HTC Salsa Review
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Introduction:
Salsa is your friend. You put it on nachos; you do it on the dance floor. The word conjures up images of socializing, music and fun times. We're guessing that's why Salsa is the name of HTC's latest social media, and more specifically, Facebook phone. With more explicit Facebook integration than most, the HTC Salsa, along with its sibling, the HTC ChaCha, carries a physical Facebook button to tie whatever's going on in your hand to the world of Facebook. Sitting between the HTC Wildfire S and the HTC Desire S, is the Facebook button enough to make us want some Salsa on our social networking or would we be better off ignoring this friend request and going for a more established model?
Design:
The first thing that strikes us about the design of the HTC Salsa is its build quality. This isn't a half baked chunky plastic job, it's every bit as well built as the HTC Desire S with an HTC Hero-esque styling. Until, that is, you arrive at the jarring blue button on the lower part of the fascia that makes it very clear what this phone's all about. But we'll come onto that later, now, lets talk about the screen.
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The HTC Salsa is well built | |
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With HVGA resolution (320x480) and 3.4 inches of screen, the HTC Salsa delivers good overall contrast and brightness levels though isn’t very sharp. Viewing angles hold up pretty well and the capacitive display is certainly responsive enough to make the overall experience good, but it’s in the league below WVGA displays out there.
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The HTC Salsa has 3.4 inches of screen | |
As far as the physical design goes, as mentioned, the HTC Salsa resembles a slightly squat HTC Hero with a chin that houses the all-important Facebook button. Directly below the display are 4 capacitive buttons while above is the front facing camera, light sensor and in-call speaker. There's a volume rocker and micro USB port to the left, while to the right is one of the best camera buttons we've seen on a phone, offering a large, easy to press, two stage shutter release. The power button and audio jack lie up top, while on the back is a 5MP autofocus camera, single LED flash and loudspeaker. The handset feels ergonomically curvaceous, though may be a bit thick and heavy for some. This all makes for a hardy mid-range bit of kit with a conspicuous Facebook button. That said, with the lackluster screen, we're hoping for some pretty special functionality to justify the HTC Salsa’s upper mid-range price-point.
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The sides of the HTC Salsa | |||
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The Facebook button | Back | Battery cover |
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33 Comments
33. Raymond_htc posted on 13 Apr 2012, 11:40 0 0
why are you replying to ur ownself? mad? btw its a smartphone. we hate it due to HTC Being biased against twitter, tumblr etc. all they put is that one dumb fb button. HTC, one wrong step, and your social phones go ''pop''.
3. asn39 posted on 05 Jul 2011, 12:02 0 0
Obviously it is smartphone !! it has a 800 mhz processor !! And android operating system
4. neeraj mishra (unregistered) posted on 01 Sep 2011, 23:40 0 0
i bought this phone 1 month back.. and i m very happy with my decision... its normal GPRS speed is superb and various forms of using facebook...i m happy happy nd happy...with its features... :) :) :)
8. nitish kumar (unregistered) posted on 13 Sep 2011, 21:37 0 0
hiiiiii neeraj how to close your background application in htc salsa
plz solve my problem
thanx
9. Manu (unregistered) posted on 15 Sep 2011, 06:04 0 0
in settings under accounts & sync uncheck background data & auoto sync
5. krishna07210 (unregistered) posted on 04 Sep 2011, 13:15 0 0
I bought this mobile i am very happy with the features... but i cannot find any application to see my SD Card files (ex: File Manager) can any body suggest me how to see my SD Card Files....
6. haripatel064@gmail.com (unregistered) posted on 05 Sep 2011, 04:39 0 0
If I am not wrong then Gallery icon can be used to see all the photos and music icon can be use to see all MP3 files...
22. sanal (unregistered) posted on 08 Oct 2011, 23:47 0 0
download astro file manager from the market.... its the best and its free......
7. ashiq (unregistered) posted on 13 Sep 2011, 12:18 0 0
Download OI file manager from the market
10. khader (unregistered) posted on 18 Sep 2011, 14:46 0 0
Ive bouht this mobile few weeks back im happy with its performance and features Im using an 8gb memory card I don't know how to save the applications to memory card because through I gave only fee apps my mobile always says internal memory low please can anyone help me on this.....
11. Yat (unregistered) posted on 22 Sep 2011, 05:10 0 0
Dear Khader...Download App to SD application from android market..its free....
It will tell you after installation which apps can be transferred to SD Card from your phone....nd it also has options to clear cache files...keep cleaning it....
12. saran (unregistered) posted on 22 Sep 2011, 10:04 0 0
Im planning to buy this one! pls suggest
13. Kanaad (unregistered) posted on 25 Sep 2011, 08:42 0 0
yes it is very good i have it u should buy it
14. sathya (unregistered) posted on 26 Sep 2011, 22:26 0 0
Hi all,
I m using HTC salsa c510. How to create new album or new folder to keep my personal folder in gallery with passwords . pls suggest me soon
Thanks to all.
15. saikiran (unregistered) posted on 27 Sep 2011, 12:01 0 0
hi i want to buy this one .can anyone tell me bout battery backup it is giving while it is under use:))
plz help on it
16. mills (unregistered) posted on 29 Sep 2011, 22:20 0 0
guys don't buy this phone o bought it and it has low internal memory issu total crap and hang when memorey get full
I hate HTC
17. mills (unregistered) posted on 29 Sep 2011, 22:28 0 0
all app and cache and system update will store on phone memory and after Android we get only 120 kha free memorey which get full in 11 apps and after that phone hangs
and main part it dosent support next Android version 3 coz Android 3 need 600mb for installation so all 800mhz CPU 512 ram is useless if u don't store all I buy this phone coz company say it has 512 Rom but not mension any good usable memory
I will never buy HTC mobile
f**k u HTC !!!!!!!!!!
don't buy this crap
18. akash (unregistered) posted on 30 Sep 2011, 07:41 0 0
Do the factory reset once u get ths phn.. u have to go to 'SD nd memory'.
in settings nd select 'reset phon e memory.. Thn ur phone memory wd increase to 120 mb available..m using ths phone nd after resetting I dnt hav internal memory issues..a Gud phn at around 15k Indian rupees..m happy with it.. try tht.. nd ya,,I hav abt 20 apps installed.. a Gud buy..nd solid HTC quality..battery is also Gud..
