using internet while on the phone - Page 5

**athlet1c** · #41 (**permalink**) 01-09-2010, 04:38 PM

10-4............

pohbil · #42 (**permalink**) 02-23-2010, 11:26 PM

Ok Guys.....I am here to tell you that you ARE able to use the internet AND talk on the phone at the same time with SPRINT. I just couldn't handle the ad that AT&T boasts that they are the ONLY network that is able to do so. I even went into my local SPRINT store to inform them of this discovery and the store manager was completely blown away as well. So anyone else out there able to surf the web and be on the phone at the same time on SPRINT. I am anxious to hear your replies.

**jbearamus** · #43 (**permalink**) 02-24-2010, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by pohbil

Ok Guys.....I am here to tell you that you ARE able to use the internet AND talk on the phone at the same time with SPRINT. I just couldn't handle the ad that AT&T boasts that they are the ONLY network that is able to do so. I even went into my local SPRINT store to inform them of this discovery and the store manager was completely blown away as well. So anyone else out there able to surf the web and be on the phone at the same time on SPRINT. I am anxious to hear your replies.

so im guessing youre using either a nextel powersource device (separate voice and data chips)or wifi (for data while using cdma for voice),
or youre just trying to stir up a sprint vs att fight for no reason, which is what i'm assuming because you provided no examples or evidence just a claim
and btw, att never said they were the only ones just that they can and verizon can't, a tmobile phone in a 3G service area will do the same thing

syscrasher13 · #44 (**permalink**) 02-24-2010, 01:17 AM

Oh, have you not heard? It was my understanding that everyone had heard...

A-well-a bird-bird-bird, b-bird's the word,
A-well-a bird-bird-bird, b-bird's the word,
A-well-a bird-bird-bird, b-bird's the word....

matt17 · #45 (**permalink**) 02-24-2010, 01:17 AM

Its probably just his CACHE in the browser. Try visiting a website that you have never visited on your phone before.

**jbearamus** · #46 (**permalink**) 02-24-2010, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by matt17

Its probably just his CACHE in the browser. Try visiting a website that you have never visited on your phone before.

the hero won't even open the browser without an open data line

**shaggylive** · #47 (**permalink**) 02-24-2010, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by pohbil

Ok Guys.....I am here to tell you that you ARE able to use the internet AND talk on the phone at the same time with SPRINT. I just couldn't handle the ad that AT&T boasts that they are the ONLY network that is able to do so. I even went into my local SPRINT store to inform them of this discovery and the store manager was completely blown away as well. So anyone else out there able to surf the web and be on the phone at the same time on SPRINT. I am anxious to hear your replies.

hmm, a blatent factless claim as a first post, and I want to know what mac pc can fit in a pocket.

not that he's completely wrong, but I still have yet to find a single device to do this without wifi/bluetooth/ect..

**jbearamus** · #48 (**permalink**) 02-24-2010, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by shaggylive

hmm, a blatent factless claim as a first post, and I want to know what mac pc can fit in a pocket.

not that he's completely wrong, but I still have yet to find a single device to do this without wifi/bluetooth/ect..

funny thing is its not a first post, actually dug up a thread to post in. and i like i mentioned in one of my posts, the only ones i would expect to be able to do it are the Powersource devices which are the CDMA/EVDO/iDen hybrids but even then, the only one even remotely worth have is the Nextel branded BB Curve 8350

entropism · #49 (**permalink**) 02-24-2010, 03:33 AM

The 8350 is NOT a hybrid device, it's pure iDen. Powersourse was limited to the 402, 502, 602 and 902, and then they discontinued the line completely.

As for not being able to use voice and data simultaneously on Sprint or Verizon, this will NOT change, ever. Sorry. It's not a device issue, it's a backhaul issue, and Sprint/Verizon would have to change out their ENTIRE network to make this change. With 4G coming so soon, this simply will NOT happen.

As for phones using a dual Wimax/CDMA connection, it's possible, but honestly not probable. The battery life on these devices would MAYBE last you 12 hours with minimal use. You'll start seeing phones that may support both formats, but one at a time, so you can travel nationwide while the 4G network is being built up.

Now, for those who want to continue this and SWEAR they have data and voice at the same time on Sprint, please, shush... It's false. You may THINK you're the smartest person in the world who figured it out, but you're just an idiot who's running on Wifi and didn't notice. Or you may want to seem important and lie about it, but that's just pathetic. So take your pick... Liar, moron, or living with the fact that this won't happen on a US CDMA phone.

**jbearamus** · #50 (**permalink**) 02-24-2010, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by entropism

The 8350 is NOT a hybrid device, it's pure iDen. Powersourse was limited to the 402, 502, 602 and 902, and then they discontinued the line completely.

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my mistake, i assumed it was because well, it makes sense and seems like it would make a good combination. i hadn't kept up with Nextel devices because Radioshack stopped carrying them and the last one we had was Powersource, i just assumed they would keep building them that way