New HTC Phone Created Solely For Facebook

Today on April 4, 2013 AT&T, HTC and Facebook have collaborated to develop the worlds first phone designed specifically for Facebook. This brand new phone features an application called Facebook Home, which makes it easier for you to keep track of your friends. Facebook Home was designed to keep you up to date with anything your friends are currently doing; think of it as a person tracker or an RSS feed. HTC First  is the only smartphone that comes with Instagram pre-loaded, so you can begin sharing photos instantly with your friends. 

HTC First will be available in four colors: black, white, red and pale blue.  The hardware is thin, modern and seamless, with soft edges to draw your attention to the updates from friends and family on the 4.3-inch glass display. Inside, the smartphone runs Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) with the new Facebook Home experience and incorporates a Qualcomm Snapdragon™ 400 processor with dual-core CPU and 3G/4G world and multi-mode LTE. HTC First will be available for pre-order today for $99.99 with a two-year commitment and available exclusively in AT&T stores and online starting April 12.  To pre-order, visit here.

Cover feed: A constant, fresh stream of photos and updates from your news feed, cover feed is always present when you wake up your phone.  It lets you stay up-to-date on your friends’ latest activities in real-time, all the time.  You can swipe through to see more photos and updates, double tap to “like” a post and comment right from cover feed.  To learn more about cover feed, check out this video below.

 

Notifications: Notifications from apps and friends appear right on your home screen.  It’s easier to see when you have a missed call, calendar reminder or new message. Open a notification with a double tap or clear them away to see your Cover Feed.  To learn more about notifications, check out this video below.

Chat Heads: The mobile messenger lets you jump in and out of conversations while you do other things, like watch a video and browse the web.  Reply right from chat heads, or move them around if you’re not ready to respond. Plus you can send and receive texts and Facebook messages from the same spot.  To learn more about chat heads, check out this video below.

 

 

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