Rejoice Aria owners - HTC have just announced a firmware update for your precious smartphone that takes it to the latest but one Android version. Available as an Over The Air update you don't even need a computer at hand to get Froyo on your phone.
Of course, the update involves downloading a substantial amount of data so we suggest you listen to what HTC says and use a Wi-Fi connection or at least an unlimited internet plan for it. Also the update will erase all your personal information so a backup before applying it is highly recommended.
The update also includes improvements to the HTC home-backed Sense UI and not only to the underlying Android OS. After you apply it, you can go to MENU> Settings> About Phone> Software Information> Build number and check out if it was successful. The build number of the new release is 2.37.708.5.
HTC Aria Full specifications:
| GENERAL | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| 3G Network | HSDPA 850 / 1900 |
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| HSDPA 900 / 2100 |
| Announced | 2010, June |
| Status | Available. Released 2010, June |
| SIZE | Dimensions | 103.8 x 57.7 x 11.7 mm |
| Weight | 115 g |
| DISPLAY | Type | TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors |
| Size | 320 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches |
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| - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Optical trackpad
- HTC Sense UI
- Flip-to-mute a call |
| SOUND | Alert types | Vibration, MP3 ringtones |
| Speakerphone | Yes |
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| - 3.5 mm audio jack |
| MEMORY | Phonebook | Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall |
| Call records | Practically unlimited |
| Internal | 512 MB ROM, 384 MB RAM |
| Card slot | microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB card included, |
| DATA | GPRS | Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps |
| EDGE | Class 10, 236.8 kbps |
| 3G | HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g |
| Bluetooth | Yes v2.1 with A2DP |
| Infrared port | No |
| USB | Yes, microUSB v2.0 |
| CAMERA | Primary | 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, |
| Features | Geo-tagging, face detection |
| Video | Yes |
| Secondary | No |
| FEATURES | OS | Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair) |
| CPU | Qualcomm MSM 7227 600 MHz processor |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
| Browser | HTML |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS |
| Games | Yes |
| Colors | Black |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support |
| Java | Via third party application |
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| - Digital compass
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail
- YouTube, Google Talk, Picasa integration
- MP3/AAC+/WAV player
- MP4/H.264 player
- Voice memo
- Predictive text input |
| BATTERY |
| Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh |
| Stand-by | Up to 372 h |
| Talk time | Up to 6 h |
| MISC | SAR US | 1.54 W/kg (head) 1.27 W/kg (body) |
The update for the carrier-locked versions isn't available just yet, but it should follow shortly.
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