Facebook Reportedly Partnering With INQ Mobile for Facebook Phones
Bloombergreports that Facebook is working with INQ Mobile on two smartphones. Bloomberg says AT&T will be the carrier for the phones. The phones will launch in Europe in the first half of 2011 and in the U.S. in the second half. 25% of Facebook's users log on using wireless devices, but it isn't clear why Facebook thinks this users need a Facebook phone, when a Facebook app would suffice. Many Facebook users log on with laptops, but Facebook isn't planning on launching a Facebook laptop. Bloomberg says Facebook has not yet decided if it will used the Facebook name on the INQ phones.
Michael Arrington has an interview here with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the possibility of a Facebook phone.