Thank you JNT, thats what I needed. I was even going to do their $30 for 90 days and 160 min plan... as $100 all at once is even still a bit much for me. But its is a much worsedeal, doing it 90 days at a time works out to 640 minutes for $120 in the same year. It'll be a choice between those 2. As for the concern about burning through 1000 minutes lol you'd be surprised.. I currently use a trackfone and put 180 minutes on it every 6 months... I last filled it July 2011 and still have 75 minutes... and a lot of that was eaten up by texting myself reminders to my email. So you can see why I want to avoid the much larger monthly talk and full data plans. I dont own the inc2 yet but I'm going to be getting a used or refurbed one, Ive researched all android phones and the inc2 has the most features I want vs cost for a used one, so the tip from someone about going with a different carrier and phone is appreciated, but I have my heart set. Actually, with 75 min left on my cheap phone, Im not going to need new service untill this summer, so I'll just have the inc2 for camera, radio and mp3 in one pocket and the trackphone for emergencies in the other.
By the way, it was mentioned needing data for reliable gps, is that how smartphone gps works? through data and no data = no gps? not like a normal gps that runs on a direct signal?
Thanks again for all the help!