It's not clear if its recently acquired group messaging firm, Beluga, had anything to do with it or not, but Facebook has branched out further into the increasingly crowded messaging space today with the announcement of a separate Facebook Messenger app. Available for iPhone and Android, the app lets you send messages directly to individual friends or groups, which they'll of course receive instantly (a la BBM, Huddle for Google+, ... Read More

AT&T on Wednesday announced a smartphone BGR readers knew was coming — the HTC Status. AT&T’s version of the HTC ChaCha is now official, and it features Facebook integration deeper than any other phone on the market, barring the HTC Salsa, of course. We’ve already seen it live and in person, and we’ve handled the international version personally so we can say that the build is surprisingly solid for a ... Read More

Facebook has denied it’s working on a Facebook phone for months now, and today its denials were finally believed after HTC unveiled two new phones – both of which have prominent Facebook buttons on them. The HTC Cha-Cha and Salsa are two Android phones with the Sense User Interface on them, and are immediately recognizable thanks to the blue Fcebook button positioned just to the right of center at the bottom ... Read More

We haven't heard much from INQ Mobile recently, but there have been rumours for a while that INQ was working with Facebook on a mobile phone, and the upcoming INQ Cloud Touch is one of a pair of handsets launched as a result of this, the other one being the INQ Cloud Q. The INQ Cloud Touch is an Android 2.2 smartphone with a 3.5" 480 x 320 pixel capacitive touchscreen ... Read More

Officially announced only in GSM flavor, the Samsung Corby S3650 might also be released in a CDMA version for the Indian market – where major carriers like Reliance and Tata use CDMA networks. The new Corby S3650 would be India’s first CDMA touchscreen phone to provide access to social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc). The handset features a 2.8 inch QVGA display, TouchWiz UI, HTML browser, Stereo FM radio with ... Read More

You all know Fring, the application that brings Skype, ICQ, Facebook and other services to your mobile phones, right? Up until now you were able to chat with your pals and to make voice calls but as of today you can also take things to a new level. Enter mobile video calls through Skype. Just a few days back the Fring app was made compatible with the smartphones powered by Android ... Read More

Palm has finally got a Facebook app for its Pre and Pixi phones, with the popular social networking application being converted for WebOS. Facebook apps have been massively popular for other devices, including Android phones and Apple's iPhone, but until now the Pre and forthcoming Pixi handsets which use Palm's WebOS did not have their own version. Functional But that has now changed, with a version hitting the markets, which early reports suggest ... Read More

Today Nokia announced the 5330 Mobile TV Edition, a new phone that features DVB-H technology, allowing users to watch TV shows while on the go. The handset also comes with Nokia’s Electronic Program Guide (EPG), which lets you create personal channel lists. The other specs of 5330 Mobile TV Edition are similar to the ones included in the Nokia 5330 XpressMusic: 2.4 inch QVGA display, 3G, 3.5mm headset jack, 3.2MP camera, ... Read More

As if the BlackBerry Curve 8530 and Convoy were not enough, Verizon also has some chocolate topping for their mobile sundae: The LG Chocolate Touch. This new iteration of the Chocolate has integration with Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace. It also has Dolby Mobile sound and a Join the Band feature that allows uers to play along with their music with a virtual drum kit and 88 key scrolling keyboard. It also ... Read More

To add to the excitement of the impending release of the Palm Pixi, Palm is offering a couple of different ways to win over 25 free webOS devices. If you sign up on Palm's Blog, you will have a chance to win one of 25 Palm Pixi handsets being given away by Palm. Another way to win is by heading over to Palm's Facebook page and leaving a comment. All comments ... Read More