Dell stepped into the Android smartphone foray in the US by announcing the Aero for AT&T back in March. The phone can now be ordered on Dell.com/mobile for $99 on a two-year AT&T plan, or a $299 sans contract price. The checkout system returned a preliminary ship date of August 26th for the handset.
The Aero has a 3.5" capacitive display with 360x640 pixels of resolution, 5MP camera with autofocus and flash, and a 2GB microSD card included in the package. Nothing is missing in terms of connectivity either - the Dell Aero has 3G, Wi-Fi and GPS.
The only parameters holding it back seem to be the fairly slow 624MHz Marvell CPU, and the Android 1.5 (Cupcake) it is running. Dell has customized the UI thoroughly, but still, why a two-year old Android version, Michael?!
On the other hand, it is very light at 3.67 ounces (hence the Aero name, we guess), and the "superset" version of Cupcake has Flash Lite for music and video streaming, as well as documents editing, phonebook and calendar integration with Facebook, handwriting recognition, and Microsoft Active Sync e-mail capabilities. No release date for the Dell Aero is announced yet.
Peep at the gallery and video below, and tell us what you think.
A discussion is a place, where people can voice their opinion, no matter if it
is positive, neutral or negative. However, when posting, one must stay true to the topic, and not just share some
random thoughts, which are not directly related to the matter.
Things that are NOT allowed:
Off-topic talk - you must stick to the subject of discussion
Offensive, hate speech - if you want to say something, say it politely
Spam/Advertisements - these posts are deleted
Multiple accounts - one person can have only one account
Impersonations and offensive nicknames - these accounts get banned
Moderation is done by humans. We try to be as objective as possible and moderate with zero bias. If you think a
post should be moderated - please, report it.
Have a question about the rules or why you have been moderated/limited/banned? Please,
contact us.
FCC OKs Cingular\'s purchase of AT&T Wireless
Things that are NOT allowed: