Hey everyone.
I'm thinking about getting a Droid and if I do, I'd like to start using the Google Voice account I have set up. I've searched on these forums and have seen a bunch of conflicting answers as to whether or not it is possible to get free unlimited SMS and calls through GV. Couple of points I'd like to be addressed:
1.) People have been talking about a single "routing number" that the GV app uses when you try to make outgoing calls. Does such a routing number exist? If so, if I know what it is and add it to my friends and family, will all outgoing calls be free?
2.) How do SMS messages through the GV app work? Does it send it via the phone's data connection or does it use the messaging plan?
My next two questions don't pertain to Google Voice, but I figured I'd just throw them in here rather than make an entirely new thread.
3.) I was wondering if anyone knows if it's possible to get a data only plan with the Droid? If so, does Verizon charge extra money to add a voice or messaging plan onto an existing data only plan if I decide I want one later?
4.) My mom needs a new phone, but doesn't need a data plan. Is it possible to get either Droid phone with only voice/messaging?
Thanks in advance to anyone who replies.
I'm thinking about getting a Droid and if I do, I'd like to start using the Google Voice account I have set up. I've searched on these forums and have seen a bunch of conflicting answers as to whether or not it is possible to get free unlimited SMS and calls through GV. Couple of points I'd like to be addressed:
1.) People have been talking about a single "routing number" that the GV app uses when you try to make outgoing calls. Does such a routing number exist? If so, if I know what it is and add it to my friends and family, will all outgoing calls be free?
2.) How do SMS messages through the GV app work? Does it send it via the phone's data connection or does it use the messaging plan?
My next two questions don't pertain to Google Voice, but I figured I'd just throw them in here rather than make an entirely new thread.
3.) I was wondering if anyone knows if it's possible to get a data only plan with the Droid? If so, does Verizon charge extra money to add a voice or messaging plan onto an existing data only plan if I decide I want one later?
4.) My mom needs a new phone, but doesn't need a data plan. Is it possible to get either Droid phone with only voice/messaging?
Thanks in advance to anyone who replies.