I'm curious about this approach. With normal phone activation it occurs through the cellular network. Why is it through the data plan for Android? Also, don't these phones generally come with Wifi? If so why not use Wifi for activation?
On Apr 10, 5:38 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > A wrote: > > Hi all, > > > I noticed that I can buy an unlocked HTC Android phone online, > > and I am curious to know whether Android still requires > > a data plan. Early on, one thing that turned me off to Android > > was that people said that even an unlocked Android phone > > would not function with prepaid minutes SIMs because > > the OS required a data plan for some arbitrary reason. > > People complained. But have things changed? > > > Also, if I connect an Android phone to my PC via USB or > > Bluetooth, can I use the web browser on the phone through > > the PC, as one can do with Windows Mobile phones? > > Some Android phones will require a data plan briefly for activation, as > you need to set up your Google account information before you can fully > use the phone. For a GSM phone, if you can borrow somebody's SIM with a > data plan, use that long enough to activate the phone, then you can > switch to a prepaid SIM. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android Development Wiki:http://wiki.andmob.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
