http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/ Engadget Comments for Dell Aero is AT&T's second Android phone http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://j.mp/aero-by-dell-impressions]]>Apr 10th 2010 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/
I'm just going to eat the cancellation fee and head over to a cellphone company that hopefully doesn't suck hairy wookie balls.]]>Mar 22nd 2010 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/
If you like the hardware, just reflash it with a clean Android ROM.]]>Mar 22nd 2010 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/
You're right it, doesn't hurt to check out that Nexus One.]]>Mar 22nd 2010 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/
I completely agree. However, I am going to take a different path and get a nexus one.

I was also waiting to decide between android and webos. However, with the crap they pulled on android and the delay to webos (presumable to screw it up also) I'm just going with an unlocked phone.

As for "hairy wookie balls" that was awesome. Coffee almost came out my nose!]]>Mar 22nd 2010 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Agreed. I love me my Droid.]]>Mar 22nd 2010 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/
Just received mine today. Charging it up right now!]]>Mar 22nd 2010 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 23rd 2010 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/
Step one: buy a Droid
Step two: install a 2.1 ROM
Step three: overclock to 1 Ghz

There's your N1 with keyboard.]]>Mar 22nd 2010 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/
AT&T: Raising the bars...on the prison cells. LIGHTS OUT!

It is really a shame because AT&T used to have the unequivocal best phone lineup of any carrier in the US. Now it's just crap since it's gotten the iPhone. I cannot wait until most carrier fully upgrade to 4G so there can be so real competition. With AT&T, VZW, and the rest of the world all being LTE and if the network disparities rollover, AT&T will deservedly be in hot water. It's just a shame that Sprint has such a bad reputation, but it's plans are the best and phone lineup have greatly improved.]]>Mar 22nd 2010 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Why did sprint get such a bad rep? When I was with them I never had problems.]]>Mar 22nd 2010 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/
They were known for poor coverage (which I guess can be regional thing) as well as having just atrocious customer service, which was just about universally agree upon. And their phones sucked.

But things have changed leaps and bounds. If only Sprint had chosen LTE, though. Although, companies seem receptive to building devices that work with WiMax.]]>Mar 22nd 2010 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/
AT&T raping their phone's firmware is not new. They've been doing that even before the iPhone. If this phone's firmware is locked down, blame it on Dell that bent over for AT&T.

AT&T did not alter WinMo. Didn't alter Symbian. They really started screwing up their phones after the iPhone. This also happens to coincide with the rise of the popularity of smartphones amongst consumers. Yes, Dell bent over the table, but only because AT&T asked it. I'm not at all blaming Dell who's new into the cell phone game. AT&T makes these demands of vulnerable companies like Motorola with its precarious comeback and the nascent Dell cell phone manufacturer. They didn't fuck with Apple.

AT&T has certainly allowed itself become an unkempt tyrant and I actually cannot wait to see it once exclusivity ends. ]]>Mar 22nd 2010 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/
And for good reason, their Clearwire venture seems to be headed to hell and the company is losing customers and profits. 4G is really all they have going for them. I really do wish them well. I don't want to even think about the American telecom scene without Spint (honestly, no one gives a damn about TMobile) as VZW and AT&T already appear to be in collusion.]]>Mar 22nd 2010 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/
I had a HTC Wizard long before iPhone with gobs of bloat on it. So it wasn't some after iPhone lets screw up all the other phones scenario. They been screwing them up with bloatware....lol ]]>Mar 22nd 2010 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/
How can anything I've said at all possibly be miscontrued as an attack on Apple or any company besides AT&T at all? My point is since AT&T has gotten the iPhone, it's seemingly paid a lot less attention to its other phone inventory since it's gotten itself a cash cow. That only speaks to AT&T's neglect and nothing else - there is no reason why AT&T, the second largest telecom in the US, is the last to pick up Android devices.

Also, I do not count adding bloatware to a device as screwed it up - it's annoying, be it doesn't remove anything from the device. What I count as screwing up a device is removing key features. AT&T is now doing what VZW used to do and should received the same attention for doing so, accordingly.]]>Mar 22nd 2010 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/
Next, phones are subsidized because they get a 2 year revenue stream. What that means is, they are getting the same revenue from your contract by giving you one phone as two, in your scenario. So, the second would essentially be unsubsidized. Why wouldn't they just have you by your 2nd phone and have it unlocked (consumer might be better off anyways). Perhaps you were hoping for a slight discount, but anything over $50 and these would just be resold on EBAY instantly. Not a great move for their revenue stream.

In the end, I don't see it, but maybe you foresaw something differently that I didn't think of. And I'm not sure of the technical laws or possibilities as far as my cloning of a SIM solution, and I believe distinct SIMs would not function as you envision and would be rife with contract splitting (ala family plans). ]]>Mar 22nd 2010 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/
In the end, I'm betting against backflip treatment, but only a benjamin.]]>Mar 22nd 2010 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Mar 22nd 2010 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/
I played with this yesterday and I just got a Nex1 Friday and the only thing the Aero has on Nex1 is the price (subsidized). I'm coming from a Tilt2 so i'm an Android Newbie if there ever was one and with my limited knowledge of the OS, i'm happy I have a Nex1. Also the mini 3 I used yesterday didn't have 2.1 OS, so no live wallpaper and speech2text if that matters at all.

I'd wait for the Desire or get a Nex1 now. I also heard the Mini 5 will be around later like as in May/June timeframe.

just saying...]]>Mar 22nd 2010 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/
Assuming you aren't lying about being an ATT employee, did they lock the phone down like the Backflip?]]>Mar 22nd 2010 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/
I used a non-branded model, so it didn't have this skin or ATT branding on it. I didn't check to see what the default search was so I cant say. It felt like pondwater compared to my Nex1 in my other hand.]]>Mar 22nd 2010 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/Any time frame for the Desire? Have you used one?]]>Mar 22nd 2010 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/dell-aero-is-atandts-second-android-phone/
Have not used Desire, i'm going off it being similar to the Nex1. All I could get was soon for the Desire in terms of release. I've played with the Pre Plus already and a couple of those QM cheapy phones we have. ]]>Mar 22nd 2010 11:01AM