wraggster
September 24th, 2012, 22:06
Social network focused on being a hub for games on all mobile platforms
Facebook is not developing its own mobile hardware, the social network giant has told Develop.
When asked whether there were any plans for a Facebook phone to help expand its website as a games service and take advantage of its enormous userbase, developer advocate Simon Cross said unequivocally “there is no Facebook phone”.
Facebook has been rumoured to be working on its own mobile hardware for a number of years, but Cross insisted that the company was focused on making the social network a hub for gaming on all mobile devices.
He said the company was looking to leverage its 500 million mobile users to support developers and games on both iOS and Android, and as previously announced had driven 170 million users to the App Store and Google play in July alone.
When asked whether Facebook was concerned about driving users away from the site’s own games to other devices, Cross said this simply wasn’t the case.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/42052/Facebook-phone-not-in-the-works
Facebook is not developing its own mobile hardware, the social network giant has told Develop.
When asked whether there were any plans for a Facebook phone to help expand its website as a games service and take advantage of its enormous userbase, developer advocate Simon Cross said unequivocally “there is no Facebook phone”.
Facebook has been rumoured to be working on its own mobile hardware for a number of years, but Cross insisted that the company was focused on making the social network a hub for gaming on all mobile devices.
He said the company was looking to leverage its 500 million mobile users to support developers and games on both iOS and Android, and as previously announced had driven 170 million users to the App Store and Google play in July alone.
When asked whether Facebook was concerned about driving users away from the site’s own games to other devices, Cross said this simply wasn’t the case.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/42052/Facebook-phone-not-in-the-works