating system might display Facebook messages and home-screen news feeds, the report claimed.