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SingTel and HTC launch the HTC ChaCha\u2122 \u2014
\nMost affordable social phone with unrivalled
\nFacebook\u00ae experience<\/h2>\n
Share updates, upload photos, update status, \u2018Check In\u2019 ? with just one touch<\/em><\/p>\n SINGAPORE \u2013 14 June, 2011<\/strong> \u2013 Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) and HTC Corporation, a global leader in mobile innovation and design, announced today that SingTel customers will be the first in Asia to experience the HTC ChaCha, a next generation smartphone that is specially built for social networking on the move.<\/p>\n The HTC ChaCha is available in Singapore, exclusively to SingTel customers from 14 June 2011. Powered by Android Gingerbread 2.3.3 technology, the HTC ChaCha is the first smartphone to feature a dedicated Facebook\u00ae button for one?touch access to the key functions of Facebook. With a single press of the button, customers can update their status, upload photos, share websites, \u2018Check In\u2019 to a location and more. For example, customers can take a photograph of friends on their phone and upload it instantly to Facebook by simply pressing the button. Or they can share with their friends what song they are listening to by pressing the button while listening to music on the phone; the music track is automatically identified and shared on Facebook. The button is context?aware, pulsing with light whenever there is an opportunity to share content or updates through Facebook.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are excited to work with HTC to allow our customers to be the first in Asia to experience the HTC ChaCha,\u201d said Mr Loren I. Shuster, Vice President, Consumer Marketing, SingTel. \u201cThe HTC ChaCha is the ideal smartphone for the Facebook generation. Increasingly, our customers are using Facebook to communicate, share their daily experiences and organize their social lives. With the launch of HTC ChaCha, we want to enable them to take Facebook with them wherever they go and have the same rich experience that they enjoy on a PC.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe new HTC ChaCha offers a new unique way to experience Facebook on a mobile device to The HTC ChaCha makes it simple to stay in touch with friends using Facebook Chat and Messages. Facebook messages and conversations are integrated within the phone and appear within text messages and email inboxes alongside regular conversations. When a phone call is made, the dialer screen displays friends\u2019 latest statuses and photos, and even indicates if their birthday is approaching soon. The same updates are also displayed when calls are received from Facebook friends.<\/p>\n The HTC ChaCha\u2019s unique tilt design shapes the display and physical QWERTY keyboard so that it is easy to view and comfortable to type. Photos and video chats can be captured in crisp details via a 5?megapixel color camera with auto focus and LED flash, and a VGA front?facing camera. The HTC ChaCha also feature a brilliant 2.6?inch, 480 x 320 resolution landscape touch screen for an exceptional multimedia and websurfing experience.<\/p>\n To keep customers entertained on the go, the HTC ChaCha is pre?loaded with SingTel\u2019s award?winning AMPed music service, MobileTV video streaming service as well as MySingTel app which allows customers to view their SingTel bills, manage their mobile services, check data usage and subscribe to overseas data roaming on the go.<\/p>\n
\ncommunicate with your circle of friends on a brand new level,\u201d said Lennard Hoornik, President, South Asia Pacific, HTC Corporation. \u201cWith more than 500 million active customers worldwide, Facebook has become synonymous with the social web and we wanted to create the ultimate socially connected phones with mass market appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n