{"id":12903,"date":"2011-07-12T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pocketpccentral.net\/newscenter\/2011\/07\/12\/htc-status-release\/"},"modified":"2011-07-12T12:45:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T16:45:00","slug":"htc-status-%e2%80%98facebook-phone%e2%80%99-hits-att-july-17th-for-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/computerhunter.us\/?p=12903","title":{"rendered":"HTC Status \u2018Facebook Phone\u2019 Hits AT&T July 17th for $49"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>The HTC Status<\/a>, one of two so-called \u201cFacebook phones\u201d from HTC, arrives at AT&T in the U.S. this Sunday. The Status, a relatively low-powered phone with a 2.3-inch landscape touchscreen, includes extra software for Facebook users, and a dedicated hardware button for status updates.<\/p>\n When viewing content on the HTC Status that you can share via Facebook \u2013 a web site, a photo, or a video, for example \u2013 the Facebook Share button lights up, and a press posts the item to your Facebook page. You can also use the button to manually post a status update. <\/p>\n The AT&T-direct price for the HTC Status is $49 with a two-year contract, and the phone is already up for pre-order. But we\u2019re fairly certain that a day or two after launch, you\u2019ll be able to snag the Status for a bit less from third-party wireless retailers, though at $49, it\u2019s already a pretty affordable handset.<\/p>\n Oh, and the Status is an Android-powered smartphone<\/a>, running the latest version of the mobile OS, v2.3.3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The HTC Status, one of two so-called \u201cFacebook phones\u201d from HTC, arrives at AT&T in the U.S. this Sunday. The Status, a relatively low-powered phone with a 2.3-inch landscape touchscreen, includes extra software for Facebook users, and a dedicated hardware button for status updates. When viewing content on the HTC Status that you can share […] Continue reading