HTC Salsa unboxing video

Announced at MWC earlier this year the HTC Salsa is one of HTC’s new feature smartphones. Many were already calling this the ‘Facebook Phone’ and although there is obvious Facebook integration with this device the HTC Salsa, and indeed the ChaCha, are not official Facebook phones.

However HTC have integrated Facebook nicely in to these phones and we’re starting here with the HTC Salsa. On the Front is a small, physical button with the Facebook logo on it. Pressing this launches you in the the Facebook app. A long-press on this button also allows you to check in at your current location as recorded by the internal GPS.

On top of this you can set up auto-upload of the photos you take with the 5 megapixel camera and these can be synced automatically to your Facebook account.

Check out the unboxing video below for a quick look at the handset in action.

HTC Salsa specification:

• 2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G Network: HSDPA 900 / 2100
• Dimensions: 109.1 x 58.9 x 12.3 mm
• Weight: 120 g
• Display: TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors, 320 x 480 pixels, 3.4 inches, Gorilla Glass display
• Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
• Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
• HTC Sense UI
• 3.5mm jack
• Memory: 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM
• microSD, up to 32GB
• WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
• Bluetooth: Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
• microUSB v2.0
• Camera: 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
• Secondary: Yes, VGA
• OS: Android OS, v2.4 (Gingerbread)
• CPU: 600 MHz processor
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• GPS with A-GPS support
• Facebook dedicated key
• Digital compass
• Standard battery, Li-Ion 1520 mAh

Posted by: Matt