Is Facebook building an Android phone?
Whoa. It looks like TechCrunch is saying that Facebook is secretly working on a phone of its own. Off the bat this sounds like nonsense, but that publication was also the first to break that Google was working on a phone, so you have to at least give it some thought. Specifically, Facebook wants to integrate deeply into the contacts list and other core functions of the phone. It can only do that if it controls the operating system. Two high level Facebook employees – Joe Hewitt and Matthew Papakipos – are said to be secretly working on the project, which is unknown even to most Facebook staff. The publication speculates that it would be a low-end device that could retail for less than $50 (good luck with that one). The goal is to have Facebook as the heart of the device, so you’d click on contact’s names to dial instead of inputting phone numbers. This would also open up mobile for Facebook apps. Over at AlleyInsider, the publication says the social networking company is definitely usi
