HTC ChaCha: Singing a soothing tune [Review]

3.5/5

A touchscreen with a QWERTY keypad – the HTC ChaCha certainly tries to cover all possible angles, but does the inclusion of multiple input methods guarantee a good device? A good looking and nice phone for an Android lover looking for a good keypad, beware of the paltry battery though. If you aren’t a member of the "Droid or naught" regime, the Nokia E6 will serve just as well for around the same price.
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Plus:

• Excellent QWERTY keypad and angled design makes typing more comfortable
• Nice Look
• Well Built

Minus:

• Low Battery life
• Facebook button doesn't do much

Features:

The 2.6-inch capacitive touchscreen is paired well with a full-fledged QWERTY keypad. The display has a resolution of 480x320 pixels. Below the display is the touch panel with the Home, Menu, Return and Search keys. We are sure you want to know more about what the dedicated Facebook button does. Well,  to be honest, we were quite excited about that too. However, it turns out to be a bit of a disappointment. The button takes you to the “post an update’ box, and that’s it. To get the updates on the timeline, comment on others’ posts etc., you still need to head off to the full Facebook app. Weirdly, while this Facebook app has the Chat feature integrated, HTC insisted on installing a separate FB Chat app, and subsequently add to the clutter. Full marks to HTC for installing the latest OS though- Android 2.3. It is indeed a confusing sight to see phones still being launched with Android 2.2. In the past, the HTC Sense was given as the reason why the latest OS wasn’t adopted and updates were delayed. But not anymore, and the development of the Sense UI has improved both in terms of timing as well as performance.

An HTC phone without the Sense UI is as impossible as pigs flying! The UI has been updated specifically for this particular display, and yet manages to fit in almost all the elements (design, widgets etc.) into the new version.

Price:15,990

Specifications:

Platform: Android 2.3.3; Processor: 800MHz; RAM: 512MB; Display: 2.6-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen 480x320 display, pixel resolution; Keyboard: Full QWERTY type; Memory: microSD slot up to 32GB; Camera: 5MP; Battery: 1250 mAh

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