. Last year, there were plenty of rumors that Facebook was working on building a phone of its own. Ultimately, a pair of humdrum devices with a simple “Facebook button” ended up hitting the market, and the rumors stopped… until now. On Monday, AllThingsD said it has learned that Facebook is working closely with HTC on a new phone currently codenamed “Buffy.” The device will supposedly run a modified version of Android that, obviously, will put Facebook's services smack in the faces of its users. The two companies are also working to add support so that developers can write HTML5 apps for the phone.
Boy Genius Report, HTC reportedly tapped to build Facebook phone, code-named âBuffy'