Facebook Is Not Developing Secret Android Phone

According to the Business Insider, Facebook is secretly developing a mobile phone using Google's open-source Android operating system. With some 150 million mobile users, is Facebook really looking to grab its share of face time with a more social mobile experience by releasing their own handheld device?

"Facebook is "for sure" using Google's Android operating system as the basis for its phone software, according to a plugged-in Silicon Valley source." - Dan Frommer wrote for Business Insider

This grand "Face-phone" rumor began when TechCrunch posted a report that Facebook staffer Joe Hewitt was working on the stealthy mobile OS. Hewitt is credited with creating all of Facebook’s iPhone web apps and native applications. 

"Two high level Facebook employees – Joe Hewitt and Matthew Papakipos – are said to be secretly working on the project, which is unknown even to most Facebook staff." - TechCrunch wrote.

But that rumor skid to an abrupt halt when Facebook spokesperson Jaime Schopflin released an official statement to Mashable, publicly denying that the social networking giant is creating a "Facebook phone."

"Facebook is not building a phone [...] building phones is just not what we do," Schopflin said.

According to Jaime Schopflin, the company is not, in fact, developing its own mobile device. Consider this rumor smashed.

[Mashable]