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A great Facebook app can’t beat a true Facebook Phone

Chris Davies, May 28th 2012 Discuss [5]

Every few months, the Facebook Phone saga resurfaces with talk of a dedicated social device range, and as night follows day comes the suggestion that “a great Facebook app is all they need.” All things being equal, it’s a good argument: rather than step outside of the comfort zone of software development and attempt to figure the complexities of radio chipsets, mobile processors and carrier deals, Zuckerberg & Co. could focus on keeping the existing Facebook apps at the top of their game across iOS, Android and Windows Phone. Problem is, in the mobile market today, all things are certainly not equal.

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INQ Mobile’s First Attempt At Facebook Phone

Rue Liu, Feb 9th 2011 Discuss [0]

Facebook has been denying rumors that they are preparing a self-branded phone to compete with Apple and Google. Instead, they say their horizontal approach is focused on developing deeper integration of their social platform into all types of phones by forming partnerships with cellphone manufacturers. One of their partners, INQ Mobile, has just given a sneak peak of a pre-production Android-based phone that is deeply Facebook integrated. Read The Full Story

INQ Cloud Touch Could be the Facebook Phone

Evan Selleck, Jan 11th 2011 Discuss [2]

The Facebook phone has kind of dropped off the radar recently, especially with Facebook having a pair of announcements not too long ago, and none of them revealing a phone that integrates Facebook in a new and bold way. According to the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG)'s recently filing, dating back to December 23rd, 2010, it looks like the rumors about the Facebook phone are going to pick up speed again, as a new device from INQ has popped up. Read The Full Story

The Daily Slash: September 23rd 2010

Evan Selleck, Sep 23rd 2010 Discuss [0]

Welcome to tonight's edition of The Daily Slash. Tonight, in our story from around the Web, it looks like the 3D in the home market is about to get interesting, with the possibility of cheaper 3D glasses being introduced. And then, as usual, we'll take a spin through the R3 Media Network of sites and see what's going on. So, let's get right into it. Read The Full Story

INQ Facebook phone: Spotify bundle & cloud sync?

Chris Davies, Sep 23rd 2010 Discuss [0]

We guessed the latest batch of Facebook phone rumors from this morning wouldn't be the last we'd hear about the supposed INQ mobile/Facebook collaboration, and on cue a new set of tidbits have arrived. GigaOm have been piecing together their own sources and have fleshed things out a little: they say Bloomberg's H1 2011 timescale is over-confident but that the first network to see the Facebook phone will be Hutchinson's 3, likely with a Spotify bundle in tow. While they reiterate that the vaunted AT&T deal hasn't been finalized yet, they also say that, if Spotify manage their predicted December US launch, access could also be bundled on the AT&T version of the smartphone(s). They also go on to mix in some speculation about the hardware itself, though it's tricky to work out exactly where the leaks end and the wishful-thinking begins. A stripped-down "thin" Android build is the underlying OS, with Facebook an HTML5 layer on top; your Facebook login details trigger an auto-sync, pulling in contacts, calendar and multimedia. Read The Full Story

Two INQ Mobile Facebook phones tipped for 2011 debut

Chris Davies, Sep 23rd 2010 Discuss [0]

The Facebook phone rumors refuse to die, and now Bloomberg has chimed in with its own "three people familiar with the matter." According to those unnamed sources, Facebook has been working with INQ Mobile on not one but two smartphones, which will see a European release in the first half of 2011 and potentially an AT&T debut in July or August that year. However, Facebook apparently "hasn't decided" if it will be putting its brand on the handsets. According to one of the sources, the two new phones will each run Android; one will be a full-touchscreen device, while the other will have a hardware QWERTY keyboard and a touchscreen. INQ confirmed they were looking at shifting to Android in September last year, as well as more unusual form-factors and even flexible displays, though have yet to actually unveil any such devices. Read The Full Story

INQ Mobile confirm Android intent; considering “wrap-around” and flexible screens

Chris Davies, Sep 11th 2009 Discuss [0]

INQ Mobile may be best known right now for their budget social networking phones, the imminent Chat 3G and Mini 3G, but they also have plans for Android and more distinctive form-factors. Speaking at the Mobilize Conference yesterday - the same event at which Motorola announced their CLIQ Android handset - company CEO Frank Meehan revealed that "[INQ Mobile] will do some pretty cool things on Android". Meehan declined to go into specific detail at the event as to what exactly those "pretty cool things" might be, but he did suggest that non-standard form-factors may be high on INQ's agenda. "Device design is something we really focus on," he told Om Malik, "and [we're] looking beyond QWERTY and touch to wrap-around and flexible screens." Read The Full Story

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