HTC Aria – A Petite Android Phone with Great Features

AT&T has added another Android-based device, the HTC Aria, to its smartphone offering. Despite its pocket size, the Aria comes with plenty of nice features that make it a fun, stylish and appealing handset geared toward first-time Android users.

At first glance, the Aria has much in common with the Droid Incredible, another HTC Droid phone. But in fact, it is more compact and portable by measuring 4.1" high by 2.3" wide by 0.46" deep and weighing 4.05 ounces. Although its petite size also means a smaller capacitive touchscreen (3.2 inches), the screen is still sharp and vibrant by showing 262k colors and 480x320-pixel resolution. It also supports pinch-to-zoom gestures and works with a built-in accelerometer.

Like the Droid Incredible, the Aria runs on Android version 2.1 with HTC's Sense user interface. So you get the standard Sense features, including "Scenes", "Leap" and multiple customizable home screen panels. Preloaded with HTC's FriendStream app, the phone keeps you socially connected by giving you updates from friends on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and other online communities. You also get the Peep Twitter app and the Footprint photo geo-tagging app.

As usual, Google throws in a number of useful applications, such as Google Talk, Google Maps Navigation, QuickOffice and YouTube. You can download a lot more from the Android Market. The only drawback is that the Aria does not support applications that are not from the Market.

The phone also sports an Android's WebKit Web browser with support for Flash Lite and multiple windows. Other instant messaging options include AIM, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. Email features include POP3/IMAP, corporate email sync and Push Gmail. In addition, you will find some AT&T services, such as MobiTV, Mobile Video, AT&T Navigator, YP Mobile and AT&T Hotspot.

The Aria itself is integrated with a 5.0-megapixel auto-focus camera with video recording capability. Its built-in music and video players are compatible with files in MP3, AAC, WMA, MP4, 3GP and other formats. It is also outfitted with a 3.5mm headphone jack. Text and multimedia messaging, stereo Bluetooth, 3G, Wi-Fi and GPS/APGS are onboard as well. Apart from 512MB ROM and 384MB RAM of internal memory, the phone also accepts microSD card up to 32GB.

The HTC Aria has managed to incorporate a great deal of user-friendly features into its cute little body. It may not be the most feature rich smartphone among other Android devices, but is definitely a worthy addition to AT&T's lineup considering its size.

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LG Vu Plus GR700 – Keeps You Entertained On the Go

The LG Vu Plus GR700 is AT&T's latest Mobile TV-enabled phone designed for watching TV shows. As a successor to the LG Vu, the Vu Plus now boasts a side-sliding QWERTY keyboard, a revamped interface, an improved camera and AT&T Social Net, while preserving some goodies of its predecessor, like the 3-inch capacitive touchscreen.

The Vu Plus is a slider feature phone with a 240x400-pixel 262k-color screen complemented by a four-row keyboard for speedy text messaging. It uses LG's proprietary Flash-based user interface and offers some customization options on widgets, themes, vibration feedback and ringtones. The Vu Plus (4.31" high by 2.1" wide by 0.6" deep) is about the same size as its original, but is heftier at 3.95 ounces.

Multimedia fans will appreciate the assortment of broadband services offered by AT&T. You can watch full-length broadcast shows from 12 popular channels with Mobile TV for a monthly subscription. With Social Net, you will be constantly updated on your friends' latest feeds on various social networking sites, including Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.

Besides, the carrier brings AT&T Video Share, AT&T Music, MusicID2 and XM Radio to enhance your mobile experience. Enabled with GPS capability, the handset is compatible with AT&T Navigator for both voice and on-screen turn-by-turn directions. The phone runs on high-speed 3G connectivity, so everything will be done blazing fast.

Like the old Vu, the Vu Plus offers an array of email and messaging options. Apart from multimedia and threaded text messaging, you can chat with friends on AIM, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger, and you will have access to your personal email accounts, such as AOL, Gmail and Yahoo Mail.

Other than these, you also get stereo Bluetooth, a full HTML Web browser, a one-touch speakerphone, an 1000-entry phonebook, a 3.0-megapixel camera/camcorder with flash and 2x digital zoom, plus a music player with background music mode and support for MP3, WMA and AAC/AAC+ formats. The phone offers only 50MB of internal memory, but also supports memory expansion up to 16GB via its microSD card slot.

The LG Vu Plus is a sleek full-featured device that lets you catch up with your favorite media content and stay in touch with your social circle. It is perfect for those who have a mobile lifestyle and demand the best in entertainment.

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