Facebook Unveils Interface for Android Phones
Facebook announced Thursday a new mobile application for Android. The app, called Facebook Home, will arrive pre-installed on a new smartphone made by HTC, but it will also be available for other Android phones through the Google Play app store on April 12.
While phones and computers have traditionally been designed around programs and apps, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the new software is intended to make the phone highlight “people, not apps.”
The new HTC phone, called First, will be sold through AT&T for $99 starting April 12. Zuckerberg said the app will be available for other Android phones in coming weeks, and the company hopes to release a tablet version in the next several months.
Facebook rose 82 cents, or 3.1 percent, to $27.07.
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