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Old 11-30-2009, 10:59 PM
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Re: Thinking about the Omnia

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Originally Posted by bleone View Post
I was looking at the Omnia for my daughter, but when I went to Verizon they said I had to also buy the $30/month data plan. Since at this point she'd only use the functionality of the phone and the texting, I was wondering if there are any unlocked images would allow the phone to work on Verizon without having to purchase the data plan. Are other carriers doing this too (requiring a data plan for a phone even if you're not going to use it)?
Yeah, I think AT&T was the last holdout on the forced data plan issue and they adopted it a month or so ago, I told. My wife would like something similar to the Omnia and I think she'll end up with a "feature phone". One that doesn't run WM, but just has a keyboard (virtual or real) for texting.