A shop attendant arranges sample HTC smartphones at a mobile phone shop in Taipei
"The model would be called Buffy and would be made in conjunction with the Taiwanese company HTC. It is expected that you incorporate technology in the social network, on the basis of a modified version of the operating system Android."Specialized page AllThingsDigital reported that Facebook would develop its own smartphone and anticipated that it would have reached an agreement with HTC to make the phone. The team would be called Buffy and incorporated the technology of the social network in the heart of the device. As for the operating system, web site reported that it would be a modified version of Android, adapted to integrate all the services of Facebook.
According to AllThingsDigital, Mark Zuckerberg held talks with Samsung for the manufacture of the phone but in the end was drawn by HTC, whose cellular sauce and Chachacha integrate specific buttons for Facebook.
Buffy not only have direct access to the social network, but will also incorporate all the technology.In this sense, a spokesman for the page not confirmed the rumor but indicated that their strategy is simple mobile: "We believe that all devices are better if you have a social character".