A new Android handset called the INQ Cloud Touch has been revealed, rumoured to be the first of two 'Facebook phones' in development.

Rumours of a partnership between INQ and Facebook have been circulating since last September and the latest INQ Cloud Touch is looking likely to be the first fruit of the deal.

Although not the first handsets designed to seamlessly incorporate Facebook (see also: Windows Phone 7, previous INQ efforts), the handsets would be the first to be Facebook branded.

One of the new phones is said to feature a Qwerty-style keyboard and touch screen. The second device is said to resemble Apple's iPhone, being solely touchscreen based, according to Bloomberg's anonymous sources late last year.

Facebook baked in

Description of the INQ Cloud Touch in a Bluetooth certification is as follows:

"An Android smartphone built to make messaging faster and smarter. It's designed around the way people naturally communicate and has Facebook built into its core.

"The homescreen features multiple entry points to different Facebook functions, while a dynamic widget displays a feed of status updates, albums, videos and photos."

It's unclear which of the two rumoured models the INQ Cloud Touch is, as there is no mention of a Qwerty-keyboard or touchscreen in the Bluetooth certification.

No doubt we will be hearing a lot more about INQ's partnership with Facebook in the coming weeks in the run up to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month.

TechRadar has contacted Facebook and INQ for further information and updates on this story.

Via Pocketnow.com and Bluetooth SIG