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Re: Facebook Home

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Post by twism » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 8:00 PM UTC

film42 wrote: post #97

The site says $99, however, upon clicking preorder, we see it costs $450 without a contract. AT&T of course says, "*Requires 2-yr contract with qualifying voice and data plans. Activation fee applies." So this cool little idea just got a whole lot more expensive. I say wait for the rom to leak, and then dual boot it on a new Nexus 4. UPDATE: Sorry, I misread, this is just an overlay. Still though, the point still sta…

It isn't a rom. It's a launcher. You can download and install it from Google Play.

Re: Facebook Home

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Post by songgao » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 8:03 PM UTC

Despite the fact that I feel weird about Facebook making a phone, I have to say this page is awesome!

Re: Facebook Home

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Post by wildster » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 8:07 PM UTC

Facebook are trying to do to Android what Google is doing with Chrome to the desktop.

Re: Facebook Home

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Post by jacalata » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 8:08 PM UTC

cb18 wrote: post #98

hackmiester wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If Facebook is your phone's home screen, it is hard to not be "on Facebook" for a second.

It's not hard to not make facebook your home screen.

Is it hard to make facebook your home screen for part of the time? That'd be pretty cool, hit a button to give your phone a huge facelift* as you walk out the office door each evening, or set it to switch automatically at 5pm and back at 9am.

*if you see what I did there.

Re: Facebook Home

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Post by littlemerman » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 8:12 PM UTC

This looks awesome.

Re: Facebook Home

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Post by PavlovsCat » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 8:12 PM UTC

Home? Home is where my heart is. So among other thing, that means it's where facebook isn't.

Ugly on the outside, even more ugly on the inside -- what's not to ignore, until you burn it down?

Re: Facebook Home

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Post by rhp » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 8:12 PM UTC

pc86 wrote: post #91

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

More significantly, how do ensure I don't flash someone's inappropriate party pictures at work?

If your workplace is one that you wouldn't feel comfortable with a quick flash of anything that might be on Facebook, you shouldn't be on Facebook. It's not a sterile environment and you can't control what's there. Either employers will understand that and not care that you're on Facebook during a short break, or they won't understand and will be upset that you're on Facebook in the first place.

His point is that while he's not intentionally on Facebook looking at questionable pictures, it's now on the lock screen of his phone, which he can't avoid if he needs to use it.

Re: Facebook Home

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Post by jakobe » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 8:14 PM UTC

bretthopper wrote: post #3

Regardless of your thoughts on the actual Home product, this product page is incredibly well designed and thought out.

Isn't it weird that there are only girls in the video?

Re: Facebook Home

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Post by throwaway1979 » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 8:15 PM UTC

A variant of this idea was implemented by Motorola on some of their phones (which I used for a few weeks before returning it). I forget what it was called ...motoblur? The concept was pretty neat but it drained battery like nothing else. I wonder what the battery implications of Home are.

Re: Facebook Home

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Post by theprodigy » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 8:15 PM UTC

I think Facebook home won't be disruptive. There is so much more that goes into marketing and selling consumer products.

Home is a good win-win deal for facebook and HTC. Facebook can collect valuable social data from mobile devices and optimize ad delivery for users of that phone. HTC has the ability to use Home as a way to differentiate its phone in a very crowded market where the average consumer sees little differentiation between different smart phones outside of the iphone.