Honestly, I thought everyone knew that Facebook was working on a hand-held device.  

Flip it around. What if someone told you they weren't working on one? They'd be nuts. 

Just look at what Facebook is.  

1. Pictures. 

2. Contacts. 

3. Chat. 

4. Email. 

5. Check-ins. 

6. Networked. 

About the only thing it isn't is voice, and that's really not a big deal on today's "phones." 

They have a shot at creating the mobile device my mother would love. And my mother has an iPhone, and it's really hard to use when you look at it through her eyes. Seriously.  

If you took the Facebook app for the iPhone and pulled it out through its umbilical cord and made it the operating environment instead of just an app, you'd have an awesomely simple mobile device. Just add an icon for Voice and you're good to go. 

PS: It'll probably suck a lot less than Apple's social network.  

PPS: Another way to think of it. For a major Internet utility like Facebook, doing a mobile device is like a major word processor doing printer drivers in the 80s, back when the OS didn't do them.  

PPPS: There ought to be a strictly freeware non-corporate platform for mobile devices. Possible an Android distribution. 

Update: How a Facebook "phone" can be easier than iPhone.