HTC Aria Part3 - Communication

HTC Aria is a great device to be utilised as a social device. Youngsters would definitely love this device. With Digi Smart Plan, it's not necessary to communicate with your friends using voice plan but simply log on to Google Talk, Twitter, Facebook, Pluckr and Flickr.

I personally prefer to use google talk and Facebook to reach to my friends. I can see my friends updates where ever and when ever I want. Next, HTC Aria is integrated with HTC Sense, which means all your communications are organised by people and not by application.

To view the messages, you can view it in the conversation mode, that means you no longer need to find your reply in the phone, You can view the the entire conversation with your friend just by selecting the person. I love this feature the most in HTC.

Other than that, with Friends Stream, you can see your friends updates ono FB, Tweets and Flickr automatically. You too can update it at one go. You can sync your contact via FBtoo, in fact, Aria has actually listed my FB friends contact details into the phone automatically, I don't even have to bluetooth my contact card to Aria. Pretty cool huh... that means, now I don't have to crack my head figuring how to trasfer all my contacts to Aria (I know, you can bluetooth the contacts but trasferring data from smartphone such as Nokia to HTC Device can be tedious).  

As for business users, Aria is designed with enhance features such as password protection and remote data swipe. You can access your business email, address book and calendar on the go. You can even set the Out of Office statement right from your phone. 

Internet access also is a breeze in Aria. Professionals and business persons will find this most useful as they can do mobile check-in on the go. Aria allows tethering which means if you have your laptop/netbook, you can use Aria as broadband to get online. Hence, a modem is no longer necessary and you can pack light when you are on the move.

Access news on the go too, just click the news icon...

Check and delete your emails at breeze... when you receive your email, there'll be notification on the uppler left corner, just slide and access your email. to delete it, just tick them and click delete... It is that simple...

 

For a slim and small phone, it is certainly packed with good features which covers almost everything... get Aria at Digi Online Shop

HTC Aria 2nd Part Review- Productivity

Android, I wonder how they come up with the name… but it sounds cool though… and I love the Icon for android… looks like the robot from Star Wars, the only thing is it's green and white… hahaha…


Well, I am not sure how many of you out there who is well versed in the Android, I am certainly not one of the group. I’ve been using Windows all this while. Previously, I own HTC Touch and now HTC HD2. When I got this phone, Digi staff was telling me that HD2 is definitely more high tech than Aria and I might think that it is not as good as HD2… I beg to differ…

As you can see, I slide the screen horizontally to access other interface

Speed HTC Aria runs Google’s Android OS 2.1 and it didn’t take me long to master it. I was amazed because I find the touch screen responds faster than my HD2… I gave the phone to a colleague of mine (who uses iPhone) to get his feedback, he also responded that the touch screen is a lot smoother and very fast. My colleague was quite impressive when I said that Aria at DiGi is RM799 only, which is very very reasonable… (I have convinced my friends to get them and 2 of my friends have already bought it… hahaha... i can get commission for being PRO for digi :P)

The speed 600Mhz is good enough for this device coz it doesn’t lag (my HD2 lags so much now :( sad…) I have downloaded some games and other productivity programmes (which I will review later) but I found that it still runs fast and quick to respond as well.

Camera is way better than my HD2 because it has face detection and it minimize the shaking problem. Unfortunately, Aria does not come with built in flash, so the camera is only good if you take pictures under good lighting. I am sure this is not a big problem coz lots of people carries a camera everywhere (I am one of the people… hehehe my lovely Nikon coolpix S3000) Other than that, you can take video and it can be zoomed in and out.

It’s a bit cumbersome to take your own picture because there is no camera button on the side, you need to press the joystick button to take pictures.

Battery Life is relatively good. Lower number of calls, play games once in a while, check emails and browse internet (wifi switched on automatically when it detects wireless), the battery lasted about 1 ½ day. I think it’s pretty good for 1200mAh battery.

By the way, you can never get lost with Aria coz everything that you need whether from your phone or internet, all you got to do is press the search key and find what you are looking for.

I just key in 3 beginning letters and it shows the results

Next, the calendar is an awesome feature for both business users, professionals or students. You can input your appointment and it can be featured in one of the interface in the main screen. 

Do you guys get lost when ever you try to go somewhere... well, I do... so, MAPS come to the rescue... Maps is connected to the google, so, you always get the updated map

If you ask me, Aria is your perfect personal assistance.

HTC Aria Review (1st Part) - Unboxing

HTC Aria was officially launched in the 1st Quarter of 2010. Current retail price is RM1,788 but at DiGi, you can obtain it for as low as RM799. Check it out here to know more on this.

I've been using HTC devices since the year 2007, my first device was HTC Touch, later I upgraded to HTC HD2, This is my first Android device, and if you ask me, I think Android is a pretty cool device coz it's really simple and user friendly... Anyway, since I am given an opportunity by Digi and Nuffnang to review HTC Aria for 2 weeks, I would be reviewing it into 3 parts.

Do watch the video of me unboxing the HTC Aria. I love unboxing new devices... hehehe... 

So, you might be wondering what is the content of the box right, here you go!!!The package comes with:

• HTC Aria
• 2GB Micro SD Memory Card, 
• an earphone
• quick start guide
• charger + USB
• some pamphlets on contact information

Following are the specifications of HTC Aria

At the outset, let's look the difference between HTC Aria and other phones..

 

As you can see HTC HD2 does look bigger but the screen size of Aria is decent than other HTCs such as Touch 2, which is way smaller than these. 

Hahaha... HD2 is quite big for ladies to hold it as it requires big hand to hold it... Aria would definitely fit the ladies interest as it is smaller, sleek and sexier too... Guys, don't get offended, this phone doesn't look too girlish for you to avoid it... Aria is BISEXUAL :P

Stay tuned for the HTC Aria Part 2 Review : Performance

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