I'm not really sure what FB hopes to gain from trying to elbow their way into the mobile phone market. The market is pretty well divided between Google and Apple with MS and RIM mixed in as well.

It seems like there are cheaper ways to improve their users' experience on existing mobile platforms.

The only non-nefarious reason I can think of is they feel a threat from both Google and Apple in their area of expertise - social graphs.

Of course, it's possible that it's all a feint on the part of FB to get some loving from Apple.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnol...