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The Facebook Home disaster

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Re: The Facebook Home disaster

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Post by xpose2000 »

What a horrendous article. There is so much more to the story here.

Sure there are problems with it, but it's not quite a disaster... yet. It's limited to a small group of phones and is only the initial release. The idea is still solid and needs fine tuning.

Even Siegler can see its upside http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/09/htc-first-facebook-home-rev...

Re: The Facebook Home disaster

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Post by dbg31415 »

The thing is... and it's true for Windows Phones or Blackberry Phones... people think of iPhones as the standard. Android is a close runner up, but the others are all distant nobodies. To your average user, another interface is just annoying to learn how to use.

Try giving your mother this phone, see what she says. At this point with the evolution of mobile devices, people are just used to what they have. Could they be improved? Yes. Will they slowly? Yes. Are we all generally happy with what we already have? Yes.

Facebook doesn't need an OS, it needs an App.

Re: The Facebook Home disaster

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Post by jasonkolb »

xpose2000 wrote: post #3

What a horrendous article. There is so much more to the story here. Sure there are problems with it, but it's not quite a disaster... yet. It's limited to a small group of phones and is only the initial release. The idea is still solid and needs fine tuning. Even Siegler can see its upside http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/09/htc-first-facebook-home-rev...

I see what you're saying, but the fact that a $99 phone that's on the market today--in fact the only one offering a heavily-marketed selling point--didn't see enough demand to keep even that low price point.
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