your defense of Google's advertising tactics has completely disintegrated.
A "stripped-down version of Android" in the same vain as Amazon's? No thanks.
Even worse, Facebook will be collecting a lot of data from its phone users, which is really concerning.
At least it's designed by Americans. I'm all for people using Amazon or Facebook products over Korean and Taiwanese products from Samsung, LG, and HTC.
Isn't it a new home screen / launcher for Android, replacing HTC Sense or Samsung Touchwiz? Not a phone as such.
This could be a killer launcher app for Teens and Grandparents, and sell tons of Android phones and tablets.
Facebook is still the second most trafficked website after only Google according to alexa or whatever the web traffic website is called.
If they're not on Facebook, what are they on?
so true.
Apple is the only one now who isn't taking our information and selling it off to the world through ads to data mining companies
I suspect Apple has slowed down its roll-out of new products temporarily to catch its breath but also to slow down competitors who do nothing but copy Apple ideas ahead of the drop-dead date for getting new products ready for the Christmas season. It's a smart move on both counts. Get your competitors to commit to older tech and then leap forward.
People are already becoming restless and wanting to leave. The only reason people are still on Facebook is because everyone else is a member. This would have sold a ton around 2008-2009.
TechCrunch
With deeper control of a modified operating system would come huge opportunities to collect data on its users. Facebook knows that who you SMS and call are important indicators of who your closest friends are. Its own version of Android could give it that info, which could be used to refine everything from what content you're shown in the news feed to which friends faces are used in ads you see.
They are on Tumblr. They still use Facebook to communicate, but Tumblr is the main time suck.