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HTC’s Facebook Phone Isn’t A Facebook Phone In China

Announced alongside the HTC Status, the full touchscreen handset known as Salsa in Australia and Europe has been given a Chinese once-over, ditching the Facebook logo and baked-in features for Weibo support, which is China’s version of Twitter. [SinaTech via Buzzom via MicGadget]

July 1, 2011
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HTC Salsa Replacing The HTC Legend?

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In other news to come out of the local HTC ChaCha and Salsa launch, it’s been suggested that the Salsa will be replacing the Legend. The latter is currently listed as out of stock on Vodafone’s website. The two phones share an aluminium body and 320×480 screen, but the Salsa improves on the Legend with Gingerbread, an 800MHz processor and 512MB of internal memory.

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Why On Earth Is HTC Locking ChaCha And Salsa Bootloaders?

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HTC has today announced that its new ChaCha and Salsa smartphones, will be available from July 6, exclusive to Vodafone and 3. But in an odd twist, it’s been revealed that the bootloaders on these new Gingerbread “Facebook phones” will be locked. Updated.

February 15, 2011
Mobile

HTC’s Facebook Phones Live! Kidz, Meet The ChaCha And Salsa

So HTC was building Facebook phones – though they’re not billing them as that, despite the oddly placed Facebook badges. Without a shadow of doubt crossing Vladimir Putin’s face, the ChaCha and Salsa (need I say more?) are aimed at the “youth.”

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