Failbook phone: AT&T, already is looking to ditch the HTC status, says source

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Surprise! Even a clever little trick as custom button Facebook cannot save a bad phone from an early death.

After only 36 days on the shelves of a trusted source, close to AT&T tells us that the carrier had already prepping to ditch HTC so-called "Facebook phone" status. The Reason For This? Things just don't sell.

Since the original tipster forward, we have confirmed with several sources of sales status much lower than expected. AT&T declined to comment.

To say that we foresaw the fate of status will be something of an understatement. The status was originally launched as ChaCha back at Mobile World Congress, where I stated that Chacha (real-time response companies) likely will not be too kindly name — and of course, Chacha turned around and filed a lawsuit against HTC over the weekend. When AT&T announced plans for the device (now called status), we predicted fail due to lack of exhausting and we're here just over a month post-launch rumor that the death knell for this time to prepare for the melody.

For those who may have missed status update state is Android phone in the same vein as the classic BlackBerry (2.8 touchscreen on top, with a QWERTY keyboard below) — design, which, if we are honest, probably most of the status of weak sales. The status of one of the potential saving grace was its context-sensitive button Facebook — a small, dedicated key placed next to the bottom edge of the tube strictly built one click Facebook sharing. At any time the user was browsing the content that could be shared on Facebook (photos, videos or website), the button will automatically light up. When pushed, the content will be packed and pushed into the Facebook user profile.

For what it's worth even Facebook never seemed all that interested in HTC'S efforts. Mark Zuckerberg called it in with the HTC initial announcement, providing a short, versatile video instead of the actual appearance. Even with a fair amount of time spent on Facebook headquarters in no time any of us here at TechCrunch have seen Facebook employee carrying status. They all seem to use iPhones.

Update: AT&T now decided to go on record with the comment, saying "the status of the HTC is a great product and have not changed our plans to be a part of our portfolio.

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