Thursday, April 25, 2013

At last, the Facebook phone has been unveiled, except its not really a phone, its more of a suite of apps with a launcher.

Besides, Social Networking, theres some data out there that indicates nobody really wanted a full-blown Facebook phone anyhow. Now the folks at Twitter also seem to be looking at the idea of getting in on the smartphone super-app game.

With that in mind, I present the below (tongue-in-cheek) gallery of six more social network phones well likely never see and the tragic flaws for each that keep them off the market.

The long-awaited Facebook phone turned out not to be a phone at all. Heres a look at six other social network-based phones well likely never get our hands on.

Eric MackCrave freelancer Eric Mack is a writer, radio producer,new york asian escort and podcaster based in Taos, N.M., but he lives in Google+. Hes also managing editor of Crowdsourcing.org and has written e-books on both Alaska and Android. E-mail Eric.

The way I see it, even our most popular social networks just dont lend themselves to the hardware game. They each have their unique personality traits and character flaws that make them less than ideal caSix social network phones well never see Social Networkingndidates for taking over the heart and soul of our most closely held mobile gadget.

The HTC ChaCha was the first Facebook phone nobody cared about.

Social networks have been able to infiltrate most aspects of our lives so r without having to entangle themselves in the messy business of designing or a hardware product, so why start now? Indeed, Facebook seems to have decided it makes more sense to take a similar invasive approach with smartphones, opting to simply dig itself deeper into the mobile OS rather than reinvent the wheel.

Amazon asks users for feedback on new show pilots, Twitter dabbles with the TV business, and Google launches app for donations.

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