Does Our Phone And Our Network Do This?

[i360]

Our Sprint CDMA network is useful if you actually want to make and receive calls, unlike AT&T.

[blackfunk]

As someone who recently switched from ATT that is one feature that I will truly miss. Can't tell you how many times I've been on Bing while on the phone, or surfing the web on my train ride home and had a conversation with someone. It does have its moments where it is useful.

[japper88]

I need a phone where I can call text and talk at the same time, all while driving? All kidding aside, having the option is a nice thing to have I guess. But personally I've never needed to use internet while on a call. I'm just happy my phone has a 3.5mm headphone jack.

[Sephiro]

my bad on wimax

Originally Posted by regression

Isn't it true you can use data and voice at the same time on a CDMA network if the network implements EV-DV? Since Sprint and Verizon (both CDMA) implement EV-DO, this restricts voice and data at the same time from occurring.

There have been a few times when I wanted to use data while on the phone. For example, if I am on a boring conference call, I could be checking Facebook, checking email, etc

Originally Posted by gTen

You theoretically can do voice and data through EV-DO..but EV-DO is no used for phone calling because it is not as reliable..so oyu use cdma 1x

Oh and sprint is going Wimax..not LTE

[Adrianh85]

Originally Posted by japper88

Reminds me of the AT&T vs. Verizon commercial war...

ditto ^^^+1

but remember "theres a map for that", id pick Quality over quantity any day!!

[skipster]

The rare times that I need to receive an email while on a call, I find a wifi-hotspot I can hook up to and use webmail. AS over the air for some reason will not work over wifi if you are on a call (VZW network at least). Here in the northeast, It has paid off for me to be a Cablevision customer, as they have a nice growing network of free hotspots all over the place. My company also subscribes to I-pass, which gets you on at SBUX, Staples, B&N, etc... So if I ever need it, I can usually find one pretty close.

[japper88]

Originally Posted by Adrianh85

ditto ^^^+1

but remember "theres a map for that", id pick Quality over quantity any day!!

HAHA, that's exactly what I was thinking of. And now AT&T has those check list commercials. I'll take my Sprint SERO 500 ($30/mo) over AT&T or Verizon any day! Do the U.S. GSM versions have a 3 person limit on the conference call like the CDMA models? I know the European models had no such limitation and you could do a conference call with like 8 people.

[psycho_maniac]

Originally Posted by japper88

Reminds me of the AT&T vs. Verizon commercial war...

yeah just not too long after i saw this commerical i saw a droid commerical. about being able to do whatever you wanted and get a txt message without getting interrupted with what you are doing? can iphones not do this?

Originally Posted by japper88

Sounds interesting, I'm going to give that a try!
EDIT: That totally works. If you have wifi on you can be on a call and surf the web all you want at the same time on CDMA TP2s!

haha so we can do this! suck it AT&T !

[jallain]

I also came over from AT&T and miss the ability to do both. Think about using data assisted GPS and the phone rings right when you have to make a series of turns (and you need to take the call.) Someone sends you an email you need to open to continue the conversation. I do miss it, but am happier with the lower monthly bill from Sprint.

[deadwrong03]

i can confirm the wifi and phone call works im typing while on a phone call right now while im connected to my wifi