Finally made the move to a smart phone

[wizardb]

My daughter pushed me into texting about a year and a half ago now she has decided I should be using a smart phone. She purchased an LG Optimus phone on sale for $69.99. I activated a plan from Kroger's iwireless (Sprint) for $25.00 a month which gives me 200 voice minutes, unlimited texting and 200mb of data, no contract. Seemed like a pretty good deal. It was an ordeal to get my T-mobile prepaid number moved over but finally got it done. I've been using the smartphone for a few days now and am pleased with the service and the use. I get a better signal in the house from the Sprint network than I did from T-mobile. A lot of options to use here but little by little I'll figure it all out.

[lelisa13p]

Congratulations on your upgrade and on finding a reasonable solution that works for you.

We can add this solution to our growing list of choices.

[Adama D. Brown]

My daughter pushed me into texting about a year and a half ago now she has decided I should be using a smart phone. She purchased an LG Optimus phone on sale for $69.99. I activated a plan from Kroger's iwireless (Sprint) for $25.00 a month which gives me 200 voice minutes, unlimited texting and 200mb of data, no contract. Seemed like a pretty good deal. It was an ordeal to get my T-mobile prepaid number moved over but finally got it done. I've been using the smartphone for a few days now and am pleased with the service and the use. I get a better signal in the house from the Sprint network than I did from T-mobile. A lot of options to use here but little by little I'll figure it all out.

That is a pretty good deal, congratulations. You might want to consider installing an app like 3G Watchdog so that you can easily track your data use--that way you'll know at a glance how much data you've used so far in the month, and how much you have left.

[Varjak]

Kroger's iWireless sounds very good.

[Hook]

Boy, I wish Gophone had a plan like that. Their $25/month plan is 250 minutes and unlimited text, but I have to add data. The trouble with the Kroger plan for me (and I have Kroger just south of me in the Richmond burbs) is that it isn't a bring your own phone plan and I like higher end hardware. But really, that is a nice plan.

[wizardb]

Forgot to mention, I linked my Kroger Card to the iwireless account and for every $100 I spend I get a $2.00 discount on my bill. And the doesn't affect the fuel point earnings.

[Adama D. Brown]

Boy, I wish Gophone had a plan like that. Their $25/month plan is 250 minutes and unlimited text, but I have to add data. The trouble with the Kroger plan for me (and I have Kroger just south of me in the Richmond burbs) is that it isn't a bring your own phone plan and I like higher end hardware. But really, that is a nice plan.

There's also the fact that it's limited to Sprint coverage. That's no problem in the city or the major suburbs of course, but if you set foot outside of Sprint's regular coverage area, you're hosed, since unlike a regular Sprint plan, prepaid options aren't allowed to roam on Verizon.

[spidershowl11]

My daughter pushed me into texting about a year and a half ago now she has decided I should be using a smart phone. She purchased an LG Optimus phone on sale for $69.99. I activated a plan from Kroger's iwireless (Sprint) for $25.00 a month which gives me 200 voice minutes, unlimited texting and 200mb of data, no contract. Seemed like a pretty good deal. It was an ordeal to get my T-mobile prepaid number moved over but finally got it done. I've been using the smartphone for a few days now and am pleased with the service and the use. I get a better signal in the house from the Sprint network than I did from T-mobile. A lot of options to use here but little by little I'll figure it all out.

As grownup you might find it difficult to utilize all the options available in the Smartphone. The youngsters don't even blink before finding a use for the app or the options available. I still find my father struggling with his Smartphone.

[lelisa13p]

As grownup you might find it difficult to utilize all the options available in the Smartphone. The youngsters don't even blink before finding a use for the app or the options available. I still find my father struggling with his Smartphone.

That's a condescending comment and negatively sterotypes adult users. You might want to rethink your assessment.

[rkevwill]

As grownup you might find it difficult to utilize all the options available in the Smartphone. The youngsters don't even blink before finding a use for the app or the options available. I still find my father struggling with his Smartphone.

Lets see, how do I respond to this comment. Ummmm, perhaps us grownups are too busy paying for the young'uns college, and weddings, and loaning (giving) those smart phone using kids gas money, than to waste our time playing games, or texting, and tweeting 23 hours a day. Perhaps we only use or care about the technologies on the phone that are important to our daily lives.

Some of us (I happen to be 61) have been around the computer and smartphone technology long enough to have no problem with apps or texting, or anything else. You might even find, a few of us old farts might have even started some of these technologies. I don't think someone like myself, who programmed and coded since about 1976 or so, have any problem with texting.

That said, learn to respect your elders, before you get smacked up side the head and sent to your room.