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I think having an always-connected car would be really useful. On certain cell phone networks, such as Verizon's in the US, you cannot make a phone call and us
by beamatronic 10y ago
I think having an always-connected car would be really useful. On certain cell phone networks, such as Verizon's in the US, you cannot make a phone call and use data at the same time. I often take calls while in the car and find that I need access to critical data at the same time. I've considered adding a hot spot semi-permanently to the car just as a work around for this issue. Also keep in mind there are passengers who do have tablets, but don't have cell phones ( such as kids ). Finally, how cool would it be to put some always on devices in your car such as a Nest Cam / Dropcam!
- tyingq 10y agoI suppose, but if I needed that, I would want a portable hotspot that wasn't bolted into the car.
- nradov 10y agoHasn't that limitation been removed with LTE, or is Verizon still unable to do simultaneous voice and data for some other reason? The Sprint 3G network had the same problem, which is one of the reasons I dropped them.
- beamatronic 10y agoHuh, you may be right, for the iPhone 6 at least [1] [1] http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2468927,00.asp http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2468927,00.asp "Verizon Enables Simultaneous Voice and Data for iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus", September 2014
- sparky_ 10y agoYes Verizon supports simultaneous voice and data. In actuality, they route all their audio connections as VOIP over the data connection (VoLTE). Which has the same effect. Sprint still drops data connections during voice calls.