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The Facebook Phone: If It Comes, Will It Already Be Too Late?

Ina Fried in Mobile on November 22, 2011 at 1:00 pm PT

Buffy could be as much as 18 months from hitting the market — an eternity in tech time. By then, will there still be a market for a more social smartphone?

The Facebook Phone: The “Slayer” That Wasn’t

Liz Gannes in Mobile on November 22, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

Before its current phone project, Facebook had a special ops team that explored building its phone with hardware tightly integrated with software. When it didn’t work out, many from that team left the company.