Comments on: Verizon DROID Apps

By: HiTtEr

HiTtEr — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:37:11 +0000

Funny as hell, you can’t even have a convo about cell phones anymore without it turning into a pissing contest. I have had all the carriers in this thread except for AT&T and that is due to the fact that in my personal opinion, AT&T blows goats and I won’t give them the satisfaction of my business. Suncom was the ONLY network i’ve had in the last 10 years that I had without a doubt the best service, my bill never changed and you couldn’t get any cheaper. I have a new Droid, I love it, Apple sucks, nuff said, thanks for your support and have a day.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:01:12 +0000

Does anyone know if Google has an app for slingbox and Sirius for the Droid? Thanks

By: ghileaz

ghileaz — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:19:23 +0000

Wrong, wrong, wrong. Same plan only needed to add data at $30.00 per month when I got my Droid. Big deal for the best phone and best coverage in the nation. Also, stop with going to Verison site for plan selection. Don’t any of you have a Wireless Toyz place. They are incredibly helpful, will know what you need and these guys even installed a screen protector for free. Must be other places like Toyz around the country. Check them out. BTW my plan is for 3 phones, 500 min unlimited nights and weekends $55.00 for first phone, $5.00 for each of the other 2. So $95.00 for the package Winter in Florida, Michigan in Summer with great Verison coverage here, there and along the way.

By: littlebit_pouty

littlebit_pouty — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:09:50 +0000

I hate to be the “BIGGER IDOT” but I have a REAL GOOD one for you..
My Verizon Wireless w/Unlimited Nights Weekends, Text on 3 phones with all restrictions on the Special Txts,Buying or Surfing the Internet..you ready??
$500.00 – $550.00 monthly
now, who’s the IDOT!! lol..lol.. but when I go to either go elsewhere or complain I get told that it’s actually good due to the disconnect fees and buying phones and shit!! hell, all I know is it’s a bitch when your mbl bills more than most of my *real* bills

By: Lesley

Lesley — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:46:44 +0000

The number they are referring to is not your google voice number. If you ever dialed through google voice on your droid you’d see this other number that has nothing to do with your google voice number showing up on the screen.

By: troyk9

troyk9 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:29:46 +0000

I’ve had GV since the beta was released. My connecting number is my permanent phone number. That has never changed. What would be the point of changing the number and how would you know? How would you connect?

By: Ziva

Ziva — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:43:02 +0000

To respond to the circular Google Voice debate, you also need to keep in mind that GV does changes its connecting number from time to time, so even if you add your particular connecting number to your circle, once it changes you will need to change the number in your circle or else it will use your regular minutes (assuming that you are not using GV during nights or weekends when everyone has free minutes and are not part of your “minutes” as normal people consider them).

Thus, it can take some work but GV can be a very useful and give you free or next to free minutes if you have the patience for it.

By: new droid user

new droid user — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:04:29 +0000

i just got my husband a droid for christmas and got the 450 pda email plan with 250 minutes of texting. Verizon gave a quote ot 90.00 per month and told me he wouldn’t get charged anything else when he was on the web. Just wondering if anyone has that plan and if verizon is being honest. I don’t want a bill of 150.00 or something after a month of service. that included the data plan unlimited they say.

By: troyk9

troyk9 — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:54:17 +0000

In response to Kyman612 Me too as far as dropped calls. I have had Verizon for over 2 years and never had a dropped call or poor voice quality. I have had 4 other services and they were terrible as far as quality and coverage goes. I did not know about the international plan. $4.99 That’s very cheap , is it unlimited for the month? and does it allow the Droid to operate in other countries with their system? I bought my Droid despite reading it’s incompatible outside the country.
I must say the camera is not as good as the LG Dare 3.2mp even though my Droid is 5mp, but when you purchase the $6 app Pic Say Pro – the photos actually can be altered to look very professional. I am amazed and pleased with that part, and the video it takes is unsurpassed bu any phone out there and most digital cameras with video capability.

By: Kyman912

Kyman912 — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:19:16 +0000

I’ve had my Droid since the first day they came out. I have yet to drop a call like my friends who have the Iphone. I also got international service for $4.99 a month before I went to Aruba. I had no problems calling back home or calling in Aruba.

By: troyk9

troyk9 — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:55:35 +0000

I am doing the laughing Matt because GV does not use minutes nights and weekends, calling you is minute-less nights and weekends as a matter of fact anywhere I call in the USA is off the clock nights and weekends. My minutes are not used on my plan for nights and weekends and this is since I had the Premium plan for over two years. What is so difficult to understand. You’re a smart guy sort of? can I explain it any louder as you would say? Even if GV is not in the circle my call to GV is a free no minute call on nights and weekends. All I pay for is the GV charges from GV for the international part but during nights and weekends none of the phones on my Premium account USE minutes – Nada Free Gratis get over it dude – get yourself a better plan Now with a Droid and BB and LG Dare it runs me $205 with the data plans I think that is great for 3 phones with full access and NO MINUTES on nights and weekends.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:35:18 +0000

*sigh*

I see I’m not getting through to you guys here, so I say “whatever.”

I meant “trickery” in the sense that there are several ways on most carriers to make calls that are free and don’t use your minutes. I really don’t care about what features are on which carriers and how much their plans are. What I’ve been trying to express to everyone since I started this portion of the comments is that Google Voice in and of its self simply does not make your calls free. Yes, you could indeed use your method of adding the number to your calling circle and get free calling that way. I agree with you. But then the statement becomes “Google Voice and your calling circle gets you free calls,” not just Google Voice. I really don’t know why it’s so hard to get my point across.

I’m not a person who always claims they are right about everything, but I can claim that I am correct about this one thing. I love how people like to accuse someone of thinking they’re the only right one, and refuse to think about whether they’re the ones who are mistaken.

Sorry, it’s a simple, straight-forward fact with no ways around it. Google Voice AS A STANDALONE SERVICE simply doesn’t allow you to make free calls.

Besides, I’m glad you like your calling circle. I’m on T-Mobile and guess what, for $50 a month I get unlimited calling to anyone, anytime. And that’s whether I use Google Voice or not. So really, I don’t give a d*mn about this conversation anymore because I probably pay less than any of you Verizon folks. Verizon has the absolute best service, but I’ve had no problems with T-Mobile in my area, so I’m happy and I can finally bail on this conversation. You guys might not want to hear the truth on Google Voice, but there it is.

Sheesh, I only started this because if someone didn’t know better, they’d take their 450 minute Verizon plan, use Google Voice to make 600 minutes of calls, then be pretty pissed off that their bill was through the roof. Well, don’t come crying to me. I’m deleting reply notifications for this topic from now on.

Oh, and I have to comment one more time on how ridiculous it was to claim that Google Voice gives you free minutes if you call during your night and weekend timeframes. That is simply hilarious. Ha!

By: troyk9

troyk9 — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:56:56 +0000

PS Mark – that’s not nice to call Matt a mental midget… we do not know how tall he is LOL…..
I do see he is one of those who thinks he is right all the time.
The calling circle has proven him wrong but he calls it trickery
because his service probably does not offer that
Long Live The Droid!!!!!!!!
I Love it!!!!!

By: troyk9

troyk9 — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:48:34 +0000

I must admit it uses minutes when you don’t use the “trickery” to set it as free as I and Mark previously mentioned, but please let’s use common sense.. who would be foolish enough not to set it up as a free call in your circle ??? So therefore it is free. Also if you are worried about the minutes it uses then you have no business owning a Droid or Iphone since both have data plans. Yes the Iphone has a built in data plan. compare it to the regular plans. I checked this out before purchasing my Droid. Verizon charges $29.95/month unlimited data and with GV set up in a calling circle the calls are as free as skype or any VOIP that you are paying for a monthly data plan. Nothing is free my friend …. you pay for everything one way or another. you just have to learn the ropes.