HTC Salsa and ChaCha: for addicted to Facebook

Finally there are Facebook phones, but they are tightly integrated with the network. Whether you have a physical button and very well located to serve exclusively for use Facebook. The key automatically allow us to share pictures, post the song you're listening with a touch or share our location on Facebook sites.

These are two terminals that do not stand out in hardware, but will leave the factory with the latest software: Android 2.3.3 and a new version of HTC Sense.


HTC Salsa: A Legend with button HTC Facebook

The HTC Salsa has inherited the aluminum unibody design HTC Legend and much of its specifications. The screen is 3.4 inch, 480 x 320 pixel resolution. His only physical buttons are volume and Facebook, is completely otherwise touch.

We leave you with complete technical specifications:

Dimensions: 109.1 × 59.9 × 12.3 mm. Weight: 120 grams.

600 MHz CPU and 512 MB of RAM.

5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash.

VGA front camera for video calls.

512 MB internal memory + microSD.

HSPA, WiFi, GPS, Blueetooth, digital compass, gyroscope.

Proximity sensors and ambient light.

microUSB connector, 3.5 mm audio.

1520 mAh battery (up to 540 minutes of talk)


HTC ChaCha: format bar and QWERTY keyboard

The HTC Salsa ChaCha is identical in specifications, but very different on the outside. The full QWERTY keyboard is a plus in comfort to enhance the "social experience" on a mobile already very social. The touch screen is small, measuring 2.6 inches but do not lose pixels: 480 x 320.

Take a look at their data sheet:

Dimensions: 114.4 × 64.6 × 10.7 mm. Weight: 120 grams.

600 MHz CPU and 512 MB of RAM.

5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash.

VGA front camera for video calls.

512 MB internal memory + microSD.

HSPA, WiFi, GPS, Blueetooth, digital compass, gyroscope.

Proximity sensors and ambient light.

microUSB connector, 3.5 mm audio.

1250 mAh battery (up to 450 minutes of talk).


The "Facebook button" is context sensitive



As we said at the beginning, the famous button is not only quick access to Facebook, do different things depending on context: update our wall, upload a photo, share a link or the song you're listening, check-in on Facebook Places.

For example, if we see a picture in the gallery and the press, the share automatically, but will also give us the option to comment, label and place in a particular album or change the level of privacy.

The interface is also highly integrated with the network, as Sense HTC has been doing for some time: the calendar includes birthdays and Facebook, when a friend calls us the dialer appears in the latest update and picture, and so on.


Availability and Pricing

Salsa and ChaCha HTC HTC will be available in Europe for the second quarter of this year. In the United States will come later with AT & T, here is Vodafone which has expressed interest.

No price has been advanced, but end up being very competitive grants. Yes, somewhat more expensive than the new HTC Wildfire S.