US blog suggests Facebook buys webOS to make up for its own short board

Lead: Hewlett-Packard officially renounced the webOS platform in Thursday, Nicolas Carlsen, BusinessInsider contributor to the US technology blog, Nicholas Carlson, then wrote that Facebook should take the opportunity to acquire webOS,　　Make up for yourself in the mobile field of the short board. The following is an overview of the article: Facebook is aware that mobile represents the future of the Internet.　　That's why Facebook has been trying to develop a "Facebook phone" based on Android for some time, and that's why Facebook is encouraging games to develop commercial HTML5 technology to design mobile games. Obviously, Facebook wants to have its own mobile platform.　　Facebook, which uses Android, is in trouble because of its strained relationship with Google and the departure of many of its employees. HP gave Facebook the chance to abandon webOS. Zuckerberg may be able to put his income in the bag at a low price. webOS is important for the future of Facebook. About a year ago, Dan Flom, a well-known technology blogger, wrote an article titled "Why Facebook launched the secret-phone program: it needs to be a platform, not just a service." "Fromm's view of the paper also applies to today's Facebook: The company currently has 150 million mobile subscribers, probably the most popular iphone app ever." But if Facebook wants to give the mobile industry the same impact as its Internet domain, it must be a platform, not just a service.　　That's exactly why Facebook is developing its own mobile-phone software. Last time I went to Silicon Valley, my Facebook phone was one of the funniest and strangest rumors I've ever heard. But before I dug into the details of the rumours, TechCrunch founder Maik Al (Mike Arrington) first broke the scoop: Facebook was developing mobile apps, and Chow Huit (Joe Hewitt) and Matthew Papachipus (　　Matthew Papakipos is rumored to be responsible for the secret project, which has been involved in the development of the Firefox browser, which was a major member of Google's Chrome team. I'll compensate for the details: Facebook is trying to get rid of the Android operating system, according to Facebook employees and people familiar with the valley.　　But in conversations with Facebook's predecessors and incumbents, I think Facebook has a more ambitious goal of building a customized mobile phone platform that has been put on the agenda by Facebook. There are several reasons for this: Facebook needs to be a platform, not just a service. FacebookNow there is not enough weight in the mobile phone field. Facebook wants to have its own operating system, hoping to make the user's contact list A better place, hoping to make the boring feature more social.　　Only by achieving these goals can Facebook speed up growth and become irreplaceable. Facebook cannot have FarmVille, a successful representative of the current mobile ecosystem. Without the ability to control mobile platforms like Apple, RIM and Google, Facebook lacks the foundation to build social apps that will bring a bonanza.　　Facebook does not want users to play "We Farm" games on the iphone, or to complete the payment process via itunes: it wants to inject energy into activities such as payments, apps, publicity and advertising, just as it does in the Internet. Facebook's competition with Google and Apple intensifies. Google and Apple both have their own mobile platforms, and if Facebook wants to be one of the future giants of the Internet industry, it must consider building its own mobile phone platform as an important strategy. Apple and Google are both deepening ties to social games, and Apple is trying to achieve this with social services Ping and Gaming Center (Game center), while Google tries to capture the commanding heights through buzz and the upcoming secret social network. Some time in the future, Facebook will have a "full-scale war" with Google and Apple.　　Without its own mobile platform, Facebook will be in a very disadvantageous position in this war. Apple and Google will not share their operating system results with Facebook, so if Facebook wants to reveal its "social phone" to its users, it needs to build its own operating platform.　　Since it is not possible to become a partner with Google or Apple, Facebook may risk a break with them.　　Facebook believes that mobile phones should be more socially functional, and Apple, Google and other companies are not good at it.　　Facebook already has most of the functionality it needs for a best-selling handset on its platform, and is doing better in mobile than most competitors, such as geography and photos. Facebook also dug a heavyweight figure, Eric Zeng (Erick Tseng) from Google, in charge of Facebook's mobile product director. Eric Zeng can find a good job in any company in the world, or create his own company, but he chose Facebook.　　This suggests that Facebook is clearly brewing in a grand plan. Is it too late to build a brand new smartphone platform from scratch?　　It may be a bit late, but Facebook might have tried it long ago. Will Facebook "improve" on Android and add a "socialLayer? " or working with other companies? Or is Facebook really developing its own operating system from scratch? There are different reasons for all these hypotheses, and I wouldn't be surprised if any of them became a reality. Facebook clearly needs to find partners, including handset makers and operators, and that should not be a problem. (Xuan Chen)