Cakedaddy wrote:We have 5 android devices, all sharing the same account. We started out with two separate and quickly found it to be stupid to pay for something twice. So we didn't.
Which devices do you use? Is it difficult at all to tell it to use one acct for gmail/calendar/etc, and another for Play?
Actually, Gordon has a point, Kindle cannot access Play, iirc.
Phones all have their own gmail account. We do most of our app purchases through a shared Amazon account. Many of our shared apps are FAotDs.
As far as calendar goes, I basically manage all the calendars from my gmail account and then share them with others. So, my gmail is the main account. My wife's is a secondary calendar I created on my account and share with her google account. We always need to see each other's calendars. So really, she doesn't even need a google account. We could share that too. Neither of us use gmail, etc. Only reason I have an account is for the calendar and then she created one when she got her first android phone.
So, in summary:
Amazon for app purchasing.
Gmail for other stuff.
I don't see any reason why you couldn't have a gmail play account and a gmail gmail/calendar account.
I don't either, but memory is that when you set it up, it asks for one account and goes from there. Didn't think about Amazon app store, as I rarely use it despite the 1 Kindle Fire.
Do you like the Transformer? I bought the Infinity, but returned it when I found out it had a non-microUSB charger.
We do. Wife mostly uses it though. Have never had an issue with the charger. With all the other I/O it has, it never occurred to me to be worried about the charger plug.
She bought me a Nexus 7 last month, but returned it with the intention of buying an Archos 97 platinum. She's going to upgrade from the Transformer to one as well. As soon as they are available. .
But the Transformer was a decent step up from the Netbook it replaced.
As far as the accounts, if memory serves, google play asks for it's name/password and then when you 'add account' to email, it asks again. I don't remember them being tied together. That's on a Motorola Atrix and now a Galaxy Note II. But, maybe I'm remembering wrong.
You can at least register all the devices with a shared/unused google account, then add your real ones for email/calendar.
Could be wrong. Just tried to delete my gmail account info from gmail, and it didn't let me. Didn't give me the option. But then, I don't see that option in google play either. I can add an account though, which is interesting. Might try to add my wife's and see what happens.
