INQ chief executive officer Frank Meehan has some words of advice for Android manufacturers. Instead of focusing on specs and “elite early adopter customers”, start thinking about what the cool kids want. In an no holds barred interview with Mashable at MWC 2011, the CEO explains why the INQ Cloud Touch is built for success despite having a meager 600 MHz processor.
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We’ve got an action packed morning in tech news today, ready to get you through that mid-week crisis. In today’s US Update, we cover the IPTV capabilities of Samsung Smart TVs, look at LG’s Android plans for 2011, dish the latest scoop on the PSP 2 and more.
Word on the street, HTC is prepping two Facebook handsets, set to be unveiled at next month’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. According to British newspaper, City A.M., the Facebook phones run a “tweaked” version of Android, complete with the Facebook logo and coloring. The newspaper was spot on with the Nexus S, could they be right about the Facebook phone?
You wanted it and we got it — the latest in tech news, best known as the US Update. In today’s update we bring it to you fresh with the Verizon iPhone 4 saga, the latest rumblings on the Samsung Galaxy S2 and Vibrant 4G, hop on over to review Sony’s restraining order against Geohot’s jailbreak and more.
Facebook has gone on record to dismiss the idea of the social network releasing their own smartphone. However, a filing over at the Bluetooth SIG for the INQ Cloud Touch, may suggest otherwise. Is this the rumored Facebook phone we’ve been waiting for?
The Facebook Phone rumours from a few months back are about to return in full force with a filing at the Bluetooth SIG revealing a device called the INQ Cloud Touch, an Android smartphone that looks very intriguing indeed. The reason the INQ Cloud Touch looks like the Facebook Phone – a) INQ has form in making social phones and b) it’s described like this in the filing: “An Android smartphone built to make messaging faster and smarter. It’s designed around the way people naturally communicate and has Facebook built into its core. The home screen features multiple entry points to different Facebook functions, while a dynamic widget displays a feed of status updates, albums, videos and photos.” Click the headline and head for the comment to answer this: does that sound like the Facebook Phone to you?
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Facebook has been busy recently. We had Facebook Places in August, big Facebook gaming plans two weeks ago and improvements to Facebook Photos last week. Now there’s yet another Facebook event scheduled for this Wednesday at 10am Palo Alto time (6pm GMT). Facebook hasn’t dropped any hints about what it’ll have to say but we’ve rounded up some theories after the break…
Remember the Facebook Phone rumours and Facebook’s vigorous denial that it’s working on one? Well, Mark Zuckerberg has poked his head out of Facebook HQ to talk about the social network’s mobile plans. He sticks to the position that we’re not going to see a Facebook Phone anytime soon but keeps his options open. And it seems Facebook is planning to delve far deeper into Android that it ever has before…