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Summary: New INQ Cloud Touch Phone Appears, Has ‘Facebook at its Core’
A filing has been uncovered on the Bluetooth Special Interest Group’s website, providing some details on an as-yet unannounced INQ phone called the Cloud Touch. According to the blurb, the phone will use Android and will have ‘Facebook built into its core’, with ‘multiple entry points to different Facebook functions’ on the homescreen and ‘a dynamic [...]
New INQ Cloud Touch Phone Appears, Has ‘Facebook at its Core’
p styletextalign justifyA filing has been uncovered on the Bluetooth Special Interest Group8217s website, providing some details on an asyet unannounced INQ phone called the Cloud Touch.According to the blurb, the phone will use Android and will have 8216Facebook built into its core8217, with 8216multiple entry points to different Facebook functions8217 on the homescreen and 8216a dynamic widget displaying a feed of status updates, albums, videos and photos8217.pp styletextalign justifyimg classaligncenter sizefull wpimage21335 titleinq cloud touch srchttpblog.dialaphone.co.ukwpcontentuploads201101inqcloudtouch.jpg alt width434 height385 pp styletextalign justifyThis short description makes it very clear that the Cloud Touch could easily be called the Facebook Touch, and it certainly wouldn8217t be the first time the manufacturer has been linked with the social network. It was back in September 2010 when the idea of a Facebook phone was last discussed in earnest, resulting in Mark Zuckerberg giving an interview with emTechCrunchem and denying they were making such a thing.pp styletextalign justifyReading through the interview now does reveal one interesting point, that when the idea of a custom version of Android was floated, Zuckerberg8217s telling response was to deftly avoid the question. The description given for the Cloud Touch does make it sound like it will have a Facebookorientated UI over the top of Android could it have been codeveloped with Facebook themselvespp styletextalign justifyWe8217ve also been expecting a touchscreen Android phone from INQ, ever since they confirmed their future lie solely with this type of device in June last year. Their initial plan was to release a phone during Q4 2010, so a release during Q1 2011 instead wouldn8217t be too far being schedule.Perhaps if the Cloud Touch is almost ready, we will see it at Mobile World Congress next monthpa targetblank relnofollow hrefhttpblog.dialaphone.co.uk20110112newinqcloudtouchphoneappearshasfacebookatitscoreMobile Phone Bloga
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