HTC ChaCha

Standing out in the actually growing crowd on droids is a tall task indeed. Taking considerably while preventing all thing economical, is next to impossible. HTC - of makers - a bit handled to achieve this, vastly improving both the market prospects on their ChaCha, aka both the Facebook call.

Who might express say no to one friendly smartphone to a thing with regard to social networking? It requires just a little blue switch and we feel the component, however the QWERTY computer keyboard is a report of its private too. Facebook integration is actually expressed to be deep rather than ever (and also that's on Android 2.3 that was just sheer from the get-go).

If you answer Facebook out on the equation, both the HTC ChaCha seems healthy to be able to tackle thises competition in the mid-range. Placing the young, exactly where heavy-texters are in absolutely no quick supply, both the QWERTY keyboard may earn alone quite a few fans. Both the quality metal complete makes with regard to a good upmarket appear.

On the software aspect of questions, that you get the latest kind of Android, 2.3.3 Gingerbread, and also the latest arrival of the HTC home-brewed launcher, Sense. It adds up to be able to one pretty amazing combo, so and if real-life performance spares me any harmful shocks, the ChaCha is actually well on target.


Specifications :

• Light and compact metallic body
• 2.6" 256K-color TFT capacitive touchscreen of HVGA (480 x 320) resolution
• Full four-row QWERTY keyboard and a dedicated Facebook button
• ARMv6 800MHz CPU, 512MB RAM, 512MB ROM
• Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) with HTC Sense 2.1 for Messenger
• Quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G support, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b, g, n with Mobile Hotspot functionality
• GPS with A-GPS connectivity; digital compass
• 5 MP autofocus camera, D1 (720 x 480 pixels) video recording @30fps
• microUSB port (charging)
• microSD slot (up to 32GB, 2GB in box)
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• Accelerometer and proximity sensor
• Stereo Bluetooth v3.0
• Document editor (free download from HTC Hub)
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• Smart dialing
• Secondary video-call camera

Main disadvantages

• Awkward landscape UI and limited compatibility with some apps
• Limited Adobe Flash support in the browser
• Sub-par camera image quality
• D1 video recording is short of inspiring
• Non-hot-swappable microSD card slot