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by Alex Dobie
Apr 04, 2013
Carriers, manufacturers and a chipmaker partner with Facebook
At today's press conference at its California HQ, Facebook announced that many of the mobile world's big names are already o...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 04, 2013
The new Facebook phone is official, and it'll launch this month
We're live at Facebook HQ in Menlo Park, Calif. where HTC and AT&T have taken the wraps off the HTC First, the first h...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 03, 2013
A minimalist mix of vanilla Android and Facebook influences
A day after we got our first look at the external hardware of the 'HTC First,' more leaked images claim to show the device'...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 01, 2013
Does HTC Sense and a new Facebook-centric launcher warrant its own hardware? We'll find out Thursday
With the unveiling of Facebook’s “new home on Android” just a couple of...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 08, 2013
Rumors of a second HTC-built Facebook phone have been circulating since the middle of last year, and now there's further evidence to support reports of the new Facephone's eventual appe...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 02, 2012
You could be forgiven for not remembering the HTC ChaCha and HTC Salsa. HTC's first-gen Facebook phones failed to make much of an impact when they were released in mid-2011. But apparently ...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 25, 2012
Despite failing to set the world alight with 2011's ChaCha and Salsa, HTC and Facebook will collaborate once again to bring another Facebook phone to market next year, according to reports from ...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Aug 01, 2011
If you're considering the HTC Status and have been waiting for the old Android Central review treatment, check out our review of the HTC ChaCha-- the Status' foreign cousin from across the pond....
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 11, 2011
AT&T's just dropped word that the HTC Status (its version of the HTC ChaCha) will be available in stores starting July 17 for a mere $49.99 on contract. That price is just about right, w...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 06, 2011
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. Wi...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 29, 2011
British network O2 is now offering HTC's new Facebook phones, the ChaCha and Salsa, on-contract and on Pay & Go. The ChaCha can be yours for £209.99 with a PAYG SIM, or for free on cont...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 29, 2011
What do you get when you take an HTC ChaCha, slap on an AT&T logo and take a picture? (That's a trick question.) What you see above is a leaked shot of what's rumored to be called the AT...
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by Chris Parsons
Jun 28, 2011
Although we're still waiting for it to make its debut on a U.S. carrier -- Telus in Canada today has taken the wraps off of their version of the HTC ChaCha or as it shall be known in Canada, the HTC S...
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by Chris Parsons
Jun 21, 2011
We've seen it sitting in the FCC with AT&T's 3G bands on board, so it only makes sense that we're now seeing the HTC ChaCha show up with some AT&T branding as well. Still now word on when the ...
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by Chris Parsons
Jun 15, 2011
Aside from the HTC ChaCha landing on O2 in the UK, it has now also popped up at the FCC in the U.S. wearing AT&T 3G bands. That doesn't necessarily mean it'll arrive on AT&T but it has the cap...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 07, 2011
The ChaCha, one of HTC's new Facebook phones, has launched in the UK, with SIM-free prices hovering around £250 (~$400). Currently Three is the only British network offering subsidized Cha...
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by Alex Dobie
May 09, 2011
HTC's Facebook-focused Salsa will be exclusive to the O2 network in the UK when it launches this June, according to reports from British online retailer Clove Technology. In a recent blog post, ...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 27, 2011
The HTC Roadshow isn’t all Sensations and Flyers. Some of HTC’s more mainstream devices were also hanging out inside the manufacturer’s big truck o’ phones last weekend -- name...
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by Dieter Bohn
Feb 15, 2011
One Facebook phone isn't cool. You know what's cool? Two HTC phones that aren't technically "Facebook phones" in the sense that everybody means but instead have a special Facebook but...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 09, 2011
The Facebook phone lives! It's been a long-winded rumor, of course, most recently with INQ Mobile sending hardware through the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, and now there's video of the phon...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 11, 2011
Remember how Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said they weren't working on a Facebook phone? Maybe he's not (or wasn't at the time), but it sure looks like someone is. The Bluetooth Special Interest ...
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by Menno
Nov 02, 2010
As we previously reported, Facebook is holding a special mobile event at its headquarters tomorrow where it will announce ... something. Will this be the announcement of the previously de...
