Facebook Branded Cell Phones' Rumours Denied by Dan Rose

Earlier today it was reported that HTC is working on Facebook branded cellphones to be unveiled at MWC, Barcelona.

Facebook Branded Cell Phones on The Cards to be Unveiled at Mobile World Congress 

But now the claims have been denied by the Facebook officially:

Dan Rose, head of business development at Facebook, said the rumours were "overblown".

"This is really just another example of a manufacturer who has taken our public APIs (application programming interfaces) and integrated them into their device in an interesting way," he said.