The Facebook Phone

#1

Post by drpancake » Fri, Jul 29, 2011, 8:43 PM UTC

The Facebook Phone
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Re: The Facebook Phone

#2

Post by rjd » Fri, Jul 29, 2011, 9:05 PM UTC

Vodafones product page for it: http://www.vodafone.com/content/index/about/what/devices/vod...

Re: The Facebook Phone

#3

Post by nosequel » Fri, Jul 29, 2011, 9:15 PM UTC

“We hope to sell millions . . . Anything below millions will be disappointing.”

I think they will be disappointed. I can't name a smart phone where it takes more than about 2 keystrokes to do anything you want on Facebook.

Re: The Facebook Phone

#4

Post by d0ne » Fri, Jul 29, 2011, 9:17 PM UTC

The US version: http://www.htc.com/us/products/status-att

Re: The Facebook Phone

#5

Post by schrototo » Fri, Jul 29, 2011, 9:18 PM UTC

rjd wrote: post #2

Vodafones product page for it: http://www.vodafone.com/content/index/about/what/devices/vod...

Seems like a pretty half-assed product. "Vodafone 555 Blue", really, that's what you're gonna call it?

Anyone remember the Motorola ROKR? Yeah, exactly...

Re: The Facebook Phone

#6

Post by clobber » Fri, Jul 29, 2011, 9:22 PM UTC

schrototo wrote: post #5

rjd wrote: post #2

Vodafones product page for it: http://www.vodafone.com/content/index/about/what/devices/vod...

Seems like a pretty half-assed product. "Vodafone 555 Blue", really, that's what you're gonna call it? Anyone remember the Motorola ROKR? Yeah, exactly...

RAZR, ROKR, RIZR, KRZR, PEBL, SLVR

shudders

Re: The Facebook Phone

#7

Post by nextparadigms » Fri, Jul 29, 2011, 9:22 PM UTC

Any phone can be a Facebook phone.

Re: The Facebook Phone

#8

Post by dpapathanasiou » Fri, Jul 29, 2011, 9:25 PM UTC

This reminds me of the ESPN phone: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/07/21/bodenheimer-jobs

Re: The Facebook Phone

#9

Post by Cherian_Abraham » Fri, Jul 29, 2011, 9:28 PM UTC

Imagine a phone built purely for Facebook, which is built to their specs (low battery usage) and uses half the bandwidth of current smartphones when it comes to updating FB status, uploading pictures etc. Facebook could have a winner in a country like India, where bandwidth still sucks and there is a large FB user population.

A cheap subsidized phone, and maybe even with subsidized bandwidth usage (similar to Amazon Kindle and Sprint) built just for Facebook would be a killer. They could certainly grow their user population beyond a Billion, but the question is whether they could monetize on those users.

Re: The Facebook Phone

#10

Post by omn1 » Fri, Jul 29, 2011, 9:28 PM UTC

It was clear they eventually team up with a phone company when they revealed the new messaging system in November of last year. This is a big step to further establish their platform.

That said I would have expected a device with a bigger display and less buttons. This looks like a business phone to manage your spare time.

I hope this is just a mockup of the homescreen as it features icons that look nearly the same (three icons that could mean "contacts" and two that could be for "messages"). Also browsing the web might not be a great experience.

I think they could have lowered the price tag and make browsing on Facebook free focusing more on ad revenue.