I've asked around, and the answer is "no, you can't use a Droid without a Verizon Wireless plan"
JBQ On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 5:52 AM, Fred Grott <[email protected]> wrote: > Those are the same questions I had > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Has anyone picked up a Motorola Droid without going through Verizon? >> >> I see that Amazon.com and others have it available sans service plan -- >> Amazon's price is $529. While pricey, that pales in comparison to >> forking over for a service plan from Verizon, particularly when I only >> anticipate using this phone for testing. For a $2,500 or so cost >> difference for two years, I can live with just WiFi. >> >> With GSM, so long as the phone is unlocked, life is good...but I have no >> idea whether a CDMA phone can be used without a carrier plan. My CDMA-fu >> is weak. >> >> Any thoughts? >> >> Thanks in advance! >> >> -- >> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) >> http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy >> >> Android Consulting/App Development: http://commonsware.com/consulting >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Android Discuss" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > -- Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru Software Engineer, Android Open-Source Project, Google. Questions sent directly to me that have no reason for being private will likely get ignored or forwarded to a public forum with no further warning. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
