http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/ Engadget Comments for HTC Aria update for AT&T enables mobile hotspot, sideloaded app support (update: partially working!) 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/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/
This is really awesome, I'm really tempted to pick up one of these little guys now. ]]>Jul 10th 2010 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/
1) It will make all the phones that much better.
2) I get to feel like a made a positive impact on the world, however small it may be ;P]]>Jul 10th 2010 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/
FAIL]]>Jul 10th 2010 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/It was false information:[
At&T shows no motivation in making their Android Devices not as crappy]]>Jul 10th 2010 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/thanks for proving my point that I made the other day. You maust like to get down ranked.]]>Jul 10th 2010 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Lets all hope it doesnt sir, lets all hope it doesnt]]>Jul 10th 2010 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/
I can not wait for the day iPhone exclusivity ends for ATT. They will have to start acting like a real carrier for once and be competitive. Oh the day!]]>Jul 10th 2010 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/
Ah, ah, ah... Yaaaawn.]]>Jul 10th 2010 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/SN: Anyone else having problems uploading an avatar icon on Engadget?]]>Jul 10th 2010 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/
Me lol.]]>Jul 10th 2010 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/
Me lol.]]>Jul 10th 2010 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Could be AT&T is making sure they don't have all their eggs in one basket, with rumors of a cdma iPhone, I guess they need some humble pie to have another great phone(s) to put in their stable. Sucky phones is a somewhat new trend for AT&T, previously they had decent stuff. OK not like unlocked stuff which is available, but better then what other US carriers provided.

Oddly I happen to like the Aria, fits a good spot, small, well made, not ment to be high end Android, but functions well. Might be a nice small back up phone to my N1 when I want something like a small smartphone. ]]>Jul 10th 2010 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Its been rooted.]]>Jul 10th 2010 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/
Even the Backflip let you load applications from your desktop with the SDK, so this isn't really progress.

I hope I'm wrong, though.]]>Jul 10th 2010 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/
Without being able to sideload apps, you're stuck with whatever is in the market at that time. Which would be HORRIBLE.

I'll clap it up for AT&T if they're really letting people install the apps they choose to install. That's the whole beauty of the android platform! ]]>Jul 10th 2010 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/How's the interface? As smooth as the Aria's? Any lag in scrolling through the application list or from screen to screen? How's the build quality - does it feel cheap and plastic like the x10 or is it more on par with HTC's build quality? Can the touchwiz interface be turned off with a toggle option like SenseUI on the Evo?

I must know these things - I'm considering exchanging my Aria for this thing when it comes out. ]]>Jul 10th 2010 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/
I havent really messed with the interface much, but ill find out for you.

Build quality is great, I'd say its on par with most HTC designs, and I like the build better than the iPhone 5.]]>Jul 10th 2010 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Awesome. I'm usually wary of Samsung's products, but I might just have to take my little Aria back next week. ]]>Jul 10th 2010 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/
Sorry Steve Jobs!]]>Jul 10th 2010 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/I've played with this phone for a whole day, and it is extremely impressive. Feels good, looks good, and run without a single lag. A really good device for low specs.]]>Jul 10th 2010 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Yeah, it's an excellent little phone considering the price from 3rd party retailers. The only things I don't like about it in my 3 weeks of using it are that the screen is a bit too small for reading ebooks, and that it has trouble running divx and mkv in rockplayer. ]]>Jul 10th 2010 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/
Lol, never mind. AT&T is teh suck.]]>Jul 10th 2010 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/
Read the source link. It shows up right there.

Sorry Engadget. But why should I be sorry for a reader that didn't bother to look at the source link properly?]]>Jul 10th 2010 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/
Really now? Go ask AT&T if you can use mobile hotspot with out adding the tethering feature. ]]>Jul 10th 2010 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/htc-aria-update-for-atandt-enables-mobile-hotspot-sideloaded-app/Jul 10th 2010 5:39PM