Facebook's partner for rumoured mobile phones is the social media-savvy INQ

There have been many rumours stirring over the past few days involving the words "Facebook" and "phone."

It is indeed difficult to sift through the rumours to extract the facts, but at this point it seems almost certain that Facebook is developing software for a mobile phone.

And it seems almost certain that Facebook's partner that will handle the hardware will be INQ, the European, social-media-savvy mobile phone manufacturer, whose INQ Chat 3G in Canada is known for its highly integrated social networking features.

Facebook is pleading the fifth on just about everything, though, which only makes media hounds all the hungrier.