Review: HTC Aria
Camera
The HTC Aria has a nice camera interface. The camera springs to life in about a second once you open the app. It takes another second or two to focus properly, and if you change your mind about your focal point, you can't stop the process until the camera is locked on. Again, a two-stage shutter button would be a nice addition here, but the Aria uses the optical joystick instead. Occasionally, this caused problems. After the photo is taken, you get a review screen with options down the side to take another picture, send the image as a message or upload to various social networks, or delete the image. It was easy to flick a finger across the optical button, thus highlighting an unwanted option. It was never a fatal error, but it did get in the way of fast shooting.
The camera features the standard assortment of imaging options plus a few bonuses. The Aria uses touch focus, as well as face detection, and both of these worked well. You can tweak the white balance, brightness and contrast, or add some color effects like sepia tones or polarized colors.
Image Gallery
The image gallery on the HTC Aria works very nicely. You can flick through pictures quickly, then zoom in with the multitouch pinch and zoom gesture. From the gallery, you can upload pics quickly to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr or Picasa, or send them along as an email or text message. The HTC Aria also gets Bluetooth object push, so you can send picture files to a PC paired with the phone. There's a slideshow feature, and you can view images as a grid or in a timeline. From the photo gallery, you can even view albums from Facebook and Flickr; your albums or albums your friends have posted.
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