Verizon wireless - Replacing V60 Question (GPS/e911 related)

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Replacing V60 Question (GPS/e911 related)

John

2005-09-25, 5:48 pm

I have a V60 that is specifically designed to work in my car.--no other
phone has the plug compatibility so I'm stuck with that phone.

My V60 is currently on an active Verizon Family Share plan. Now if it dies,
can I replace it with another V60? Since I would not be introducing a new
phone that is not GPS/e911 enabled, I hope my V60 might be "grandfathered".
Am Icorrect?

Charles

2005-09-25, 5:48 pm

In article <y4CZe.5971$7l.634@bignews2.bellsouth.net>, John
<Me@myhome.net> wrote:

> I have a V60 that is specifically designed to work in my car.--no other
> phone has the plug compatibility so I'm stuck with that phone.
>
> My V60 is currently on an active Verizon Family Share plan. Now if it dies,
> can I replace it with another V60? Since I would not be introducing a new
> phone that is not GPS/e911 enabled, I hope my V60 might be "grandfathered".
> Am Icorrect?

I can't imagine what kind of plug you could be talking about, I have a
V60 and there is nothing plug specific I am aware of, later Moto phones
use the same accessories, but last time I was checking, not long ago,
they still offered the V60S which is GPS enabled.

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Charles

John

2005-09-25, 5:48 pm

Thanks for the information, Charles. It's a BMW phone and plugs into a
cradle in the car. I'll check on the V60s for plug compatibility.

"Charles" <fort514@mac.com> wrote in message
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> In article <y4CZe.5971$7l.634@bignews2.bellsouth.net>, John
> <Me@myhome.net> wrote:
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> I can't imagine what kind of plug you could be talking about, I have a
> V60 and there is nothing plug specific I am aware of, later Moto phones
> use the same accessories, but last time I was checking, not long ago,
> they still offered the V60S which is GPS enabled.
>
> --
> Charles

Bob the Printer

2005-09-25, 11:48 pm

"John" <Me@myhome.net> wrote in message
news:y4CZe.5971$7l.634@bignews2.bellsouth.net...
>I have a V60 that is specifically designed to work in my car.--no other
> phone has the plug compatibility so I'm stuck with that phone.
>
> My V60 is currently on an active Verizon Family Share plan. Now if it
> dies,
> can I replace it with another V60? Since I would not be introducing a new
> phone that is not GPS/e911 enabled, I hope my V60 might be
> "grandfathered".
> Am Icorrect?

Probably not.

Diamond Dave

2005-09-25, 11:48 pm

On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 14:37:17 -0400, "John" <Me@myhome.net> wrote:

>I have a V60 that is specifically designed to work in my car.--no other
>phone has the plug compatibility so I'm stuck with that phone.

The V710 phone from Motorola uses the same accessories. Same with the
V260/262/265 series of phones.

>My V60 is currently on an active Verizon Family Share plan. Now if it dies,
>can I replace it with another V60? Since I would not be introducing a new
>phone that is not GPS/e911 enabled, I hope my V60 might be "grandfathered".
>Am Icorrect?

If you can find a V60. Supposedly you might be able to find one at a
VZW store that they have behind the counter or in the back room, or at
your local Radio Shack. But for the most part its been discontinued.

I still like my phone (a V60s I bought in 2004). I had to buy a new
battery for it about 2 weeks ago (online from Verizon) and works like
a champ.

I still have my car charger and FM radio accessories from my V120c and
V120e phones and they work fine with my friend's V265 as well as my
current V60s.

Dave

Charles

2005-09-25, 11:48 pm

In article <UBDZe.147$8l3.90@bignews5.bellsouth.net>, John
<Me@myhome.net> wrote:

> Thanks for the information, Charles. It's a BMW phone and plugs into a
> cradle in the car. I'll check on the V60s for plug compatibility.

The V60s is thicker. Don't know if that would cause a problem fitting
in the same cradle. Seems like a bad idea for BMW to to design a cradle
specific to one kind of phone.

--
Charles

Isaiah Beard

2005-09-26, 5:48 pm

Diamond Dave wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 14:37:17 -0400, "John" <Me@myhome.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> The V710 phone from Motorola uses the same accessories. Same with the
> V260/262/265 series of phones.

If that's the case, then wouldn't the e815 use the same accessories,
seeing as it uses virtually the same physical design as the V710?

> If you can find a V60. Supposedly you might be able to find one at a
> VZW store that they have behind the counter or in the back room, or at
> your local Radio Shack. But for the most part its been discontinued.

Even so, it's doubtful they'll activate it, even if the OP had a v60
prior. The eGPS carriers still have taht 5% goal to reach.

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Bob the Printer

2005-09-26, 5:48 pm

Diamond Dave

2005-09-26, 11:48 pm

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:24:04 -0400, Isaiah Beard
< sacredpoet@sacredpoe
t.com> wrote:

>If that's the case, then wouldn't the e815 use the same accessories,
>seeing as it uses virtually the same physical design as the V710?

Not necessarily. My wife's V220 on Cingular doesn't use any of the
accessories for my other V series phones.

>Even so, it's doubtful they'll activate it, even if the OP had a v60
>prior. The eGPS carriers still have taht 5% goal to reach.

The V60s is a GPS enabled phone.

Dave

dr news

2005-09-27, 2:48 am

The answer (sadly) is no. You sound like you have a upscale car (BMW,
Mercedes, Cadillac, etc) with an integrated (custom loaded cell phone,
firmware from the car manufacturer). Usually that means a mated pair: car
mfg, car cradle, and special software in a std phone. Usually they are V60
phones, and they are not upgradeable. (Before the v60, they were star tacs)

That means your cradle has specific limitations and it "not upgradeable" If
you have a v60, then you can't use the v60s. If your current phone is non
agps, then sadly, if it breaks, you are $%^&*, And I don't think those car
kits are upgradeable (not the Mercedes or bmw's last time I looked).

I wish I had better news for you: take good care of that non aGps phone, and
its matching cradle. Awesome when it works, and impossible to replace (or
at least not easily). You need the special combined firmware (special load)
in the phone to make it work "integrated". If it isn't aGps, you probably
won't get it activated on a new/existing vzw line. But if you do, you will
be the exception. dr
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"Charles" <fort514@mac.com> wrote in message
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> In article <y4CZe.5971$7l.634@bignews2.bellsouth.net>, John
> <Me@myhome.net> wrote:
>
>
> I can't imagine what kind of plug you could be talking about, I have a
> V60 and there is nothing plug specific I am aware of, later Moto phones
> use the same accessories, but last time I was checking, not long ago,
> they still offered the V60S which is GPS enabled.
>
> --
> Charles
>

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