Friday, April 5, 2013

HTC First - Facebook dedicated smartphone

Few weeks of rumors and speculations and here we have - new HTC device, called HTC First and created together with (and for!) Facebook. It's surely not a flagship model, but also not a low-end device.

Actually it has quite nice specifications:

  • Platform: Android 4.1
  • Processor: Qualcomm® MSM8930AA 1.4Ghz, dual-core
  • Memory: 16 GB, 1 GB RAM
  • GSM 850/900/1800/1900/2100, HSDPA 21/5.76, LTE 4/17
  • Display: 4.3-inch, HD 720p
  • Battery: 2000mAh (non-removable)
  • Main camera: 5 MP camera with auto focus, LED flash, BSI sensor, f/2.0 aperture, 28mm lens, 1080p video recording
  • Front camera: 1.6 MP camera
  • Dimensions: 4.96 x 2.56 x 0.35 (in) (LxWxT)
  • Weight: 4.37 oz

What is special about this device, is very deep Facebook integration. It has its own Facebook launcher instead of HTC Sense launcher. What else?

  • Cover feed: A constant, fresh stream of photos and updates from your newsfeed, 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • App Launcher:  See your favorite apps and post right to Facebook from the same spot. You choose what’s on your app launcher—press and hold an app then drag it anywhere.
  • Instagram:  HTC First is the only phone that comes with Instagram pre-loaded.

Personally, I'm very curious how this device will work with its custom launcher and what will be customers judgement. I think it has a huge potential. The idea of new custom launcher is more then interesting. Let's take a quick pick how it looks like:





To me, it seems to be very simplified version of Android launcher. It might be a great choice for users who are not expecting their phone to be multimedia all-in-one device, but they want to easily stay in touch with their friends using the most popular social channel. There is also Instagram pre-installed, so sharing your great moments captured with 5 MP back camera will be easy as well. Additionally, it is very likely that the overall system performance in HTC First will be very good. Qualcomm 1.4 GHz dual-core CPU in pair with 1GB of RAM memory will probably bring you smooth user interface experience, considering the fact that device doesn't have pretty heavy HTC Sense on board. So, do you think it is a device for you?

Have any questions or comments? Feel free to share! Also, if you like this article, please use media sharing buttons (Twitter, G+, Facebook) down this post!



16 comments:

  1. Not bad, not bad at all

    ReplyDelete
  2. This is an amazing and interesting sharing for us. It really helped me I am glad that i visit here.

    Regards
    Android Application Developers

    ReplyDelete
  3. great looks,great specs.i like it.what the price of HTC First???

    ReplyDelete
  4. hey there. thx for your rom first of all.
    i cant find your email address to contact you, so i will just begin here.
    i was using your rom perfectly, till i tried to change the font.
    i read on the web,saying that what you need to do is to change DroidSans.ttf DroidSans-Bold.ttf DroidSansFallback.ttf ( i am a chinese user) these three fonts and their permission, and reboot, everything will be done. but when i do that, my phone stuck on the HTC ONE logo screen. so i had to recover it.i took a close look at the /system/fonts, and i realize DFHEIA7A.ttf DFHEIA5A.ttf and DroidSansFallback.ttf are all chinese fonts file. so, at this point i am not sure what should i do. could you let me know which font file should i change?
    Cheers

    ReplyDelete
  5. This is one of the best website I have seen in a long time thank you so much. 바둑이사이트넷

    ReplyDelete
  6. I am happy that I observed this blog, just the right information that I was searching for! I gotta bookmark this site it seems handy handy.

    스포츠토토365
    토토사이트
    파워볼
    먹튀검증

    ReplyDelete
  7. Hiya very cool web site!! Guy .. Excellent .. Superb .. I’ll bookmark your site and take the feeds additionally? I’m glad to search out so many useful information right here within the publish, we need work out more techniques on this regard, thank you for sharing.

    토토
    스포츠중계
    파워볼사이트
    안전놀이터

    ReplyDelete
  8. I thank you about that. No doubt it will be very useful for my future projects. Would like to see some other posts on the same subject! 온라인카지노
    카지노
    바카라사이트
    안전토토사이트

    ReplyDelete
  9. Hello I am Rohit Kumar and I am going to discuss about cloud mining service provider Founded in 2021, CoinCRED is committed to providing a secure,
    reliable, and user-friendly platform for buying, selling, and trading cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin).
    Our mission is to democratize access to digital assets and empower individuals and businesses to participate in the exciting world of crypto.
    what are the best stablecoins

    ReplyDelete
  10. It proved to be Very helpful to me and I am sure to all the commenters here!

    ReplyDelete
  11. It’s always nice when you can not only be informed, but also entertained!

    ReplyDelete
  12. I don’t know how many hours I’ve been searching for a simple article like this.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Your website is really cool and this is a great inspiring article.

    ReplyDelete


  14. splendid beat ! I woul will even enjoy how i feel after analyzing your article

    ReplyDelete

  15. i am actually lo a issue new nowadays! Thank you for that. Thank u for sharing, i really like it

    ReplyDelete
  16. In Toto, Proto and Sports Promotion Voting Rights Project.

    ReplyDelete