HTC ChaCha
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HTC ChaCha Overview
The HTC ChaCha - announced alongside the HTC Salsa at MWC 2011 - became one of the first high profile "Facebook Phones". Adorned with a blue hardware button sporting the Facebook "F", it glows whenever the user can easily transform their current mobile activity into a Facebook update of some sort to share with friends.
With a 2.6-inch screen, portrait QWERTY keyboard, 5MP rear camera and front camera for video chat, the ChaCha is an affordable social media device aimed at giving the Facebook nation a phone they'll love for its convenience and ability to easily share content.
HTC ChaCha Specs
| General | |
| Form Factor: | Candybar, Portrait QWERTY |
| AKA: | HTC ChaChaCha, HTC Status |
| Date Released (YYYY/MM/DD): | 2011/06/02 |
| Size | |
| Weight: | 4.23 ounces |
| Dimensions: | 2.54x4.50x0.42 inches |
| Display | |
| Resolution: | 480x320 |
| Size: | 2.6-inch |
| Type: | Capacitive |
| Camera | |
| Video: | Yes |
| Flash: | LED |
| Auto-focus: | Yes |
| Megapixels: | 5 MP / 0.3 MP |
| Connectivity | |
| GPS: | Internal GPS Antenna |
| USB: | microUSB |
| Bluetooth: | 3.0, with A2DP and PBAP |
| Wi-Fi: | 802.11b/g/n |
| HDMI: | No |
| Multimedia | |
| Headset Jack: | 3.5mm |
| Radio: | ? |
| Battery | |
| Type: | 1250 mAh Li-Ion |
| Hardware/OS | |
| Operating System: | Android 2.3 with HTC Sense |
| Internal Memory: | 512MB |
| External Memory: | MicroSD up to 32GB |
| RAM: | 512MB |
| Processor: | 600 MHz |
HTC ChaCha Reviews
Phone Arena One, two, cha cha cha, three four, cha cha cha, HTC, ChaCha [Cha]. Doesn't it make you want to jump to the Facebook beat? No? Oh well, never mind.
Android Community Well wouldn’t you know it, our good pal Chris Davies over on our sister site SlashGear had TWO Facbeook Phones up his sleeve. That is the HTC Salsa and now the HTC ChaCha as well!
Pocket Now This February HTC announced the HTC ChaCha together with the HTC Salsa-- two social network-oriented Android phones -- in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress.
Slash Gear You wait all this time for one HTC Facebook phone, and two turn up. Hot on the heels of our HTC Salsa review last week comes this, the HTC ChaCha, also announced back at MWC 2011 in February and bearing the same dedicated Facebook key as its sibling.
Android Authority The ChaCha is a sleek-looking number that Facebook fiends will flock to, but its tiny screen makes it difficult to use under certain circumstances.
Android Central The persistent rumors of an Android-powered “Facebook phone” culminated in the unveiling of the HTC ChaCha and its larger sibling, the Salsa, at Mobile World Congress back in February.
PCWorld When we first got the ChaCha into the office, we thought it was a pretty snazzy little phone. It’s BlackBerry-like, with Facebook integration that’s even deeper than we’ve seen on Windows Phone 7.
Tech Foolery It’s an interesting little device. I wasn’t sure if I really wanted to review it — what would I do with an Android device that employs a dedicated Facebook button and has a physical keyboard? To be honest, it just all seemed… weird.
Pocketlint The second “Facebook phone” from HTC, and launched in tandem with the HTC Salsa, is the HTC ChaCha. It’s strange name for a phone that is something of a strange Android device, offering a format we haven’t seen much of from the Google OS.
HTC ChaCha Pictures
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HTC ChaCha Videos
Facebook Phones: HTC Salsa & HTC ChaCha First look at the HTC ChaCha by Phandroid.com at Mobile World Congress
HTC ChaCha First LookPromotional video by HTC highlighting the share on Facebook feature of the ChaCha
HTC ChaCha - A Closer Look HTC gives us a closer look at the HTC ChaCha, one of HTC's Facebook phones.
HTC ChaCha is available on Three.If you are on Three (UK), you might want to check out the carrier's promotional video of the HTC ChaCha. But if you are from another country, nothing beats a device overview with a cool accent.
HTC ChaCha News
Bootloader Officially Unlocked for HTC Desire Z, ChaCha, Aria, DROID Incredible, Status, and T-Mobile G2 HTC’s on a roll with their bootloader unlock program as they have added support for six new devices today. Those devices include the HTC Desire Z, ChaCha, Aria, DROID Incredible, Status, and T-Mobile G2. While some of these devices already have community-developed methods it’s always good to see official support from the OEMs. Head to [...]
HTC Kernel Source Galore Today (Both EVOs, Incredible 2, Sensation 4G, and Facebook Phones) Looks like that huge campaign against HTC regarding unreleased kernel source worked – a lot of goods just popped up on their developer site today. We have the EVO 3D, HTC Sensation 4G, the HTC EVO 4G’s Gingerbread update and the DROID Incredible 2′s Gingerbread update. The HTC ChaCha and Salsa have also received some [...]
HTC ChaCha Spotted with AT&T Branding Though it still hasn’t been “officially” announced, it has been no secret that AT&T plans to carry their own version of the HTC ChaCha. We learned that fact concurrently with the unveiling of the phone at Mobile World Congress in February. A recent FCC filing helped solidify that fact, but a newly leaked image shows [...]
HTC ChaCha Gets Pre-Launch Processor Boost to 800MHz When the HTC ChaCha first showed up at Mobile World Congress back in February, it was accompanied by a spec sheet that promised a 600MHz processor. Fast-forward to the present day with the ChaCha set to launch this month, and HTC has updated their product page for the Facebook-laden handset to list a chip bumped [...]
HTC ChaCha and Salsa Final Software Builds Leak The HTC ChaCha and Salsa — those unique new Android handsets sporting a physical Facebook button for one touch access to the social networking giant — are poised for launch at the end of June, but a leak of the final software build for each handset is giving us an early look at what we [...]
HTC ChaCha and Salsa Get Amazon UK Pre-Order, June 26th Delivery for Facebook Phones T-Mobile UK already tipped us off to the June release of the HTC ChaCha, but according to a new Amazon UK pre-order, HTC’s second Facebook-laden phone will launch in the same timeframe. Both the HTC Salsa and ChaCha are listed for a June 26th release date, Facebook button and all. The keyboarded ChaCha is priced [...]
HTC ChaCha Poised for June Launch in the UK The announcement of HTC’s “Facebook” phones at Mobile World Congress came with a preview of two not-ready-for-prime-time devices and a promise of a Q2 release. While that seemed unlikely, T-Mobile UK now hosts a coming soon page for at least one of those devices, the HTC ChaCha, with a release timeframe of June. So far, [...]
HTC ChaCha Will be ChaChaCha in Spain As if the name ChaCha wasn’t bad enough, a revelation dawning on the HTC marketing staff has forced their hand on renaming the handset in Spain. No, it isn’t totally thanks to the recent lawsuit levied against the handset manufacturer regarding the name, either. It would be the fact that ChaCha happens to be a [...]
Trademark Wars: ChaCha, XOOM Taken to the Gauntlet It’s nothing new to hear about patent and trademark infringements in the Android market. Whether it be OEMs or developers, someone’s registered patent or trademark is always being infringed upon. Even Google “stole” Android at some point. That’s been settled with some ridiculous amount of money, of course. And now HTC and Motorola find themselves [...]
HTC’s MWC Phones – Where are they Headed? Immediately following HTC’s announcements yesterday, carriers wanted to express their plans to carry one or more of the devices. Here’s a quick round-up of everything we’ve heard and seen so far. AT&T’s told Mobilized that they’ll be carrying two phones from HTC similar to the ChaCha and Salsa, the “Facebook phones”. Telus is going to [...]
HTC Updates Product Page With New MWC Lineup Here is another item for this HTC-filled news day. The product pages over at the main HTC site have been updated to include plenty of images and specs for the newly launched lineups of handsets. Now you can obsessively compare apples to apples and see how and where the Incredible S, Desire S, and Wildfire [...]
Facebook Phones: HTC Salsa & HTC ChaCha Preview [VIDEO] I’ll be honest: I was obsessively pessimistic about the concept of a “Facebook Phone”. Not only does it seems trendy in the most anti-cool way possible, but what’s the point in a hardware button to launch Facebook? It turns out the Facebook buttons does more than just launch Facebook: Whenever the button lights up, you’re [...]
HTC ChaCha and Salsa Bring “Facebook Phone” Rumors to Life, Announced at MWC If you were expecting all of HTC’s rumored Facebook plans to culminate in the announcement of THE Facebook Phone, brace yourself for disappointment. Just as we figured, HTC has taken a similar path as INQ with their Cloud Touch and announced a pair of Android 2.3 smartphones aimed at the mid-range market with the social [...]
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