A wrote: > I'm curious about this approach. With normal phone activation > it occurs through the cellular network. Why is it through the > data plan for Android?
You need both. The data plan is used to register your Google account with the phone. > Also, don't these phones generally > come with Wifi? If so why not use Wifi for activation? Because you cannot set up WiFi until you register your Google account with the phone. Now, some phones do not require the up-front Google account registration, as I understand it. Those phones can be activated normally, and then you can use WiFi for when you do indeed need to provide the Google account (e.g., to access the Android Market). -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in NYC: 30 April-2 May 2010: http://guruloft.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
