simultanous data and voice?

[kennyg]

Are any of the Pocket PC phone edition phones capable of simultanous data and voice? I would like to initate a voice call while connected to the internet and vice-versa, is this even suppported by the hardware?

[pt]

Are any of the Pocket PC phone edition phones capable of simultanous data and voice? I would like to initate a voice call while connected to the internet and vice-versa, is this even suppported by the hardware?

that's not supported at this time.

cheers,
pt

www.pocketpcmagic.com

[Isaac]

I read in another post that for the ability to do data and voice at the same time, the unit needs two radios built in. That would be a big cost factor at the present and I don't see anything that will support that functionality in the near future.

[terrynfung]

By installing yahoo messenger on my t-mobile pocket pc. the only thing that it works for is to connect to the web. I haven't been able to actually IM. It really doesn't matter. I am able to get a true always on GPRS and at the same time make and receive calls. What I do is just log in to yahoo messenger and then shut it down completely.

then I use msn and make and receive calls.

[Thinkingmandavid]

That doesnt make sense, you should be able to send IM. Of course I am assuming you are wanting to send IM.
It is unfortunate that they didnt make it to do voice and data at the same time considering the NOKia 9290 is able to do it and it costs the same amount. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, that is very interesting to me.

[andyclap]

Hmm, you shouldn't need two radio components, GPRS is packet based - it doesn't matter that some of the packets are voice and some are data.
IMHO it's just the capabilites of the telcos that's preventing us doing this. They'd have to support GPRS voice -> GSM. There's probably technology available to do this, but I don't think the telcos consider it worth the expenditure.
Incidentally the 9210/9290 can't do this. It doesn't support GPRS, instead using HSCSD. It can fax and work as a laptop modem though: I miss that.

[galonso]

Before I got my Siemens phone with ATT, I had the Sony-Ericson T68i. It could maintain a GPRS connection when you switched to answer a call. Before the switch it would ask you if you wanted to maintain the connection or drop it. Seemed cool. However, I haven't found the connection time to be pretty quick, in the end to me a non-issue.

More important to me is the lack of a Mute function on the phone! Actually can't believe it. I always put my phone on mute when I am on a Conference call (don't like people hearing me run the blender or flush the toilet). I called Siemens on this and they blamed Microsoft ! I thought that was pretty lame.

Sorry for the tangent.. but there ya go.

Greg



Hmm, you shouldn't need two radio components, GPRS is packet based - it doesn't matter that some of the packets are voice and some are data.
IMHO it's just the capabilites of the telcos that's preventing us doing this. They'd have to support GPRS voice -> GSM. There's probably technology available to do this, but I don't think the telcos consider it worth the expenditure.
Incidentally the 9210/9290 can't do this. It doesn't support GPRS, instead using HSCSD. It can fax and work as a laptop modem though: I miss that.

[smittyofdhs]

By installing yahoo messenger on my t-mobile pocket pc. the only thing that it works for is to connect to the web. I haven't been able to actually IM. It really doesn't matter. I am able to get a true always on GPRS and at the same time make and receive calls. What I do is just log in to yahoo messenger and then shut it down completely.

then I use msn and make and receive calls.

From what I've read, Yahoo no longer supports PPC platform nor are they offering a download of the IM for PPC. Maybe this is the problem..

[smashcasi]

This page has some good information on GPRS: http://www.ducont.com/Technology/FAQs/tech_gprsfaqs.htm

In particular, this discussion touches on the general class of the device (A, B, or C). The current generation Pocket PC Phones are 'Class B' devices, meaning that they can be registered on both the voice and data networks simultaneously, but can only transmit on one at a time. If you're envisioning talking to someone through a headset (or whatever) while at the same time surfing the web, you're going to have to wait for a 'Class A' device to become available. To my knowlege no such device is commercially available today.

I'm definitely with you here as I would love to use both services at the same time, but it looks like we're going to have to wait a while yet.