Samsung and Facebook Collaboration: Working on a Smartphone Together, Another Attempt at a Facebook-Centric Device

Samsung and Facebook Collaboration: Working on a Smartphone Together, Another Attempt at a Facebook-Centric Device

According to The Korea Herald and The Korea Times, the refreshingly new collaboration between Samsung and Facebook may happen soon, with the HTC taking a part in the whole new smartphone plan. They reported that the heads of the two companies met at Samsung's headquarters in Seoul one time, as in the Facebook CEO being Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg, while Samsung vice charman being Lee Jay-yong. The report also stated that the Samsung president, Jong-Kyun Shin, showed up at the meeting too.

Korea Times said that the two companies agreed to work and develop a mobile content together. Quoting the Times, "As Facebook is focusing on an ecosystem in social networks, the company needs a trustable business partner in hardware and I believe Samsung is the right company". Korea Times also said, "They also discussed some futuristic business projects because officials at Samsung Open Innovation Centre in Silicon Valley also flew to Korea to address some challenging issues that the parties are facing".

There were already attempts made in the past when we speak of Facebook trying to come up with a Facebook-centric phone, and I mean the HTC's ChaCha and the HTC First. HTC's ChaCha featured a Facebook button that allows users to instantly post things on their Facebook walls. The HTC First had a Facebook Home OS, a software sort of Android. Unfortunately, both projects failed miserably.

As a matter of fact, Samsung and Facebook already worked together. Oculus is owned by Facebook, and Oculus partnered with Samsung for a headset device called "GearVR". What's Oculus? Oculus is a virtual reality company, and they helped Samsung come up with their GearVR headset.

So, it's no surprise that Facebook and Samsung are going to get creative together on a smartphone.

 

 

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