Let's face it, you'll either love it, or hate/be ridiculed for owning a phone by the name of "ChaCha". Then again, it may just be a conversation piece. To its credit, the HTC ChaCha (Dh1,299) is a lot more than that, though.
The ChaCha is an Android-powered phone featuring a full QWERTY keyboard and deep Facebook integration, including a dedicated Facebook button.
With a candy-bar form factor, the phone primarily features a 2.6-inch screen and a four-row QWERTY keyboard. Dedicated "call" and "end" buttons make a comeback on this phone too, something we haven't seen in a while. On the left of the phone is a volume rocker and a USB post, while the right features, nothing! No really, the right side of the phone is all smooth; space that could and should have been used for a dedicated camera button. The top features the power button and the 3.5mm headphone port.
Coming back to the screen, it features a landscape orientation with a resolution of 480x320. If you've been using a full-touch screen phone prior to this, you will definitely notice the lack of screen real estate. As a result, you'll find yourself scrolling a lot more. Of course this isn't a flaw of the device, and rather the feature, or the design.
By design it has reduced the size of the screen to fit the keyboard. They keys are shaped like pebbles and don't take long to get used to. That being said, I did find myself looking at the keyboard and typing rather than looking at the screen. If I didn't, mistakes were made and lives were lost. OK so the former is a lot truer than the latter. The keyboard is great, but it is not the best.
The ChaCha features a modest specification sheet; it isn't trying to be a powerhorse of the a phone. That being said, everything seems to work smoothly on ChaCha without any hiccups. Even high-quality YouTube videos worked perfectly.
The camera on this is a 5-megapixel shooter on the rear with a 0.5-megapixel or VGA on the front. Not going to turn any heads, the camera quite simply gets the job done. You won't find it replacing your actual camera but it serves pretty well for a quick snap.
The ChaCha is powered by Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) featuring its add-on layer of HTC Sense. It's actually an excellent and necessary add on as it re-formats the layout for the smaller screen size, making the phone much more usable than it would have without it.
Probably the most important defining feature of the ChaCha is the Facebook integration. Featuring custom applications for just about all of Facebook's features, including Chat, the ChaCha does deliver what it promises.
A quick press of the Facebook key brings up the application to send in a status update or post a picture. A longer press of the button brings up venues and lets you check in. The dedicated Facebook Chat application works extremely well too.
Those whose social lives overlap with the social network will find few devices better than this. The great keyboard, touch screen and latest Android-powered make the ChaCha a great device. At its price, the ChaCha is an excellent phone with near-perfect Facebook integration that will be its central selling point.
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