well pretty much everything will have access to internet, for weather widgets to connect to the internet, music widgets to get album art etc, most everything uses it sparingly but for weather apps you can have it to update every 2 hours or somthing rather than every hour.

 

Well you can get a toggle switch and only update on wifi which is what I did. Or if you installed 2.2 then there is a way to turn off data. I have the 200mb plan also and I just turn on data when I need it to be sure its not using any when I don't want it to

 

Responses are already coming to you, I just wanted to say that your question is one of the smartest and most important I've seen posted in these forums. That "access to" permission prompt can make some users uneasy about what they're giving up to the app (to the company? developer? world wide web in general? ).

 

I concur. I wish android would tell you *why* an app wants permission to use something (and have the ability to hold the app to it). I don't download apps that ask for things that they shouldn't need. Seems like way too many apps ask for my location or access to my phone logs. Unless I really want it, it gets exed.

 

gps location is needed for anything that uses where you are. google maps, any weather app that has an option for auto updating, anything that may access satellites

most things you can somewhat tell why they need access to what it asks for, if i cant figure out why it may need something i dont download it

 

There's no way for Android to know or figure that out on its own. You'd be at the mercy of the app volunteering up this information, and then hoping they're being honest about it.

Imagine a locked door. Android is a person on the inside, App is a person on the other. App jiggles the door handle, trying to get in. Android can tell that App wants in, but not why. Android asks App, "Why do you want to come in?" App replies, "I need to use the bathroom.".

Is App telling the truth?