A Facebook-branded phone from HTC Ltd. is not on the way, contrary to rumours, the social media company says.
Citing unnamed sources, London-based financial newspaper City A.M. reported earlier this week that two Facebook phones will be unveiled at the influential Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month.
But on Thursday morning, Dan Rose, head of business development at Facebook, denied the rumours to journalists at an event in London, Reuters reported.
Rose acknowledged that new models were expected from the Taiwanese smartphone maker, but said they were nothing more than devices that integrate Facebook's public application programming interfaces in an "interesting way" and would not be Facebook-branded.
Rumours of a Facebook phone first surfaced last fall, but the company has repeatedly denied plans to enter the smartphone market.
Citing unnamed sources, London-based financial newspaper City A.M. reported earlier this week that two Facebook phones will be unveiled at the influential Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month.
But on Thursday morning, Dan Rose, head of business development at Facebook, denied the rumours to journalists at an event in London, Reuters reported.
Rose acknowledged that new models were expected from the Taiwanese smartphone maker, but said they were nothing more than devices that integrate Facebook's public application programming interfaces in an "interesting way" and would not be Facebook-branded.
Rumours of a Facebook phone first surfaced last fall, but the company has repeatedly denied plans to enter the smartphone market.
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