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It probably won't be revolutionary, but if they're able to embed Facebook on a device so that the sharing/messaging experience becomes seamless, I think they've got that one killer feature that will drive hordes of lonely Moms and 18-year-old socialites to whip out their credit card.

Facebook on a phone is a pretty clunky experience right now. One has to think that they've been working on something better.
 
Matty
It probably won't be revolutionary, but if they're able to embed Facebook on a device so that the sharing/messaging experience becomes seamless, I think they've got that one killer feature that will drive hordes of lonely Moms and 18-year-old socialites to whip out their credit card.

Facebook on a phone is a pretty clunky experience right now. One has to think that they've been working on something better.
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That only makes me think that a Facebook phone would be a clunky experience. There's no reason that their app shouldn't already be a seemless experience on a phone. There is a contact API in Android that allows them to tie all of that together already and in the iOS (even though you don't have the same flexibility as you do with the Droid API) you're able to access the Address Book (Contacts) and associate contacts with custom properties.

In either case, you need to associate every person in your phone with their respective FB account. A FB phone wouldn't make that go away unless a friend's information was downloadable as a contact which poses some serious security issues. The only case where I would think they might have an advantage is when someone wants to text a message and post it to FB simultaneously. I can't see how that would be used very often though. That's what Twitter is for anyway.
 
Their app just sucks.

Their future is tied to whether the data they have on their users will be useful to make money.
 
They also want to go into gambling. All these play gambling games on their could become real gambling games when the US goes legal.

Terrible investment imo. They just spend 1Billion for instagram? This is just an app that posts pictures. Wtf is the value in that.
 
Zuck has seriously doubted mobile as even a viable technology (seriously look at some of his early comments). I dont see him making a full 180... and if he does I think I have to agree with mf that it would be a likely fail. I dont know what the next lob is for them, but I think they have a hard road to hoe in answering tat question. Hell, I think they're just as qualified to open roadside burger joints or make cars as they are at entering the mobile space.
 
durito
They also want to go into gambling. All these play gambling games on their could become real gambling games when the US goes legal.

Terrible investment imo. They just spend 1Billion for instagram? This is just an app that posts pictures. Wtf is the value in that.
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It's an added collection of personal information. FB is the biggest threat to a Big Brother type of profiling/surveillance yet.

And somehow people willingly (even enthusiastically) engage in it.
 
Matty
It probably won't be revolutionary, but if they're able to embed Facebook on a device so that the sharing/messaging experience becomes seamless, I think they've got that one killer feature that will drive hordes of lonely Moms and 18-year-old socialites to whip out their credit card.

Facebook on a phone is a pretty clunky experience right now. One has to think that they've been working on something better.
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The facebook app on the iphone isnt very clunky..
 
Anyone think Facebook is going to buy RIM?
 
They have the cash. They want to make a phone.

I can't wait to watch this company be in bk in 5 years.
 
Blitty
At Bovada....

What will be facebook's opening trade price on May 18th?


Over $60
-120
Under $60 -120
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It's $19.82 right now and is sinking faster than the Titanic.
 
i know nothing about the stock market but i kinda want to buy zynga.
 
choo
i know nothing about the stock market but i kinda want to buy zynga.
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They are trading at $2.72 now down from $16 a few months back. If you wait a few more weeks you can buy it for $1.

I would recommend buying Nokia or Sprint if you have money to invest. You have a better chance with these companies to make money.
 
I recommed an allocation of funds as 100% sportsbooks choo and 0% stocks.
 
durito
I recommed an allocation of funds as 100% sportsbooks choo and 0% stocks.
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I agree with durito choo. Your funds are safe with books because books never go out of business like stocks.
 
im losing all my sportsbook money. had a nice chunk on clijsters equiv +172 today :derp:

maybe ill just start arbing

oh really pavy? thanks man.
 
Boner_18
What do you think about putting similar put spread leaps trades on with Yelp, Groupon, and even LinkedIn. These businesses have NEVER posted a profit, are fairly debt laden and really are these sustainable models beyond their ability to advertise?
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LNKD - 96.35/91.02 = (5.9%)
YELP - 17.72/21.74 = 18.5%
GRPN - 2.76/18.02 = 84.7%

A blind short of 10k worth of all three these stocks from the day I contemplated it would have resulted in 39,830. Put leaps... Jesus you could have retired.

Oh well.

Meanwhile, I'm losing my shirt on Jan '13 40.00 strike calls on WPRT. They are a natural gas engine maker for fleet and medium duty transport.

Hopefully, F0cker held fast on the AAPL puts or even better, averaged in.
 
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