After denying for years that it is not interested in entering the hardware space, Facebook is indeed working on its own phone, AllThingsD reports. The phone will be manufactured by HTC and will be run on a heavily customized version of Android.
Facebook was apparently tapping both HTC and Samsung but eventually sided with the Taiwanese OEM-turned-smartphone-vendor. It will also support HTML5 as a platform to run Facebook apps and is apparently still 12-18 months from launch.
The project has been in works for about two years but has changed in scope and size. Facebook has earlier partnered with both HTC and Motorola to make smartphones with keys dedicated to Facebook. Recently, it partnered with MediaTek to bring a better Facebook experience to low-cost feature phones.
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