HTC Aria communicator ceased to be exclusive model of the American operator AT&T — now the given phone is sell in Taiwan, about it declared HTC and FarEasTone. It's quite probable that soon HTC Aria can be acquired in other countries. Nevertheless, if you do not wish to wait, Aria unlocked will solve your problem.
HTC Aria is intended for an average price segment, and technical characteristics completely correspond to cost.
Technical Characteristics of HTC Aria
— Qualcomm Processor MSM 7227 (600Mhz); — 512mb ROM/384Mb RAM; — OS Android 2.1; — The 3.2-inch touch screen with resolution HVGA; — The 5-megapixel camera; — The slot for memory sticks of format MicroSD (a card 2Gb — in a set); — Wi-Fi, HSDPA, GPS; — Compass, light sensor.
Unpacking and the First Acquaintance
Three official video with involvement of HTC Aria communicator.
The 1st — acquaints with principal singularities and device basic functions: Following two — the commercials showing to possibility of a communicator in an everyday life:
TV Stars For the Budgetary Aria
New versions of communicators often flicker in hands of celebrities. Excellent an example — T-Mobile MyTouch 3G, this phone was shown from screens by such celebrities, as: Whoopi Goldberg, Jesse James and Phil Jackson. Company AT&T, apparently, selected similar strategy, and HTC Aria debuted on TV.«More — does not mean what better» — the excellent slogan for a pocket communicator. Really, budgetary HTC Aria with the processor 600Mhz, 384Mb of operating memory and OS Android 2.1 is much capable. If you live not in territory of the USA, most likely for you is necessary action to HTC Aria unlocking, — what's real fact, it's plain truth.
Ideal aerodynamical design, amazing speed of commands, accurate faultless reactions — pledge of pleasant dialogue with any device, and thus HTC Desire is a vivid example of these constants. The slightest delay between the start and actions, unperturbable work of ten appendices in the background, the high-quality processing of any graphic data, including HD-video — all it thanks to advanced platform «Qualcomm Snapdragon» (QSD8250) with 1GHz and 576Mb of operative memory.
High-Dimension AMOLED-screen
For HTC Bravo (code name HTC Desire) the company has used 3,7 inch AMOLED the screen with the dimension 480х800 pixels. It means, that you receive not simply tremendous cleanliness and clearness a picture, but also possibility of comfortable communicator use under direct solar beams. Besides, such screen consumes less energy and will give much bigger brightness. Thus, it ideally processes contacts for convenience of management of the device on new qualitative level.
The Intuitive Interface
HTC Desire, probably, most known own interface, which company developed for phones over standard operational system. And it's not surprising. HTC Desire deals is so simple and clear for any person, what to operate communicator under force even to the child. And besides, the interface is ideally based for manual control, accompanying each action by colorful animation.
Flexible Android OS
Communicators from simple mobile phones differ first of all installation possibilities. It means functioning on the basis of expanded programs for the most popular OS. Getting HTC Desire, you receive in the order the most open Android OS for IT-developers.
All Google Services
Synchronise contacts to accounting Google, correspond E-mail by Gmail, communicate in Google Talk, use GPS-navigation together with Google Maps and many other things — after all services of the search giant are built in operational system. But if for you not enough of it, — Android Market can offer hundred thousand appendices for all tastes!
HTC Company will make six new models of smartphones till the end of a year, writes Digitimes by referring to Chinese newspaper of Commercial Times.
HTC Vision & Mondrain
According to the newspaper, two smartphones: HTC Vision (on the basis of mobile OS Android) and Mondrain (on the basis of Windows Phone 7) — will be presented in Europe. Is expected, that Vision will work on the basis of processor Android 3.0, will appear in the mobile market in October. Starts of Mondrain is planned on the fourth quarter 2010.
HTC Vanguard & Emerald
In the American mobile market four models will be presented. Two of them will work under control of WP7, two under Android. At present names of smartphones on the basis of Android are known only — Vanguard and Emerald. At the same time, earlier it was informed that one of smartphones HTC (Windows Phone 7) will be named the Schubert or Scorpion.
Company HTC has declared, that will be protected from charges Apple in infringement of patents. HTC has rejected these charges, having expressed disagreement with the steps undertaken by the manufacturer iPhone, it is informed in the official press release.
Intellectual brotherhood
Chief executive Peter Chou has declared, that company HTC traditionally supports intellectual property protection. He has underlined, that HTC respects other participants of the market and achieves competitive advantage, using own workings out.
So, in 1998 and 2002 the company has presented in the market accordingly the first handheld computer and phone on the basis of OS Windows. In October, 2005 HTC has made the first smart phone of the standard 3G CDMA EVDO, and in October 2008 — the first smart phone on the basis of OS Google Android.
On March, 2nd company Apple has acted with charges to HTC. According to the company, HTC illegally used 20 patents, concerning the user interface of a mobile phone iPhone. Apple has declared, that has submitted the statement of claim to federal court of the State of Delaware and the complaint in the Commission on international trade of the USA.
Next day HTC has published on a site of the Taiwan stock exchange the message in which she has refused to recognise herself guilty of infringement of patents. However till now the company formally has not answered the statement of claim.
The manufacturer iPhone is involved now even in one proceeding. In October, 2009 of charge to Apple the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones — Nokia has put forward. Apple has answered charges by the traditional way applied in patent wars — "has exposed" for Nokia the list of the patents illegally used by the Finnish company.
The Taiwan manufacturer of smart phones HTC did not break corporation Apple patents, informs AFP referring to representatives HTC.
20 Apple patents
Apple on March, 2nd has submitted on HTC the complaint to the international trading commission of the USA and district court of the State of Delaware. Corporation Apple, considers, that HTC has illegally taken advantage of 20 patents Apple. The given patents concern the user interface, architecture and a hardware stuffing iPhone.
Steve Jobs, has declared, that the corporation is not going to be reconciled with theft of their technology. In HTC in the answer have declared, that are not unique innovators in the mobile market, but very seriously concern the American and international patent right.
Touch Claims
According to IT observers and analysts, claims first of all will concern the touch smart phones HTC working under control of mobile operational system Google Android. It is one of the basic competitors of a platform iPhone OS. Besides, HTC has made phone Google under name Nexus One.
Microsoft has planned to an exit in February Windows Mobile 6.6 (code name Maldives). On it informs edition DigiTimes referring to own sources in the computer industry.
New WinMobile it will be better
Difference of new version WinMobile will consist in support of capacitor touch screens. For today from smart phones under control of WinMobile of similar function can brag only HTC HD2, however in this smart phone support of capacitor screens has been realised exclusively by forces of engineers most HTC. High-grade official support of this technology will facilitate to manufacturers of smart phones introduction of such screens in new models of the devices.
The current version Windows Mobile 6.5 presented by the company in the fourth quarter 2009, and it was not possible to win trust of users that was reflected in sales volumes of this operational system. Start of the updated platform in Microsoft expect to strengthen reeled competitiveness of the mobile decisions to exit Windows Mobile 7 postponed for 2011.
LG Electronics has refused from WinMobile
I will remind, that on January, 13th LG Electronics, whose smart phones since 2008 were supplied Windows Mobile, has informed on change of the mobile strategy in 2010. The company plans to instal on a considerable share of new phones under management of operational system Google Android. The remained models will be supplied still Windows Mobile or Linux.
Last years Microsoft steadily loses a share in the market of mobile devices, conceding to a position to competing decisions Apple, RiM, Google and Palm. In the light of it special hopes are assigned to a command of developers Windows Mobile 7, numbering about thousand persons.
