possible new droid owner

[banden]

Originally Posted by Magik_Missles

I was told by the rep at Verizion that Yahoo is hard to push to Android platforms due to some legal dispute or something like that. He recommended setting up a Gmail account and having Yahoo forwarded through the Gmail which could be picked up on the phone. Sounds washy to me.

It's nothing to do with a dispute. Yahoo doesn't provide access outside of webmail unless the user pays for the 'Mail Plus' account which is $20 a year.

http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/enhancements/mailplus

Now, I've seen people get away with it for a day or two... but then it stops working. I think this is just a courtesy to allow people to back up their data once in a while. If they completely blocked the download they would get a bad rep pretty fast.

[jone216]

once you go droid you never go back

[DPrynce]

Originally Posted by Magik_Missles

I was told by the rep at Verizion that Yahoo is hard to push to Android platforms due to some legal dispute or something like that. He recommended setting up a Gmail account and having Yahoo forwarded through the Gmail which could be picked up on the phone. Sounds washy to me.

Yahoo has always been that way which is why I no longer use yahoo. I don't like to be told what I can/can't do

[OrthoCoder]

"Guy with the axe"

Thanks for the info!

[breakmyfootoff]

Originally Posted by Magik_Missles

He recommended setting up a Gmail account and having Yahoo forwarded through the Gmail which could be picked up on the phone. Sounds washy to me.

I dont have anything to add on any rumored legal issues with Yahoo, but forwarding to gmail is how I handle my Hotmail account for the Droid and it works fine for me.

[breakmyfootoff]

Originally Posted by OrthoCoder

"Guy with the axe"

Thanks for the info!

No problem I havent learned to code and program stuff like a lot of these guys so I try to contribute by acting as a "Hunter/Gatherer" of info lol.