So the main big feature of this phone is it's Facbook sharing button.
The Facebook button glows when there is an option available to use it.
This happens in the following circumstances:
- Open the Camera application - Pressing the Facbook button whilst in the camera application will take a picture and open the 'Upload to Facebook' screen
When uploading a photo you can also add a caption and tag users
- Open the Camcorder application - Pressing the Facbook button whilst in the camcorder application start recording a video. Pressing the button again will stop the recording and open the 'Upload to Facbook' screen
- Open the Internet Browser - Pressing the Facbook button whilst in the internet browser will open the 'Post to wall' screen allowing you to post a link to the page you are viewing.
- In the 'Now Playing' screen of the music application - Pressing the Facebook button will open the 'Post to wall' screen allowing you to post. If available it will search amazon for album art and post that along with(I havn't had much luck with this though)
- In the News application - Pressing the Facebook button will open the 'Post to wall' screen allowing you to post a link to the story you are reading.
- Press and Hold the Facebook button will allow you to share you location via Facebook Places
The Facebook Chat app is listed in the app menu as 'Fb Chat'
The main screen of the application shows a list of your firends. Online friends are represented with a green icon, Friends online but not active are shown with an orange icon, and friends not online are not listed.
By default notifications are turned off.
To turn them on; whilst in the chat screen, press menu --> settings --> check 'recieved notification' Notifications will then be displayed in the status bar when a new message is recieved.
You can also be notified with a sound and using a vibrate. Both can be enabled in the settings menu.
If you want to delete a widget long press (hold your finger on the screen) until you see the 'remove' icon in the lower right of the screen. Drag your finger onto this icon and the widget will be removed.
This widget shows you a list off all your facebook friends who are currently online.
If you have a current conversation with a contact It shows the last message sent or recieved.
To start a conversation simple tap the name of the person you want to chat with.
You can open the full Facebook Chat application by pressing the arrow in the top right.
Press the green dot in the top right to go offline, the dot then turns grey to signify that you are offline.
To go back online press the dot again.
Enabling the Chat Widget
The Facebook Chat widget is not enabled by default. To enable it swipe left on the home-screen until you see the large plus button. Tap the plus and you are given a menu. Select 'Widget' and then 'Facebook Chat'. Press the tick on the right of the screen.. The widget is then added to the screen.
@Nabs - As always mate, a very informative read... 
It looks like HTC have managed to successfully integrate Facebook into nearly every aspect of the ChaCha!
Has all this integration made Facebook easier to use or has it over complicated things do you think?
Can you check the Gps accuracy?
Is Google Navigation viable on the Smaller screen size?
thesoupdragon wrote:@Nabs - As always mate, a very informative read...
It looks like HTC have managed to successfully integrate Facebook into nearly every aspect of the ChaCha!
Has all this integration made Facebook easier to use or has it over complicated things do you think?
Can you check the Gps accuracy?
Is Google Navigation viable on the Smaller screen size?
I think HTC have got it just right. After you have worked out all the possible places you can use the Facbook button it's actually really simple. It's just a single button press to share things opposed to serveral with other handsets.
For example sharing a photo(a very popular thing to do on facebook i have been told) from the gallery, on the chacha can be done in 2 steps- FB button and tap 'done'. On my Nexus One it's 5 steps- menu --> share --> Facebook -->sign in (it opens a browser rather than the app no idea why) --> post
It's the same process for just about everything you would want to share.
It's been a horrible day weather wise today so havn't ventured out. I'll check accuracy + navigation out for you tomorrow although just looking at maps is a bit of a struggle on the small screen. Pinch zoom is awkward to say the least and if i pan around i feel like im my fingers a re moving a lot more than they should have to.
On another note the battery life seems to be pretty good. I havn't charged it al all since i recieved it yesterday lunchtime and it has only just told me it's running low. Ok so i never used it for about 10 hours last night since i was sleeping but the rest of the time i have been using it pretty heavily.
@Nabs
I agree, I think the Facebook integration is absolutely spot on!
I also agree about the battery life. I charged the phone to 100% when I first received it. During the course of the Day I had to Factory Reset the Phone over 23 times! I continued using it as my personal phone as well, I usually send and receive over 80 emails a Day! So I gave the battery a real hammering.
All this was done on a single charge, which is quite impressive for a new phone!
I personally think if they launched the ChaCha in Pink, they would have a runaway success!
TSD
@TSD i never did post back about the GPS so here goes.
When i checked i could only get it accurate to about 2m when i was walking out in the open(middle of a field) in the town it dropped down to about 10m.
The screen was big enough to use when walking but it was very difficult to see when driving and in my eyes would take too much of your attention away from actually controlling the vehicle.
