It’s been a wet week here in the UK. Rather than let the weather get us down, we’re here to help you catch up on the best stories to land on Electricpig this week to help brighten up your day.
This week we have a launch date for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, the latest on a PS3 price drop, reviews of the HTC ChaCha and Sony Ericsson Neo, a video interview with Libertines man Carl Barât and more.
The HTC ChaCha is shuffling on to shop shelves this month, after a head turning debut at Mobile World Congress in February. Like the HTC Salsa, it’s sporting its very own Facebook button – but with a QWERTY keyboard as well, this one’s aimed squarely at BlackBerry-addicted tweens. Should they cross the floor to Android? Read our full HTC ChaCha review and find out.
UPDATE: Electricpig editor Tom Bailey has reviewed the HTC ChaCha on the Three blog – see what he had to say!
The HTC ChaCha and HTC Salsa phones turned heads at Mobile World Congress back in February thanks to their dedicated Facebook buttons and tight integration with the big blue social network. HTC’s kept mum on when exactly we’d be seeing them, but Amazon.co.uk now has both up for pre-order, at £249.99 for the QWERTY messenger and £319.99 for the touchscreen-only affair.
With its full QWERTY keyboard and advanced social skills, the HTC ChaCha is a phone built for taking on a night out. It’s a social butterfly and proud of that fact – wearing its sociable tendencies like the Facebook-shaped badge of honour located on the HTC ChaCha’s fascia. For everything you need to know about the HTC ChaCha, read on…
With the likes of the HTC ChaCha and INQ Cloud Touch hitting shops in the next weeks and months, and rumours of a Facebook modded Android OS still flying around the interwebs, we thought it’d be a good time to take a trip down memory lane, and see just how we ended up with handsets with dedicated Facey B buttons emblazoned on them. Read on as we dig through the archives…
The HTC ChaCha is an Android-powered smartphone with an array of very special abilities. As any super-powered team will tell you, though, it’s only through a carefully honed combination of these powers that true mastery can be attained – in this case, the ChaCha’s canny fusing of Facebook with HTC’s custom Sense software.
The X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers and the Incredibles – all will attest to a quick one-two combination attack as the best way to solve life’s problems. You might not be taking on super villains with your HTC ChaCha, but its unique ability to see the latest from your friends at the tap of a button combines beautifully with HTC’s potent Sense interface to conquer the pain of social networking on the go.
The HTC ChaCha is the perfect companion for those mobile users that crave superhero social skills and the ability to share information with friends at the touch of a button. And for the first time on a HTC Sense Android phone, Facebook Chat is at the front and centre of the software. Read on to find out how this social saviour is going to get you more connected with your friends than ever before.
If Android handsets are the superheroes of the smartphone world, then the HTC ChaCha is the paranormally perceptive know-it-all of the group. Using its uncanny powers of communication, you can read the thoughts of your friends and even project your own musings into their brains, quick as you like and all at the touch of a button.
This is made possible thanks to the HTC ChaCha’s unique capabilities. For one thing, its expertly configured physical QWERTY keyboard is always on hand to let you make lightning-fast Twitter updates. Then of course there’s HTC Sense, which brings all your friends and followers’ thoughts to your home screen and address book. Read on and discover how it leaves other smartphones looking distinctly mortal in its wake.
