Third-Party Apps

[glominor]

Hey everybody, Good Evening,

I hope everyone is having a wonderful night. For those of you who took the time to read this post, I have a question about "Third Party Apps". How exactly do they work?

For instance, I have a TMobile Dash/HTC S620, I DO NOT have an internet plan.

Now let's say I decided to download and install a "weather app".
How exactly does the third party app work?

Does it need a connection to the internet for a third party app to work? So would it work on my phone?
If it does need an internet connection, would it "force" a connection to the internet to make it work? Therefore leading to an unwanted internet usage fee?

Thanks.

[driguez]

For some apps you will need internet access, specially for weather apps (have to update somehow) If you use T-mo, look around the forum for the t-zones ($5.99 internet plan) hack ;)

[glominor]

Thanks driguez!

[Do0zman]

agreed if you're cheap like i am just use the 5.99 tzones hack. very simple to set up and works like a charm for every internet service that i use on my phone.

[mossimo53]

i got a question for you guys dun have the tzone plan just yet but am looking to get it if it will be the same to me than the 19.95 plan. can i use internet explorer with it? also email like my gmail and hotmail? and what limitations are there with it...ex. with internet explorer...only specific sites i can access?
thank you for your help.

[spikey911]

Typically anything that can use a proxy will work.

[jdoggraz]

But I would recommend using Opera Mini instead of Internet Explorer because Opera Mini is much nicer and faster then IE...