data-plan-less problem..

[Guest Labello]

Hey guys!

I have a huge problem.. or just a little curious but are there any widgets or news feeds that i can get updated by wifi?

are those called rss feeds?

since i dont have a dataplan and on my gorgeous baby Acer Liquid E.. YEA!!!..

i was wondering if im able to get updated on my android 2.1 on say.. news or weather over night.. and i can look through it during the day.

and when i get home at night.. my trusty sidekick Wifi will kick in automatically and update my news or whatever for me to get ready for the next day..

sorry for the terrible english/grammar.

basically.. i dont have data plan and only have wifi at home.

and i would like weather updates and world news updated as i walk into my wifi zone.

thanks . im newbie btw.

[Guest spanner44]

Hey guys!

I have a huge problem.. or just a little curious but are there any widgets or news feeds that i can get updated by wifi?

are those called rss feeds?

since i dont have a dataplan and on my gorgeous baby Acer Liquid E.. YEA!!!..

i was wondering if im able to get updated on my android 2.1 on say.. news or weather over night.. and i can look through it during the day.

and when i get home at night.. my trusty sidekick Wifi will kick in automatically and update my news or whatever for me to get ready for the next day..

sorry for the terrible english/grammar.

basically.. i dont have data plan and only have wifi at home.

and i would like weather updates and world news updated as i walk into my wifi zone.

thanks . im newbie btw.

This is something that I have also been wondering about myself, as I only have wifi at home or sometimes in an open wifi place, cafe etc, and although most of the apps say that they need an internet connection, I tend to stay clear of them, in case they start using the internet over the celluar network, as like you i don't have a data plan as well.

[Guest Labello]

or can someone tell what what an rss feed is?

[Guest Webreaper]

If you don't have a data plan, then surely you won't get an internet connection when you don't have wifi? In which case you can pretty much use whatever you like, as there won't be any data connectivity so the widgets will just do nothing if wifi isn't available.

Unless you mean you have a data plan, but it's limited/expensive.... in which case use something like Tasker+APNDroid or Setting Profiles to disable data when you don't want it used, to save bandwidth.