I wonder if he has tried to uninstall the "verizon skype" and install another version? Its pretty much impossible. along with all the other crapware that providers pack the phones full of! You just cant get rid of it. :)
I thought it was 500MB for $50!!! On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Kyle Spencer <[email protected]> wrote: > The Skype application on my friends new Verizon Droid is a special version > which forces him to use cell-phone air-time/minutes, rather than his data > plan, to place calls. Other stuff is locked down as well unless you "root" > the phone. > > The US cell-phone market is a horrible mess. 1GB of pay-as-you-go 3G data > (couldn't believe it was even available to begin with) on AT&T is $50 or > 100,000/=. > > The only fix, as far as I can see it, would be to break Verizon and AT&T up > into about 4-6 different companies -- and to forcefully separate retail > phone sales from the service providers. > > > On 9/10/2010 3:03 PM, sanga collins wrote: > > Interesting article about how androids openess is a disadvantage for > american android users > > http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/09/android-open/ > > -- > Sanga M. Collins > Network Engineering > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Google Voice: (954) 324-1365 > E- fax: (435) 578 7411 > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing [email protected]http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > > -- Sanga M. Collins Network Engineering ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Google Voice: (954) 324-1365 E- fax: (435) 578 7411
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