HTC First Review

The elusive Facebook phone has been rumored for years. Facebook has been searching for a better way to monetize its service for mobile, and partnering with a hardware manufacturer seemed like the obvious move.

There were two Android devices made by HTC in mid-2011, the ChaCha (Status here in the States) and Salsa, which featured dedicated Facebook share buttons on the lower right portion of the face. But Facebook never officially endorsed these two devices as Facebook phones. They were simply Android phones with a hardware integration with Facebook. Nothing more.

Even after these two devices, the rumors of a Facebook phone pressed on, Mark Zuckerberg continued to shoot the rumors down. ';The phone just doesnnamp;#39;t make any sense,'; Zuck told a crowd of press and attendees at TechCrunch Disrupt conference last September. No less, more and more rumors pointed to relatively close ties between Facebook and a popular Android hardware manufacturer, HT