HTC Salsa and Chacha are available for pre-order

TAIWANESE SMARTPHONE MAKER HTC's Facebook focused phones, the Salsa and Chacha, are available for pre-order starting at £249.

Announced back in February, the cheaper of the two is the Chacha, which you can pre-order now for £249 SIM free from Amazon.co.uk and Play.com. Play will get it to you two days sooner on 24 June, whilst Clove.co.uk has the phone for £252 with no exact date in June.

The second of the social networking branded phones is the more expensive Salsa, which will set you back £319 SIM free, again from Amazon.co.uk and Play.com. Both retailers have the same date of 26 June. Clove.co.uk only says it is "expected in June" and has a higher price tag of £342.

We don't quite know why the handsets are named after dances, but what we do know is they have very similar specifications. Both have dedicated Facebook buttons, the Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS, a 600MHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 512MB of internal storage, a 5MP camera and a front facing VGA camera.

The difference between them is that the Salsa has a 3.4in touchscreen while the Chacha has a 2.6in touchscreen accompanied by a Qwerty keyboard.

Along with the Facebook button on the front, the two handsets will come with Facebook themed widgets like a clock that integrates your Facebook news stream. HTC wants you to "Facebook your entire phone". µ