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Dark Jedi
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Like one person said when I had at&t I never used it but once when I just wanted to see if /i could. If your only gimmick was this over the competition. Then you are grasping at straws.
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Is simultaneous Voice and Data important?
- Thread starter ChuckFarley
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There have been several times where I was on the phone with someone and lost. I would have to call them back so I could get nav directions on google maps. I always thought it was over rated because why would I ever need to browse the internet and talk to someone at the same time on the same phone right? It was when I discovered that google maps won't load anything that I realized it's a pretty nice thing to have. 4G in the area fixes that problem now though.
Knewz
Android Expert
One advantage that i could see of using radio and data together is when im downloading. I change out roms every week and download them straight to my phone. They are big files so it takes a while. And if a call comes in while im downloading it will kill the data connection and i have to start all over. Will many people care about this, probably not but some do. LTE will have this capability, and some told me (pure rumor) that WiMAX can do this too. Since i've got no 4g coverage when i am i have no way to prove/disprove this theory
torquey
Newbie
Now that I've sold my soul to Google, I can't live without this. I am frequently talking to people while referencing documents. When the docs were on the memory card, this was not an issue, but now that they're in Google Docs, I spend close to two hours a day looking at and fiddling with spreadsheets and contracts while talking on the phone about them.
Also, I can't stand bluetooth - I do all of this on speaker. The only bluetooth device I use is built into my racing helmet!
Also, I can't stand bluetooth - I do all of this on speaker. The only bluetooth device I use is built into my racing helmet!
Roze
Hiding behind a mystery
+1 this is the first time I'm hearing this
So strange I thought that's the BASIC and what's required. When I'm on the phone with my friends, we are planning our meetings and gets together. We start off with emails and then finalize it over the phone. So i usually have my emails open and the browser just for last minute checking. I use a bt so it's pretty easy to surf and talk. I think this is just standard that the carrier should give you. mikedt asked this earlier but it didn't seem like anyone answered. So this is a CDMA issue with 3G and 2G not being able to work together since with 4G you can do talk and data.
Roze
Hiding behind a mystery
*hugs Steven* At least you have a very good phone that can last 2 years and still be good
IOWA
Mr. Logic Pants
Right now it's just at the point where it's going from "nice to have" or "gimmick" feature, to something that is genuinely becoming usefull, thanks to the power newer smartphones are arriving with. Within the next year or two I think it will be a standard bullet point like 1ghz processor is to us today.
ChuckFarley
Well-Known Member
They took away the 1 year upgrades, too???!?? GIVE ME YOUR SHOELACES!!!
Stuntman
Android Expert
Yeah. I'm on Bell Canada. I may have used data while on a call (unless it was actually WiFi). I assumed it would work as well. A voice call would not use much bps while compressed. I think it's something like 8kbps compressed. I would expect that a web page would use way more that the bandwidth used by a voice call would be rather small in comparison for those several seconds at least.
NunyaBidnez
Well-Known Member
It's easy for many of you to say that it would be a nice feature to have but not a necessity. It's hard to miss a feature you've never had. It's the same excuse old people have for not upgrading their electronics. My mom's cousin sees no point in having the internet installed in her home because she's done fine without it for 60+ years. I for one can't imagine not having access to the internet.
I've used simultaneous voice and data often, especially when my phone is tethered to my computer and it would be really annoying for me to have the internet drop out when a call comes in or having to hang up my phone when I need to look something up on the web.
I've used simultaneous voice and data often, especially when my phone is tethered to my computer and it would be really annoying for me to have the internet drop out when a call comes in or having to hang up my phone when I need to look something up on the web.
pool_shark
Android Expert
We can say it's a nice feature but not a necessity because we can do it with wifi.
Since we can do it with wifi but still don't do it on a regular basis that means, at least for me, that it is not a necessity.
I've never had the need to do it and I don't know when I will NEED to do it while talking on the phone.
Anyone ever hear of "I'll call you right back." or "I'll text you."?
You don't NEED to use internet on your phone at all if that's a case... you can always wait till you are at a computer. We have smartphones and pay $30/mo because we like to have internet access while we are doing other things.
I've never seen so many people defend a lack of feature. I like Verizon and my phone, but it's still lacking this feature at the end of the day.
LoyalServant
Android Expert
I don't talk and surf at the same time... because I am holding the phone up to my head.
I will reserve that ability for kids that seem to need it.
I will reserve that ability for kids that seem to need it.
Roze
Hiding behind a mystery
That's why the bluetooth earpiece was invented...so you can multitaskI don't talk and surf at the same time... because I am holding the phone up to my head.
I will reserve that ability for kids that seem to need it.
LoyalServant
Android Expert
That's why the bluetooth earpiece was invented...so you can multitask
It's not that.. for me it's brainpower.
When I was a 20 something I could pull all of that off.
I discovered that paying attention to one thing at a time yields better results.
bigbadwulff
Android Expert
I doubt the average AT&T customer even knows how to do it, let alone actually do it.
Roze
Hiding behind a mystery
You give a very bleak picture of the average AT&T user with that. It's sooo easy and basic that it's like 'how can you NOT use it'. If you can access your home screen while on the phone...you can open your browser while you talk
IOWA
Mr. Logic Pants
You give a very bleak picture of the average AT&T user with that. It's sooo easy and basic that it's like 'how can you NOT use it'. If you can access your home screen while on the phone...you can open your browser while you talk
In areas that get good Verizon/Sprint coverage, being on ATT alone is a bleak circumstance in itself.
ChuckFarley
Well-Known Member
This isn't a very good analogy. Complete lack of function is not the same as not being to perform two capabable tasks simulataneously.
Agreed, the more featured the phone, the better; I don't think you'll find anyone here arguing that we're all better off without it. It's just that some people here don't find voice and data together to be all that important.
As for me, I'll take it when it becomes available. I just don't see myself paying extra for it.
NunyaBidnez
Well-Known Member
Maybe you're just not very good at multitasking but when I am at home, I often talk on the phone while surfing the net on my computer. Having the internet on my phone is just an extension of the same practice, except now I can do this on a single device, as well as when I'm away from a wifi connection.
Here are some situations for using the internet while on the phone.
1. You're on the phone and you have a difference of opinion with the person you're talking with about who won the world series in 1988. To settle the debate, you Google the answer and you immediately respond with an "I told you so!"
2. Your mom, who only owns a basic cell phone, calls you because she's lost en route to the church where you're getting married. She gives you her location and you look it up on Google Maps while comforting her on the phone. Using the directions from Google Maps, you then guide her to the church in time for the wedding.
3. You're monitoring a bid you have on eBay and it's down to the last two minutes. Your boss calls and wants to discuss the project your working on. While your boss is talking your ear off about the importance of the TPS reports, you place a last second bid on an original captains chair from Star Trek TOS, winning the auction, and securing your status #1 Trekkie.
These are only a few examples of the importance of being able to use simultaneous voice and data.
pool_shark
Android Expert
Maybe you don't know what necessity means.
mrqs
Android Expert
that's a stupid word to bring in to a discussion about a feature on a device that in itself isn't "necessary"
Data + Voice isn't a big deal for me: I use VoIP for my cell calls now anyways. I just need a fast data connection.
I don't like giving the impression I'm talking to myself But seriously, I like having the phone to my ear. It says to anyone who might ask me a question: "I'm busy right now, come back in a few minutes".
That's why the bluetooth earpiece was invented...so you can multitask
I don't like giving the impression I'm talking to myself
But seriously, I like having the phone to my ear. It says to anyone who might ask me a question: "I'm busy right now, come back in a few minutes".
Roze
Hiding behind a mystery
I don't like that there's human oil and makeup on my phone's screen when I'm done with the callI don't like giving the impression I'm talking to myself
Plus the shape of these phones are not comfortable when I'm on the phone for a couple for hours. This is especially true when I cradle it between my ear and shoulder so I can do something with both hands. Also, I've noticed that for extended talk, the phone gets really warm. Just talking only has about 4/5 hrs of battery life and when you get a call, the phone is most likely not 100% charged. So talking on the phone when the phone is charging is not fun as well. Phone gets REALLY hot, lol. When you're on the phone for a long time...there's bound to be time when you need to go online to check something while you're talking to the recipient(s), lol.
I usually just pull back my hair, point to my ear with the BT and mouth to the person 'sorry busy on the phone'