Facebook sent out an invite to members of the press to “come see our new home on Android" at an event on April 4th, 2013, stoking age-old rumors that the social network was working on a smartphone. Rumors and leaks cropped up in the days leading up to the event, and those rumors were true. Home is Facebook's new front-facing home screen replacement that will be available on April 12th for some high-end HTC and Samsung phones, and the HTC First is the first phone to be completely optimized for Facebook Home. Follow along here for all the details on Home and the HTC First.
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