Former Palm users -- will we find a home with Android?

[Inner Prop]

Ok, maybe this is a dumb question, but can you turn your phone on and not be on-line when you're away from wifi?

I plan on getting the absolute minimum data package and my experience with my daughter and Verizon is that it is very easy to end up with a runaway bill before you know it.

Is there any way to tell it, turn on the phone all the time, but only turn on the internet through the phone's system (as opposed to wifi, which can be anytime) when I specifically tell you to?

Can you tell it to go ahead and go on-line if I'm in a wifi spot, but never turn on the phone's system (3G or whatever) unless I specifically tell you to?

I fear apps that will go on-line on their own because they're designed to work best that way.

[Magellan]

You can turn data access off in the settings menu.

[Hook]

Ok, maybe this is a dumb question, but can you turn your phone on and not be on-line when you're away from wifi?

I plan on getting the absolute minimum data package and my experience with my daughter and Verizon is that it is very easy to end up with a runaway bill before you know it.

Is there any way to tell it, turn on the phone all the time, but only turn on the internet through the phone's system (as opposed to wifi, which can be anytime) when I specifically tell you to?

Can you tell it to go ahead and go on-line if I'm in a wifi spot, but never turn on the phone's system (3G or whatever) unless I specifically tell you to?

I fear apps that will go on-line on their own because they're designed to work best that way.

The answer is yes to all of the above. You can turn 3G (data) off. I keep mine off off most of the time. Even when data is on, the general rule is that if there is wifi available and you are connected, it will try and use the wifi first. Still, I keep 3G off just to be sure.

Everything will work fine. Any app that wants to go online (like some app set for background sync) will just shrug and carry on if there is no signal available.

You can also get apps that will meter your data and alert you when certain thresholds you define are reached and will even turn off your data if you hiit a threshold you specify.

Any Android device makes a perfectly good disconnected PDA.

[Stryker]

Hook, when you turn it off, you are not expecting any calls, correct?

[Hook]

Hook, when you turn it off, you are not expecting any calls, correct?

You can turn off each thing separately. I keep just 3G turned off. Phone calls still come in fine. Or I can put it in airplane mode and turn on wifi and have it like a TX with no calls or data. Very flexible options.

[LandSurveyor]

Think of it as PDA Plus. Sounding better all the time.

[Stryker]

You can turn off each thing separately. I keep just 3G turned off. Phone calls still come in fine. Or I can put it in airplane mode and turn on wifi and have it like a TX with no calls or data. Very flexible options.

I consider myself fairly well versed in Android, and never new one could turn off 3G and still get calls... now that I think about, it makes sense, since you can run 3G and calls simultaneously. Don't think I could do that on BB.

Learn something everyday... thanks!!!

[nathanpc]

I had many Palm OS devices. But now that I got a Motorola Droid, I don't want to come back

[Tom LaPrise]

I just ordered my Defy today. Bye bye, Windows Mobile.

[LandSurveyor]

I just ordered my Defy today. Bye bye, Windows Mobile.

Good choice!