Have you had enough of Android smartphones yet or would you like to see more new releases? Today, you’ll get to see another device, manufactured by Dell, that’s running Google’s mobile operating system. Dell was once a part of the mobile market through its PDAs that were running Windows Mobile. Slowly but surely PDA’s started to become less popular as phones like the iPhone or smartphones running Android completely took over the market. Following the 
example of Apple, and after having released the Streak, a small tablet computer /smart phone which is also available through AT&T, Dell is now ready to take on the smartphone market with a surprisingly light device which is at the same time packed with features. The name of the new smartphone is Aero and it will be available through US mobile carrier AT&T for a price of $99.99 after signing a 2-year contract. Assuming you’d like to keep your options open, then you’ll be able to purchase Dell’s Aero for about triple the price, at $299.99.
Now, the Aero has some good parts and some bad parts. First off, it was probably named Aero simply because the name ‘Air’ was already taken by an Apple product. But Dell’s idea was the same as Apple’s. The company was trying to point out how light and slim its product is. The Dell Aero lives up to its name and it manages to be one of the lightest Android smartphones on the US market. It weighs 3.67 oz and measures 46 x 4.8 x 2.28 inches.
The Aero comes with a 3.5 inch capacitive multi-touch display with a resolution of 640 x 360 pixels that also offers pinch-to-zoom functionality. It also offers Quad-Band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, Tri-Band UMTS/HSDPA, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for connectivity. While Dell doesn’t seem to mention how much on-board memory this handset has, apparently it ships with a 2GB MicroSD card. The memory card reader on it can handle memory cards of up to 32GB so if users discover they need more storage space, they can simply upgrade to a larger card.
The disappointing thing about Dell’s Aero is the version of Android it runs, which is 1.5. But then again, this smartphone from Dell is meant to be an inexpensive, consumer-oriented device, and for the category it belongs to, it offers quite a large number of exciting features such as Gmail, Google Maps, Google Search, YouTube, Facebook and various other software onboard, a 5 megapixel camera to take snapshots (and then post them straight to Facebook or other sites, if the users so chooses), Quick Office, handwriting recognition, GPS capability, Full HTML Browser with Adobe Flashlite, POP, IMAP, Webmail and Microsoft Active Sync E-mail support.
According to its manufacturer, the Aero should also be able to run multiple applications simultaneously at fast speeds, due to the 624Mhz Marvell processor that powers the device. You can find more information regarding the Dell Aero on the manufacturer’s web site here. If you’re looking to buy this phone, the Aero seems to be up for sale already through Dell’s site, while on AT&T it’s posted as ‘coming soon’.
