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One product that seemed to show a lot of promise, but was destined to fail, was the facebook phone, or, the HTC First. This phone had an interactive interface that revolved around the user’s facebook page and friend’s. The lock screen showed a live feed, and basically, the whole entire reality of the smartphone was that, if you liked privacy, this certainly wasn’t promoting it. But also, how involved with facebook do you have to be to want a phone that REVOLVES around the app? That’s what it is. An app, not an operating system. Other smart phones support innovative interfaces with a downloadable and functional facebook app. Why would anyone want to get a phone dedicated to something that is downloadable on other platforms? Not only that, but the actually “home” interface could be downloaded onto most android devices. Really, there is no reason to go out and buy this phone. Furthermore, the lack of advertising was limited mostly to actual ads on facebook, and one of their ads featured a commercial of a girl sitting at the family table during dinner, getting lost in her facebook phone as she disrespectfully ignores her family members sharing stories with one another.

One of the comments for this commercial even says, “facebook_ home. fuck your family. fuck your manners. fuck you.”