Facebook looks to build a smartphone

FACEBOOK looks set to make its third attempt at manufacturing its very own smartphone.
The social network, which faces the perils of being a publicity listed company after its initial public offering(IPO), seems keen to show it has a sure-footed business model and its unhappiness with simply having its Facebook app on other companies' smart phones.
So it has gone out and hired more  than half a dozen former Apple engineers who worked on Apple mobile devices, according to The York Times.
The times reports that people briefed on Facebook is talking about manufacturing a phone just days after rival Google announced it had finalized its deal to buy smartphone maker Motorola Mobility.
Many commentators believe the Google acquisition is primarily about Google gaining a stack of patents, but should Google produce smart phones of its own, it's likely Google+ will be a big part of it.
Of course , it is not the first time Facebook has attempted to build a smartphone.
In November last year The Australian reported that Facebook had joined with Taiwan's HTC to build a customized smartphone powered by Google's Android mobile operating system.
The project, code named "Buffy," was aimed at" deeply" integrating Facebook in a mobile device.