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Originally Posted by MountainX
The N900 is awesome, isn't it. One question (off topic), can you enable bluetooth while in airplane mode on the N900?
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I'm liking the 900 a lot...not that I disliked the Droid, I just had reception issues in my area. As far as BT and airplane mode....ummmm...I don't see if the 900 has one "natively", but I believe there are some community dev'd "radio toggle switches". I can get back to you on that. FWIW, I think the 900 can pair with my Pioneer AVIC's "GPS" sensor...not necessary, but cool nonetheless.
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Originally Posted by MountainX
...Back on topic, the combination of Sipdroid and Google Voice on the Droid basically matches features with Vonage Pro, but for much lower cost. If you use Gizmo, the cost is about 1/4 as much as Vonage (or even less). Vonage may be a bit easier. My mom was using Vonage and I looked at upgrading her to Vonage Pro. But in the end I used Gizmo, Sipdroid and Google Voice and she's happy with the result.
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Yeah, I upgraded to "Pro" because I figured the SIP settings my be more "transparent" but unfortunately not...Vonage was unwilling to provide any settings info, despite my 5 years, and (2) accounts with them. What's keeping me with them is call quality, self-administration, it supports my (4) phones and a fax machine, ring blast, availability number, and free calls to Spain for my g/f's "daily" calls to her family. If I can match with another service I'll be happy to switch, especially if it means a mobile SIP client.
The problem with Gizmo is that its not possible for "new accounts" to get setup...at least last I checked. FWIW, I just signed up for Skype's $3/mo "Unlimited Calls to US/Canada", and it allows you to use the Caller ID from an existing line you have...news to me, maybe common knowledge to others. I had Skype for PC for a while, and just figured I'd give it a try, since its works with the 900 out of the box. But again, I can bump up to unlimited via T-Mobile's plan for $20 more than the plan I have, so I only have another $17 to work with to add additional features, to make it worth while.
The 900 was givin' me the blues trying to find out how to get Skype working, then I realized that there is no "app" for Skype, instead, its just integrated into contacts management, and the calling/IM features. You basically get prompted from the dialpad, or a contact, as to which "call type" you want. You also log in/out via toggle from the status bar. Its a nice discrete integration. $3/mo is not bad for "unlimited calls out". Getting calls in will cost a little more, via the same service, and there has to be a workaround, but it basically gives me unlimited calling for $33/mo for my "cell". I guess it wouldn't be an issue if I ported my main number over, but until then.