I recently was asked to do some beta testing of an Android application. I had never done mobile testing before, so I eagerly accepted the assignment. However I did not know that AT&T had blocked loading applications that were not from the Android Marketplace onto my HTC Aria
(affiliate link). This article from Computerworld describes this in more detail. After two hours of trying to load the beta application (which was an APK file) and researching why I couldn’t, I concluded that the only way I could do this would be to root my phone. Since this voids the warranty, and I’ve only had the phone for about 6 months, I decided against this. So, sadly, I had to decline the beta testing.Other than this problem, I’ve been pretty happy with my HTC Aria. I like the integration with my Google mail and calendar, which is how I manage my day-to-day life. I’m just disappointed to not get any mobile testing experience with it.
