Verizon App Request for Friends & Family

fernandizzel · ‎02-16-2010

I would love an app that goes through my contacts and adds a little red "V" in the corner of their profile picture or stock android contact picture if that person is on Verizon. That way I could quickly see if the person I'm talking to is going to chew up my minutes. It would be a great marketing tool for Verizon as I could see people like me encouraging their non-Verizon friends & family to switch. Right now what I have to do is go the the Verizon site to check and that only lets me input 3 numbers at a time, at least they could provide a way to import a contacts .csv file with all your numbers and it spit out a report telling you who is and is not a Verizon user.

TheGreatOne · ‎02-16-2010

fernandizzel wrote:
I would love an app that goes through my contacts and adds a little red "V" in the corner of their profile picture or stock android contact picture if that person is on Verizon. That way I could quickly see if the person I'm talking to is going to chew up my minutes. It would be a great marketing tool for Verizon as I could see people like me encouraging their non-Verizon friends & family to switch. Right now what I have to do is go the the Verizon site to check and that only lets me input 3 numbers at a time, at least they could provide a way to import a contacts .csv file with all your numbers and it spit out a report telling you who is and is not a Verizon user.

hmm you could always make an app yourself. put it on the market if you want to.

fernandizzel · ‎02-16-2010

I wouldn't even know where to begin. But lets say Iearned to program , how would you interface with the Verizon website that checks the number?

TheGreatOne · ‎02-16-2010

fernandizzel wrote:
I wouldn't even know where to begin. But lets say Iearned to program , how would you interface with the Verizon website that checks the number?

Actually I am not sure of that question right there. To make the app yourself:

Start at http://www.android.com/

You'll find everything you need to know there (or on links from there). Download the SDK, pay the $25 one-time fee (if you want to distribute via the Market), and have at it. It does help if you're familiar with Java programming...

seabright · ‎02-16-2010

I'm guessing there are some privacy and security implications. VZW probably doesn't want to make access to their customer database available to third party software.