Touchy much, AT&T? At the CTIA Wireless trade show tonight Dell let us handle the Aero (aka the Mini 3), the first Dell smartphone for the US – but we couldn’t turn it on. Dell reps said that was because AT&T didn’t want us looking at the pre-final software.
So all I can say about this one is that it’s an unusually small, light full-touch Android device. AT&T has some more details and photos of the Aero on their teaser page. According to them, it has a 5-megapixel camera, a 3.5-inch screen and a thoroughly customized interface. Unlike on most Android phones, there’s a persistent bar of icons at the top of the screen (not the bottom), and the default home screen shows the weather and information about alerts like missed calls. The AT&T shots don’t show any of the typical AT&T bloatware that the carrier added to the Motorola Backflip.
Also at the show, Dell had a Mini 5 demo tablet. They confirmed that right now, the device is still called the “Mini 5,” and not the “Streak” as rumored elsewhere on the Internet.
I’m hoping we’re going to learn much more about these devices at AT&T’s CTIA luncheon Wednesday at 2:45 PM ET.
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