Do you have a gizmo5 account? - The Amber

Which got bought by Google right? I have one, when I did the trial thingie, voicemail was rad, fully functional. - Zu from AOD

My current "landline" is GV routed through Gizmo5 - The Amber

I kinda think you do, based on the stories I read today. (And it makes sense; American carriers are generally underpricing data plans and overpricing voice, so it would be pretty unlikely if T-Mo would let you skip paying for voice.) - Andrew C (✓)

Actually, the N1 works without a SIM card --- it'll hook up to your WiFi network. Not that it'll do much good as a phone without one... - Piaw Na

You could use GV or Skype, right? But yeah, in my experience useable wifi is not common enough to replace a data plan. - Andrew C (✓)

GV requires voice minutes. I haven't seen a Skype application on any smart phone worth a damn. - Piaw Na

The only mobile VoIP app I know is Fring (who I will be QAing with two people who have Nexus Ones in the next day or two) As for data* only? Well: http://img.skitch.com/2010010... - Mona Nomura

fring works on the Droid with GV & Gizmo account. Dialing out is a pain since you need to use the browser to place a call. When you make a call, GV will call your Gizmo number and fring will ring. I was able to do to the same with a jailbroken iPhone a while back using backgrounder, fring, and Safari. As for data only, I don't think you can get a normal cell phone data plan by itself. It would need to be a plan that would go with a USB modem/datacard. - Rodfather

Oh hmm that sounds like a lot of effort. - Mona Nomura

Ya hopefully Google will add more support for Gizmo since they bought them. I don't think carriers would be happy though. - Rodfather

@piaw wanna try true mobile Skype? try #N900 http://maemo.nokia.com/n900 - yes it is not a google thing but it works good enough - A. T.

I wrote some thoughts about this here http://jungleg.com/2010... - Jorge Escobar

Awesome roundup -- thanks for the inclusion, Jorge :) - Mona Nomura

You're most welcome my Mona! :P - Jorge Escobar

I tried Fring on Android. Can't get it to work. - Piaw Na

Bummer. Thanks for the update -- super helpful. - Mona Nomura

I have been wondering the same thing, how to get around these freakin' cell phone companies. I was trying a Gizmo / GV thing but kind of cumbersome. Thanks for this discussion. - Martha