Just before going back to school, Social butterflies are being rewarded with a good news by wireless carrier AT&T – Pre-sales of the order of the HTC Status, which will arrive in stores and be available online July 17 onwards, begins today on .http://www.att.com/.
The phone runs on the Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread platform, the first one to do so, is aimed at the young, has a QWERTY key pad, a 5 megapixel camera and a dedicated Facebook sharing button
The Facebook share button allows users to:
• Post instantly on your wall or a friend’s wall by pressing the Facebook share button from your home screen.
• Take a picture or shoot a video and share it instantly with a press of the Facebook share button. You can also post multiple pictures at one time and label and tag them before posting. Or even post photos automatically as you’re taking them.
• Check in to Facebook Places by pressing and holding the Facebook share button from the home screen.
• Share something cool on the Web with a quick press of the Facebook share button and be the first with the news.
• Let your friends in on the music you love with the push of a button by pressing the Facebook share button to post the song title and other details.
Jeff Bradley, AT&T Senior VP of Devices, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets said in a statement, “We can’t wait to put the HTC Status in the hands of young consumers who will waste no time tapping into Facebook to update their friends.”
The HTC Status, with its uni-body design with sleek metal accents, is easy to customize to reflect your style with widgets, shortcuts and wallpapers, and its customizable lock screen lets you open your favorite application quickly when you unlock the screen.
Exclusive custom cases and a screen protector will also be available for sale with the HTC Status at AT&T company-owned retail stores. Customers can choose from hard- and soft-shell case options from Speck and AGF. The HTC Status will be compatible with a number of universal micro-USB charging options, Bluetooth headsets and corded stereo headsets such as the IFrogz Luxe corded headsets with integrated microphone, which will be available in four colors, black, silver, pink and blue. Accessories will also be available for sale in AT&T’s online store.