Taylor810
Lurker
Hi Folks,
I want to by an Android phone. I had no idea how many of these things are out there - so many phones, so many carriers with so many plans. After two days of research I am completely overwhelmed, so I would appreciate any recommendations. I wish I'd have stumbled on this website yesterday...
I currently use a palm centro and I'm on someone elses plan; they're up for renewal so it's a perfect time for them to make changes to their plan - I asked them to drop my line. So whoever I choose, I'll be a new activation.
I'm done with Palm; it's been a great ride but it's time to move on. I am a heavy google user on the web - I rely on google applications like gmail, docs, picasaweb, calendar, blogspot, groups, sites, youtube, and news on a daily basis, so I figured Android would be the logical progression for me.
I don't need any type of online gaming or movie streaming applications on my phone. As far as music, I'd like an XM app and the ability to load my mp3 library (the whole library is on an 8G micro-sd card now).
As far as talk time - over the past six months I've averaged around 14 minutes per month. Don't know why, but I've always hated talking on the phone. Unlimited texting will probably be a necessity though.
My friend uses an iPhone and never hits his data limit because it automatically switches to wi-fi when it finds a signal; is this pretty much a given with any of the android phones as well? From what I've read, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile etc. all require the purchase of some type of data plan in order to use a smartphone on their service. The two or three places I spend 99 percent of my time in all have free wi-fi, so I'd like to avoid paying too much for data access that I'd probably never use.
There are a zillion 'deals' to be found - Evo's at the AT&T store, Thunderbolts at best buy, free droid x's on wirefly, and so on. I'm just so overwhelmed from this whole research process; I would really appreciate some solid recommendations for android phones (and carrier plans) based on your experiences - especially regarding the use of all the google apps I mentioned above. Thanks so much in advance!
Dan
I want to by an Android phone. I had no idea how many of these things are out there - so many phones, so many carriers with so many plans. After two days of research I am completely overwhelmed, so I would appreciate any recommendations. I wish I'd have stumbled on this website yesterday...
I currently use a palm centro and I'm on someone elses plan; they're up for renewal so it's a perfect time for them to make changes to their plan - I asked them to drop my line. So whoever I choose, I'll be a new activation.
I'm done with Palm; it's been a great ride but it's time to move on. I am a heavy google user on the web - I rely on google applications like gmail, docs, picasaweb, calendar, blogspot, groups, sites, youtube, and news on a daily basis, so I figured Android would be the logical progression for me.
I don't need any type of online gaming or movie streaming applications on my phone. As far as music, I'd like an XM app and the ability to load my mp3 library (the whole library is on an 8G micro-sd card now).
As far as talk time - over the past six months I've averaged around 14 minutes per month. Don't know why, but I've always hated talking on the phone. Unlimited texting will probably be a necessity though.
My friend uses an iPhone and never hits his data limit because it automatically switches to wi-fi when it finds a signal; is this pretty much a given with any of the android phones as well? From what I've read, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile etc. all require the purchase of some type of data plan in order to use a smartphone on their service. The two or three places I spend 99 percent of my time in all have free wi-fi, so I'd like to avoid paying too much for data access that I'd probably never use.
There are a zillion 'deals' to be found - Evo's at the AT&T store, Thunderbolts at best buy, free droid x's on wirefly, and so on. I'm just so overwhelmed from this whole research process; I would really appreciate some solid recommendations for android phones (and carrier plans) based on your experiences - especially regarding the use of all the google apps I mentioned above. Thanks so much in advance!
Dan
