[Q] Can't hear phone ring when it's lying on the desk - HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm just curious if anyone has come up with a "nifty" solution for this problem. Because the speaker in the Aria is on the back of the phone, any time I lay it on my desk (face up), the ringing of an incoming call is all but inaudible in anything short of a very quiet room.
I've looked at a number of different phone cases but none of them do anything to create an air gap for the sound to escape from.
I'm just tired of having to find something to prop the phone up on every time I set it down.

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Heh....this was driving me nuts when I first got the Aria. I don't have a "nifty" solution as it were, but once I got a silicone case for the phone that has a bezel around the outside of the screen area, I no longer worried about putting the phone down face-down (as the bezel on the case keeps the screen from coming in contact with whatever surface it is on) so now the speaker is on the "up" side of the phone and I can hear it...

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Also go into dsp manager if on cm7 and set the phone speaker setting
Signatures are fancy.

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Have a silicon case and I always hear it. Face up or face down. Even in the other room.
Sent from my Liberty using XDA App

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juss buy or use a phone holder. i use an old hair grease container to put my phone in and it does the job well

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Thanks for all of the suggestions.
Because I place the phone in a docking station at night and use it that way as an alarm clock, phone cases are a problem because the phone won't fit in the dock with a case on.
I finally solved the problem with 2 very small drops of epoxy, applied with a toothpick. The small rounded drops stick up from the phone cover about the same height as the thickness of a credit card, yet let the speaker sound come through loud and clear.
Now I can set it down, face up, anywhere and not worry about hearing it ring.
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That is an excellent idea, this was a definite oversight when our phones were designed with such a small speaker.