Virgin Mobile & HTC Desire

Originally Posted by Masque

They are a very popular phone and quite a few of my colleagues have got either the HD2 or the Desire, not me though my contract has 9 months to run.

I got a HD2 I am putting up for sale as long as I like the Desire lol

[kai_mitsurugi]

Thanks guys for the responses. My last question is will 1GB a month really be enough? T-Mobile offer 3GB. This phone always needs to be online except when at home using my wireless connection.

[Stephen]

1GB is plenty, after a couple of month with the Desire on Virgin I usually use about 600MB a month.

[kai_mitsurugi]

Originally Posted by Stephen

1GB is plenty, after a couple of month with the Desire on Virgin I usually use about 600MB a month.

'If' I was to go over the 1GB what's the charge? I know you can get apps to easily turn off 3G and just use WiFi when available.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by kai_mitsurugi

'If' I was to go over the 1GB what's the charge? I know you can get apps to easily turn off 3G and just use WiFi when available.

They have a 30p per day for web access which have a limit of 25mb per day. However you aren't likely to go over the 1gb per month.

[kai_mitsurugi]

I've put my name down for one on Monday but they aren't in stock at the moment and should be in today. I am supposed to be phoned when they come in but I was the 9th person waiting. Any ideas when Virgin get new stock?

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by kai_mitsurugi

'If' I was to go over the 1GB what's the charge? I know you can get apps to easily turn off 3G and just use WiFi when available.

The Desire has the ability to turn off the Mobile connection built in (while leaving the Voice services untouched) - you don't need a 3rd party app

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Originally Posted by kai_mitsurugi

Any ideas when Virgin get new stock?

If they've run out of the handsets they got in this week then it's going to be a while unfortunately

[BenMcr]

It seems you can now download the Voice search app from the Android Market.

It's still missing Speech to Text though

[rocker]

Originally Posted by Acidphire21

either that or log onto the virginmobile page and it shows you how much data remaining. i tend to connect to mates wi-fi networks if im going to be doing something hefty with the phone. and i love the fact i can have a switch on the front to turn off mobile net and then turn on wi-fi so i know im not accidentily using the data when i dont want to.

Ah, where is that switch?

if you got widgets there is either one there or one you can download

as for data press and hold the off button and you get an option to turn data off

[rocker]

The HTC Desire is full of bugs. HTV and Virgin know about them but aren't making it public.

Virgin customer service has gone from being the best ever to the worst, they repeatedly get my bundles wrong, the website barely works, they never reply to emails sent from the website.

If I wasn't in so deep now, I'd change to a different, more honest service provider

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by rocker

The HTC Desire is full of bugs. HTV and Virgin know about them but aren't making it public.

Such as? I've had mine for 3 months now and not had any problems with it?

[Acidphire21]

id like to know them too had mine for nearly a month and had no problems with it except one android issues which doesn't annoy me

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by rocker

The HTC Desire is full of bugs. HTV and Virgin know about them but aren't making it public.

Odd that as the are many people I work with own either a HD2 or a Desire and none of them are experiencing any issues.

You will have an issue with some of the American firmware upgrades available if you download the wrong one but that is easily rectified, read the reviews first.

American firmware for which handset the HD2 or the Desire?