I really do not want a Google Mail account on the phone so is there a way to download apps without it? Is there anyway around this? I prefer Windows Live for email, contacts and calendar since my job requires Outlook.
I really do not want a Google Mail account on the phone so is there a way to download apps without it? Is there anyway around this? I prefer Windows Live for email, contacts and calendar since my job requires Outlook.
Yeah you don't ever have to use Gmail. You just need to create a Gmail account and link it to a credit card at checkout.google.com. After you've added the Gmail account to your Epic, just go in and turn off synchronization for contacts, calendar, and email.
So in order to download a free game from the market I still need to have a credit card on file?? I'm about to get an epic on thursday and I'm just curious.
I can understand the need to have a google account ... after all android IS google -- but why must it be a GMAIL acct? I have more email addresses than I know what to do with already ... even if I don't intend to USE it, it still needs to be created & beomes a security risk -- ESPECIALLY if I don't intend to ever use it.
Starting to make me re-consider getting an android phone ...
That's how it is when you purchase a Windows phone. When I had my HTC Trophy, I needed to create a live account.
I already had a Hotmail account which I did not use.
At the time I was using Yahoo mail, but still used Gmail for contacts and calendar sync.
The drawback with Android, is the email.
Yahoo and Live mail does not work well straight from the mail client within Android.
You're far better off downloading the app from the play store.
Thus, why I use Gmail for my primary email.
Gmail works well with all phones OS's.
So... With Android, you need to use a gmail account for the Play store, a Live account if you've picked a windows phone, or an itunes account if you've gone with an iphone. If you're that concerned, you would need to either not download apps, or get a "dumb" phone.
NOW, the other option, would be to install a secondary market, such as the Amazon appstore, GetJar, or any other legit store. It's nice that Android lets you pick huh?