AT&T May Carry Facebook Phones: Report
PALO ALTO, California (
) --
is working with
INQ Mobile
, a mobile-handset manufacturer, on two smartphones that may be carried by
AT&T
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,
Bloomberg
reports.
The devices, which will feature Facebook's social-networking services, are set to be introduced in Europe in the first half of 2011 and the U.S. in the second half, said a person familiar with the matter,
Bloomberg
reports.
AT&T is still considering whether to carry the phones and hasn't made a deal, another person told
Bloomberg
.
The new phones will run
Google's
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Android operating system and will probably carry the AT&T brand in the U.S.,
Bloomberg
reports.
Facebook hasn't decided whether its name will be used on the phones, a person said,
Bloomberg
reports.
Earlier this week,
from
TechCrunch.com
that it was building a mobile phone.
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