Facebook Phone?

You probably have already heard rumors about a Facebook smartphone. However, according to the columnist of the New York Times, Nick Bilton, the rumors are about to become true. Bilton says that Mark Zuckerberg has been hiring Apple's engineers, who helped to create the iPhone and iPad, to develop the Facebook phone to be launched in 2013.

After the New York Times news, tech sites around the world contacted the Facebook directors, who have only answered " Facebook does not comment on rumors or speculations."

However, the Business Insider also posted news about the Facebook phone a few weeks before the New York Times. The columnist Jay Yarow said "Facebook is building a smartphone in front of us". According to Yarow, Facebook's recent purchases of startups and launch of apps (like 'Camera') is evidence that the company is thinking of a much larger market than social networking.