Help an Android user decide?

[Landsharkk]

Regarding skype calling on the windows 8 phones. If you have no cell service/signal, but DO have wifi/internet, wouldn't skype calling still work just like any other phone call without needing to buy premium?

I figured with Skype being integrated so nicely with Windows Phone 8, you could be anywhere in the world with your phone and as long as you have a wifi connection you could receive skype calls.

 

[trivor]

WiFi staying on is a big deal because all my podcasts are downloaded over WiFi while the phone is asleep in the charger every day. Each podcast is about 30 meg each and I probably get 15-20 podcasts per week (can't always listen to them all - just want to have the option). I would be looking at about 500 meg/week if WiFi weren't active during sleep - totally unacceptable - especially with capped data on most networks.

 

[ubizmo]

One reason why I sold my HTC Radar was the inability of the browser to reflow text after zooming. I know the iPhone Safari browser has the same limitation, but I don't use an iPhone, so that's no consolation. Without this capability, the text on many web sites is small too read unless I zoom and scroll back and forth. In Android and BBOS this problem doesn't exist.

I'm not really optimistic about this being different in WP8, since it's really the same browser, but I thought I'd put the question in this thread anyway, just in case. If this limitation were to be removed, I'd give serious consideration to returning to WP.

 

[ImmortalWarrior]

There's a monthly charge for this, though. Right?

Wifi tethering is included in all but one LTE data plan on Rogers (the lowest, which is 100mbs)

I've been tethering on my 900 since may, works flawlessly.

 

[lottidah]

FTR, I got my 920 today! I am lost but happy lol.