No, I must disagree with you on this point. I bought an unlocked Nexus One that I received just over a week ago. I could not do anything with it until I had gone through a registration/ activation process which included the mandatory opening of a Gmail account. I don't use this new email account and I've turned off all synchronisation with it, and I couldn't find a way round this. Having an already active SIM with data makes no difference.
If I try to delete this account from the phone I am told that it is required by some applications and the only way to remove it is to reset the phone to factory defaults... and therefore go through the registration/activation process again. So in summary, at least with the Nexus One, you must have, or create, a Gmail account before you can do anything useful with the phone. On Mar 22, 8:45 am, RichardVowles <[email protected]> wrote: > You do not have to have a Gmail account to use an Android phone, only > a Google Account. A Google Account lets you validate any email address > - and you can log into Google's sites using it - it is a form of SSO > for those who do not use GMail. > > On Mar 19, 12:28 am, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > PS For the record, I think I'm one of the few persons in the world who > > don't have a GMail account (actually, I've been forced to have one for > > connecting my Droid to the Market - but I've called it > > "[email protected]" :-) and I'll never use it for email, only > > as the Market account). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en.
