Over the course of the last year there has been many murmurings and whispers of a Facebook phone. Many of the flagship blogs of the Internet thought so with Techcrunch being the source of much of the rumor and speculation. It seems that Facebook was true to it's word and that it wasn't working on a phone or some sort of semi-formed feature phone tiptoe into the industry. Instead it was revealed today that Facebook was working on a version of it's mobile site for over 2,500 feature phones. For many of those living outside the States there are mobile carriers offering free data for the first 90 days from the launch of the site. This mobile app looks to be a gateway drug of sorts for both Facebook and its carrier partners; Facebook gets flip-phone users hooked on Facebook and carriers get customers hooked on data. All good things. The app launches today and will be rolled out in more countries over the next few months. Hopefully, Facebook can start working on an iPad app now that this is under their belts, even though Zuckerberg thinks the iPad isn't mobile.
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Source: http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=483824142130
Cross-posted on CouncilofTubes.net @ http://www.counciloftubes.net/2011/01/so-thats-what-facebook-was-up-to.html
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