Verizon Pixi w/o Registration App Catalog

steentinning · 03/23/2011, 02:22 PM

I love my Sprint Pre so much I had to jump on the $55 Verizon Pixi bandwagon for my girlfriend. I bypassed the registration properly, set up a new Palm Profile for the phone, and I am currently enjoying this as an iPod Touch with a keyboard.

My question relates to paid apps in the App Cat. I can download free apps (i.e. Pandora) but not paid apps (specifically Voogle) because it wont let me save the payment information. I have read that this is a restriction Palm put in place; the activation process confirms the phone is in the US, and the paid apps are only available to US customers.

Is there a work around for this? (The main goal is to purchase Voogle so that texting thru Google Voice is less awkward.) Thanks!

malpha · 03/23/2011, 03:02 PM

If you're not in the US, you need a North American credit card to purchase apps. People have been using wirecard.

-- Sent from my Palm Pre using Forums

Cantaffordit · 03/23/2011, 03:24 PM

I was able to buy an app with my Pre2 when it wasn't activated. It would work once you run first-use and log in to a real profile.

malpha · 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cantaffordit

I was able to buy an app with my Pre2 when it wasn't activated. It would work once you run first-use and log in to a real profile.

So was I. I used a US credit card to do it.

Quote:

Activation in US/Canada/Mexico: You get the App Catalog of the respective country, and pay for apps with US/Canada/Mexico creditcards or a Simon Malls gift card (thanks to rwhitby for the tip).

- from: http://forums.precentral.net/gsm-pre...equencies.html

03/23/2011, 02:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
steentinning Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Verizon Pixi w/o Registration App Catalog I love my Sprint Pre so much I had to jump on the $55 Verizon Pixi bandwagon for my girlfriend. I bypassed the registration properly, set up a new Palm Profile for the phone, and I am currently enjoying this as an iPod Touch with a keyboard. My question relates to paid apps in the App Cat. I can download free apps (i.e. Pandora) but not paid apps (specifically Voogle) because it wont let me save the payment information. I have read that this is a restriction Palm put in place; the activation process confirms the phone is in the US, and the paid apps are only available to US customers. Is there a work around for this? (The main goal is to purchase Voogle so that texting thru Google Voice is less awkward.) Thanks!
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