Using Droid in Puerto Rico??

[Chuck1906]

I am heading to Puerto Rico at the end of the month for vacation and I know my phone will work on a roaming tower down there but what about my apps? Will they work? I don't think the 3G internet will work but I am guessing Wi-Fi should work if I am in or close to a hot spot right? I don't ever recall my internet working there when I had the Voyager.

Another funny thing I noticed from my last trip to San Juan, there are plenty of VZW stores down there but they don't own any cell towers, at least that is what I was told by a VZW rep.


There is an app for the iphone and ipod touch that will alllow you to make calls over wi-fi and not even touch your cellular minutes. Is anything like that available for the Droid yet?

 

[nstallion]

Coverage Locator - Verizon Wireless

According to the map it looks like there is data coverage there but not broadband (3G).

 

[ElBoricua]

I'm replying on this thread from Puerto Rico using my Droid. There's no 3G coverage, only 1X when using data services.... GPS rarely gets a pinpoint fix so the navigation does not work.. But you can still get pretty good directions.

Make sure you go to Settings->Wireless & network settings ->Mobile networks->Data roaming

 

[dougwilson2000]

Dowload Mapdroid for gps use. Google maps will be slow over 1G and mapdroid is good for offline use.