Well that didn’t take long did it, only yesterday did AT&T release the new HTC Aria smartphone for purchase, which we reported (here) and now apparently the HTC Aria is already being offered as a free device by Dell.

According to an article over on Softpedia by Ionut Arghire, AT&T is offering the HTC Aria for $129.99 on a 2 year agreement; however if you go to Dell you can get the same device as a free handset.

Furthermore, not only will you gain the HTC Aria for free by going with Dell you’ll get free activation of a new line and free shipping as well, although you will still have an AT&T service agreement.

The HTC Aria offers the user a 3.2 inch capacitive touch screen, 5 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, WiFi, Android 2.1 OS, HTC Sense UI, microSD expansion up to 32GB, 3.5mm jack, Google services, and measures 4.1 x 2.3 x 0.5 inches with a weight of 3.9 ounces.