Automotive heads-up displays are a recent fad that has been well received. With technology becoming faster more reliable, the use and acceptance of technology…
‘Buffy’ stabs at the heart of Facebook phones
Users have been bombarded with “Facebook” phones this year. Most of them, with the Vodafone 555 blue as a prime example, were pretty standard devices barring a couple of tweaks which gave users a direct path to the social network. AllThingsDigital now claims that Facebook itself is looking to make a mobile phone. Codenamed “Buffy” (after the vampire slayer played by Sarah Michelle Geller), the project is reportedly a collaboration between the social networking giant and Taiwanese manufacturer, HTC.
According to AllThingsD, the phone is planned to run on a version of Android heavily tweaked by Facebook for better integration of its services. The phone is also reported to use HTML5 as a platform for its apps, say sources familiar with the project.
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