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hey I'm Kareem levy and i'm jason parker this week's guest host and welcome to rumor has it the show where we round up the week's biggest tech rumors and vote on what sounds legit and what seems like it just won't happen and remember that you can vote on all of the rumors too so keep your eye out for the pole in the interactive player if you're watching on cnet first up a rumor that just won't die might finally be put out to pasture last week Facebook sent a rather cryptic invite that said come see our new home on Android on April fourth according to TechCrunch sources familiar with the matter have said that the social network plans to debut an HTC smartphone that runs a modified version of androids OS and uses built in native facebook functionality I thought we already had a facebook phone right but that was the HTC chacha and the salsa which have little Facebook buttons that take you directly to the Facebook app but this phone will take it a step further by better integrating Facebook's messaging photos and contacts features I'm not sure I want all that sounds horrifying it does but then it also sounds awesome so I've probably been brainwashed congratulations you're a facebook zombie next up another phone rumor sort of long time Microsoft employee Charlie Kindel joined Amazon to work on a secret project according to his LinkedIn profile one of his roles at Microsoft was general manager in charge of rallying independent software developers to its Windows Phone platform his hire at amazon could stoke more speculation that the online retail giant is readying a mobile phone of its own or maybe they just hired him because his name is Kendall you know like Kindle yeah I got it anyway according to his LinkedIn profile he's building a new team going after a totally new area for Amazon sounds like that fabled Amazon phone to me yeah next up a new report from Pocket Gamer says Apple is once again said to be planning the release of the game controller according to the report Apple booked rooms using a pseudonym hold secret meetings at the game developer conference last week and that the device could be unveiled sometime next month don't most iOS games already have touchscreen controls yeah but you have to admit there's no substitute for the tactile experience of a controller especially on first-person shooters or even sports and dungeon crawler type games yeah but are you going to be holding a controller with your iPad propped up in front of you it seems like it's more trouble than it's worth agreed but I guess I'm hoping for an Apple TV tie-in where games can be played anywhere or maybe it would mimic the razor edge allowing you to dock the iPad and have physical buttons and shoulder triggers that might be cool what do you guys think is Apple planning a gaming controller what would you like to see in it don't forget to vote and leave us a comment and we'll check in with the scenic council the cnet Council is composed of five editors who cast their votes anonymously their opinions are not an endorsement by cnet or CBS Interactive obviously because these are rumors folks and the cnet council's verdict is an almost unanimous no 4 out of 5 editors don't think Apple is developing a controller winner says yes but says it's debatable about whether they'll actually release it that's our show everybody please share your rumors that rumor has it at cnet com or call us at 1 800 750 cnet and tweet us and thanks to Jason this week's co-host tune in next week for more tech rumors