New HTC Status With 'Facebook Share' Button Out Now In U.S. (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

The HTC Status--the first U.S. smartphone with a physical "Share to Facebook" button on the device--is now available for pre-sale in the United States. The phone will be released on July 17.

"Later this month, the connection between mobile phones and social networking is going to the next level," reads the press release from Best Buy, where you can reserve your Status for $49.99 with a two-year commitment on AT&T. This "next level" is the Facebook button toward the bottom of the phone, underneath the QWERTY keyboard. Pressing it either enables you to share whatever webpage you are browsing on to your wall, or pops up a text box for you to update your status.

This is not the world's first phone with a Facebook button: the HTC ChaCha and Salsa, the UK versions of the Facebook phone, have been available to Brits for about half a month now. The Status is essentially the American edition of the ChaCha after undergoing a U.S. friendly name change (the ChaCha also changed names to travel to Spain, where it is known as the ChaChaCha).

If you're wondering how the Status works, HTC posted a helpful promotional video (for the identical ChaCha) a week ago:

The HTC Status also features a touch-screen, the Android 2.3 OS, and a rear-facing 5 megapixel camera (equal to the iPhone 4 camera) with flash. But the real innovation is, of course, the 'Facebook share' button.

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Comments

[AllyCat7]

05:43 PM on 07/14/2011

What a tiny screen. Booooo

[littlebrowngirl]

11:56 PM on 07/13/2011

The weiner button?

[AllyCat7]

05:44 PM on 07/14/2011

lolz. His says "Share to Twitter"

[johnpet]

08:04 AM on 07/13/2011

Small viewing window = fail. Reference Blackberry.

[TIMEATELL]

12:36 AM on 07/13/2011

One word, garbage

[MrVee]

10:58 PM on 07/12/2011

Meh.

[AllyCat7]

05:46 PM on 07/14/2011

Well stated.

[dekadente81]

09:56 PM on 07/12/2011

Is there a who gives a **** button?

[alexunlv]

07:47 PM on 07/12/2011

Why stop there? Why not name the phone Buttons?

This is more of the tickle me elmo hype. I've never met someone who is really into the whole facebook thing. And those people who use it often - don't seem to have a clue about facebook. These are the people that end up sharing everything including the kitchen sink.

Pathetic.

[Onutz]

08:14 PM on 07/12/2011

LOL, reminds me of my old Treo. Not goin' down that road again.

[gregory57]

06:02 PM on 07/13/2011

I'm still using my Treo! It's still good for collecting Email and making calls.

[AllyCat7]

05:45 PM on 07/14/2011

Well if it isn't my Apple vs. MS debate buddy lol. I still have a Treo, sadly. Am going to get a new phone by the end of the month. Debating between HTC Evo and the new Motorola Photon.

[wtfwillwonder]

04:57 PM on 07/12/2011

This is so odd. What happens when facebook goes out of style? It says the button nudges you when something is interesting to update. Why do I get the feeling this button will do that everytime I text someone and scare the crap outta me?

[DungBeetle]

04:44 PM on 07/12/2011

What's a button?

[Thousandpoints Oflight]

04:29 PM on 07/12/2011

Get this phone. It will be a collectors item after facebook goes the way of myspace.

[imonlyhereforthelaughs]

04:21 PM on 07/12/2011

Yeah...just what everyone should want...to be able to accidentally butt-facebook every most embarassing thing currently stored on your phone.

[AllyCat7]

05:46 PM on 07/14/2011

lol good point

[Andie Marshall]

04:15 PM on 07/12/2011

I suspect Zucks is working on an in-vitro application.

[bealebkk]

04:13 PM on 07/12/2011

Holy s*^# Carlie Brown, this is so cool!
just like a mentholated suppository...

[AlanInGA]

04:08 PM on 07/12/2011

To obtain a new friend, please press 1.

[Gudrun]

05:02 PM on 07/12/2011

Heh.

[JL-Sosa]

04:05 PM on 07/12/2011

Piece... of... junk.