The HTC Aria leaked recently. It was believed at the time of the leak a couple of weeks back that the smartphone would run Android 2.1. This information has been confirmed with a lot more, by AT&T [T] who today announced it.
The HTC Aria runs the Google [GOOG] Android 2.1 operating system as mentioned above, it is a 3G device that is capable of downloading at 7.2MBps HSPA speeds. A 5 megapixel camera can be found on the device. It has a 3.2 inch HVGA screen and runs the HTC Sense UI overlay.
Other features include the usual WiFi connectivity, GPS and all other general features you find in a modern smartphone.
‘HTC Aria is the first of several smartphones in our Android portfolio to run the 2.1 platform, said Jeff Bradley, senior vice president, Devices, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. ‘When you combine the nation’s fastest 3G network, and access to the nation’s largest Wi-Fi network, HTC Aria will be one of the best Android smartphones available.
One of the biggest features of the iPhone 4 from Apple [AAPL] is the new screen used which they call the Retina Display. The retina display has four times the amount of pixels when compared to the older iPhone models. This, according to Apple, makes it impossible to see the individual pixels when using the device at a normal distance away from your eyes.
Remember last week when a problem at AT&T caused 114,000 email addresses of iPad owners to be leaked? AT&T [T] have now published a formal apology to those 114,000 customers to make all things a little better.
Nokia [NOK] has announced the Nokia X5-01 over at the Nokia Connection event in Singapore. The new device from the X-Series range of phones is designed for those who enjoy music and movies on the go.
Archos has decided to get in to the notebook game by creating a Dual-Core Atom based ultraslim device. The notebook by Archos has a 13 inch display that can display 1366×768 pixels. The screen is LCD. Memory wise it has 1GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive.
Adobe [ADBE] has reported that it expects to see Flash installed on over 250 million devices by the end of 2012. A scaled-down version of flash has been created that allows the software to function on less powerful phones.
Apple [AAPL] has provided another way to grab the iPhone 4 on launch day in the US. As well as being able to pick up the smartphone at Apple stores and AT&T [T] stores, you will also be able to pick up the device from Wal-Mart.
O2 has updated the iPhone 4 mini site with details of the microSIM that the iPhone 4 uses. Unfortunately it’s just basic information about what a microSIM is, how it differs from a regular SIM as well as how you can get hold of one.
This week we posted a segment spotted on Youtube about the 
On Monday when Apple [AAPL] announced the iPhone 4 we didn’t hear anything of the device moving to other networks in the US such as Verizon [VZ] or T-Mobile. Although most people assume this is the end of that argument till perhaps next year when iPhone 5 is announced, we still keep hearing that the iPhone 4 (and 3GS) could be heading that way.
Windows Phone 7 is due to launch later this year. Several companies are planning to launch hardware along side the launch. Microsoft [MSFT] has created a new job opening recently which puts out a request for a strong and experienced developer to help the OEM to design applications. The job offering is worded as follows…
O2 is slowly pushing out information each day ready for the iPhone 4 UK launch. However, we still do not know the iPhone 4 UK price just yet. Good news (or not so good when we go in to more detail) is that the iPhone 4 UK O2 tariffs are now online. The bad news is that the limits for data usage are quite strict in that the top plan limits you to just 1GB of data per month.
