HTC Releases First ‘Facebook Phones’ For Consumers
HTC released the ChaCha and Salsa today and the special feature on both of these devices is the one-touch access to Facebook! For months, the rumors of a Facebook-branded phone have been floating around. Facebook executives have reiterated that they expect phones and other devices to have deeper levels of social integration than ever before. Even Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg’s expects nearly a dozen of these devices this year. As part of an extended portfolio of six new HTC Sense-based devices being unveiled at Mobile World Congress, HTC ChaCha and HTC Salsa feature a dedicated Facebook button 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.
The Facebook button on HTC ChaCha and HTC Salsa 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 youre listening to by pressing the button while listening to music on the phone. The track is automatically identified and shared on Facebook.
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