Hands-On: INQ 'Facebook' Phones

Release Date 16 Feb, 2011 in Phone Scoop

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Now, a Facebook button on your phone Hindustan Times - 16 Feb, 2011 Now, just press a button on your mobile phone and it will connect you to your Facebook account. Mobile phone giant HTC has launched two handsets that will allow owners to access the social networking site at the touch of a button, reports the Daily ...
HTC Wildfire S live video demo from MWC mobileburn - 16 Feb, 2011 MobileBurn.com - We've had our hands on the new HTC Wildfire S, HTC's latest compact Android Gingerbread Smartphone. The handset is very small and comes in three different colors: white, black, and purple. Crucially, the Wildfire S has received a new ...
	Bits: New Phones Put Facebook Front and Center New York Times (blog) - Jenna Wortham - 16 Feb, 2011 BARCELONA, Spain �" Mark Zuckerberg has long insisted that he has no plans to bring an official Facebook-branded phone to the market. But handset makers are getting that ball rolling, even without him. On Tuesday, during a press event ...
Everyone is making Facebook phones - except Facebook CNNMoney - David Goldman - 16 Feb, 2011 Tuesday, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, HTC launched two new smartphones that the Taiwanese handset maker is branding "Facebook phones." INQ Mobile also demonstrated two new ...
HTC ChaCha and Salsa 'social phones' feature Facebook buttons Los Angeles Times - 16 Feb, 2011 HTC showed off its ChaCha and Salsa "social phones," equipped with Facebook buttons, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday. The Facebook buttons lead users directly to the popular social networking website or post content to it ...
	HTC Releases 'Facebook Phones' In Barcelona's Mobile World Congress Forbes (blog) - 16 Feb, 2011 By AGUSTINO FONTEVECCHIA Taking advantage of the media attention garnered by the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, HTC announced the release of two so-called “Facebook phones.” The smartphones are fitted with a Facebook button allowing one click ...
Facebook's Zuckerberg: Expect More Social Phones PC Magazine - Mark Hachman, Sascha Segan - 16 Feb, 2011 For months, the rumors of a Facebook-branded phone have persisted, driven as much by desire as anything else. And, for months, Facebook executives have reiterated that they expect phones and other devices to have deeper levels of social ...
Facebook Phone won't kill Google's revenues...yet Fortune - Seth Weintraub - 16 Feb, 2011 Facebook's devices seem to be complementary to Google's mobile and search ambitions, but the two companies could butt heads down the road. Mark Zuckerberg was on hand (virtually, below) at HTC's Mobile World Congress event this morning to personally ...
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg says no Facebook-branded phone, but dozens with ... Los Angeles Times - 16 Feb, 2011 Facebook's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday again torpedoed rumors that Facebook planned to launch its own phone, saying the world's most popular social networking site would instead help roll out dozens of phones with "much deeper social ...
HTC Wildfire S: First Impressions PCWorld - Ginny Mies - 16 Feb, 2011 The HTC Wildfire S proves that lower-end Android phones don't necessarily have to be attractive too. The original Wildfire is one of the many budget Android phones we saw in 2010. The Wildfire S is no super phone; in fact, ...
HTC Desire S: Hands On PCWorld - Ginny Mies - 16 Feb, 2011 The HTC Desire S isn't too different from the original, but there are some nice upgrades in the specs and design. By Ginny Mies, PCWorld HTC's entrant into the tablet wars, the 7-inch Flyer, was definitely the belle of Tawainese handset manufacturer's ...
HTC Incredible S - video demo from MWC mobileburn - 16 Feb, 2011 MobileBurn.com - The HTC Incredible S is the successor to HTC's DROID Incredible for Verizon to some extent, though this device seems bound for T-Mobile USA. It features an 8 megapixel camera out back and a 1.3 megapixel shooter up front for video ...
HTC Desire S - live video look from MWC mobileburn - 16 Feb, 2011 MobileBurn.com - The HTC Desire S, announced today in Barcelona, is an update to HTC's popular Desire smartphone. This Android powered device features a newer Qualcomm Snapdragon processor running at 1GHz as well as a forward facing VGA resolution ...
HTC Incredible S: First Look PCWorld - Ginny Mies - 16 Feb, 2011 The Incredible S improves on the original with a more solid and attractive design and HD video capture. By Ginny Mies, PCWorld The HTC Droid Incredible was a huge success in the United States when it launched on Verizon. Does the next generation ...
	First Facebook phones announced! NDTV.com - Sameer Mitha - 16 Feb, 2011 Rumors of the Facebook phone have finally come true. HTC has announced two Facebook centric Android based smartphones at the MWC in Barcelona. The Chacha and the Salsa (yes, they are the names of phones) will be QWERTY and touch enabled respectively. ...
Zuckerberg: Facebook Phones are Coming PCWorld - Jared Newman - 16 Feb, 2011 The HTC Salsa. (Click to zoom)But this year, there will be dozens of phones like HTC's ChaCha and Salsa, which focus on Facebook with dedicated buttons for the social network. Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder ...
HTC Announces Five Phones, Including Two "Facebook" Phones PC Magazine - Sascha Segan - 16 Feb, 2011 BARCELONA�"There is no Facebook Phone, but there are many Facebook phones. HTC announced two phones for AT&T with dedicated Facebook buttons today, along with three new Android smartphones, one of which updates its successful Incredible ...
Facebook answers mobile rumours BBC News - 16 Feb, 2011 Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has responded to rumours that the company is planning to launch its own mobile phone. He told delegates at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to expect multiple devices built around the social network. ...
Mobile World: Trying out HTC's first tablet and Facebook phones Seattle Times - Sharon Chan - 16 Feb, 2011 BARCELONA, Spain -- Taiwanese phone maker HTC announced a slew of new mobile devices Tuesday, including its first tablet running Google's Android operating system. The company also showed five new smartphones, including two Facebook phones that are ...
Taiwan's HTC Launches Facebook Phones, Tablet Wall Street Journal - Ruth Bender - 16 Feb, 2011 BARCELONA�"Taiwanese phone maker HTC Corp. Tuesday released a new set of smartphones targeting Facebook users, as the group looks to cash in on the rising popularity of social networking. WSJ Europe Tech Editor Ben Rooney joins Simon ...
	HTC Launches Facebook Phones and First Tablet Fox News - 16 Feb, 2011 Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC launched five new smartphones Tuesday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, including two models targeted at Facebook users and the company's first tablet. It was the first time HTC launched so many products at ...
	HTC unveils first tablet with cloud gaming services Focus Taiwan News Channel - 16 Feb, 2011 Taipei, Feb. 15 (CNA) Taiwan's HTC Corp. unveiled Tuesday its first tablet PC at the Mobile World Congress fair in Barcelona, Spain, as part of the world No. 5 smartphone maker's efforts to gain a hold in the booming market dominated by Apple's iPad. ...
HTC unveils two Facebook phones ZDNet (blog) - 16 Feb, 2011 By Emil Protalinski \| February 15, 2011, 5:48am PST HTC has announced two unnoficial Facebook phones: the HTC Salsa and the HTC ChaCha. Both have a dedicated Facebook button that gives the user one-touch access to key functions of the service. ...
Mobile World Congress 2011: HTC has Flyer tablet, Facebook's Salsa and ChaCha ... Washington Post - Hayley Tsukayama - 16 Feb, 2011 HTC's Flyer, a seven-inch tablet with front- and rear-facing cameras, a 1.5 GHz processor and 1GB of RAM with 32GB of flash storage. It will run Android 2.3, with the option to upgrade to 3.0. And, in a surprising turn, ...
HTC Adds Facebook Phones, Updates Existing Models PCWorld - ‎Feb 15, 2011‎ By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News High Tech Computer (HTC) released five new Android-based devices, including two phones with a dedicated Facebook button, the Salsa and the ChaCha, at Mobile World Congress on Tuesday. It also unveiled its Flyer tablet. ...
HTC unveils six new Android devices Financial Times - Mary Watkins - ‎Feb 15, 2011‎ HTC on Tuesday unveiled six new Android devices including two phones with a dedicated Facebook button as the Taiwanese handset maker looks to differentiate itself from rivals in an increasingly aggressive market for ...
MWC: HTC Incredible arrives, Desire and Wildfire get refeshed Inquirer - Rob Coppinger - ‎Feb 15, 2011‎ THE HTC Incredible will arrive in Europe for the first time in the second quarter along with the phone maker's Desire and Wildifire handsets that are being refreshed. The Incredible S is to launch first, followed by the refreshed ...
HTC launches social smartphones with Facebook AFP - ‎Feb 15, 2011‎ BARCELONA, Spain �" Facebook users will be able to show friends their exact GPS location as well as sharing text and photos with new smartphones launched here Tuesday by top Taiwan device maker HTC. The smartphone maker collaborated with Facebook in the ...
MWC 2011: HTC ChaCha, Salsa Facebook Phones Out Techtree.com - Samir Makwana - ‎Feb 15, 2011‎ At the ongoing Mobile World Congress 2011, HTC has finally made the much rumoured "Facebook phones" official. The HTC ChaCha is a full QWERTY handset while HTC Salsa is a full touchscreen. Though different form factors and design, both handsets carry ...
HTC launches Facebook phones, first tablet MarketWatch - Aude Lagorce - ‎Feb 15, 2011‎ BARCELONA (MarketWatch) �" Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC on Tuesday launched five new smartphones, including two models targeted at Facebook users, as well as its first tablet at Mobile World Congress. ...