HTC Aria Side-Loading Sync App Removed

The HTC Aria looked like it was going to get the HTC sync app as it appeared on their website recently. However, the app has now been removed which now would prevent non-android market applications from being installed on the device.

When the app first appeared on HTC, people were thinking that AT&T [T] were relaxing the rules a little and letting 3rd party apps be installed on the handsets it offers as a carrier. However, now that the side-loading app has been removed this is not the case.

It’s a shame really as many would like the ability to install apps this way, and now it isn’t possible using this method. What made it look like it was a mistake in the first place is that AT&T had not pushed out a firmware update to utilise the side-loading sync system.

Via: BGR

Comments

  1. Consequently, though I was going to trade my Moto q9h for an Aria, I probably won’t now because I’d resent having to pay AT&T for access to my already-paid-for Sirius XM radio-plus-online-streaming subscription. Sirius XM, for its part, now offers a downloadable Android OS tool to broaden its support for streaming (formerly only for Windows and Mac mobile devices), but AT&T once again is blocking any app that doesn’t come directly from the android.com/market website. This kind of limitation all seems to boil down to greed by these profiteering co-venturers.

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