[Mikeuptown]

Have seen this discussed elsewhere. From what I gathered, seems like you have to have at least the $30 data plan with pda phones with the familyshare data plans being limited to the feature phones.

If this interpretation is correct, it looks like a serious disconnect to me as your situation is certainly not unique and I would be in the same boat if my wife wasn't a technophobe.

You might want to look at Sprint's $129 Everything Data Family plan that appears to include both feature phone and smartphone data plus unlimited mobile to mobile and 1500 shared voice minutes.