HTC and AT&T Announce HTC (Facebook) Status Smartphone
As promised from the last MWC 2011, HTC and AT&T just have officially announced the arrival of the Android smartphone HTC Status, a new name of HTC ChaCha, a social networking phone with deep Facebook integration,
HTC Status features a dedicated Facebook button (located at the bottom) for one-touch access to the key functions of the Facebook service that are integrated throughout the HTC Sense experience.
The new devices feature Android Gingerbread 2.3.3, the latest version, and use the latest iteration of HTC Sense to integrate Facebook throughout the HTC Sense experience. When you make a phone call, the dialer screen displays your friend’s latest status and photos, and even tells you if their birthday is approaching. The same updates are also displayed when you receive a call from a Facebook friend. You can also use your phone’s existing contacts to help you connect with them on Facebook or personalize your handset further with a number of new, Facebook-branded widgets.
The phone built entirely to be social, combining the simplicity, ease-of-use and depth of HTC Sense with the power and connectivity of Facebook.
Highlighted features
- Android 2.3 Gingerbread
- 2.3-inch screen with a 480 x 320 pixel resolution
- 800 MHz single-core Qualcomm MSM7227 processor
- 512 MB of RAM and 512 MB of internal storage
- 5 MP rear-facing camera with LED flash
- VGA front-facing camera
- 1250 mAh battery
The Facebook button on the phone is context-aware, gently pulsing with light whenever there is an opportunity to share content or updates through Facebook. With a single press of the button, you can update your status, upload a photo, share a Website, post what song you are listening to, ‘check in’ to a location and more. For example, you can take a photograph of friends on your phone and upload it instantly to Facebook by simply pressing the button. Or let your friends know what song you’re listening to by pressing the button while listening to music on the phone. The track is automatically identified and shared on Facebook.
- One touch to share – Press the Facebook share button from your home screen to instantly post on your wall.
- Snap, shoot, share – Take a picture or shoot a video and share it instantly with a press of the Facebook share button. You can even post pictures automatically as you’re taking them.
- Quick-on-the-draw check-in – Just long press the Facebook share button to check in your location with Facebook Places.
- Be first with the news – See something cool on the web? Share your latest find with a quick press of the Facebook share button.
- Post to your wall or a friend’s wall – From the home screen, a quick tap of the Facebook HTC share button makes sharing anything on your mind quick and easy.
- Share what you’re listening to – The Facebook share button glows when you’re listening to music to let you know you can share. Let your friends in on the music you love with the push of a button
No pricing information is available at this time.
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