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I'm on Verizon with a data plan (have a Pre). I honestly can't remember the last time I needed to use voice and data at the same time. I don't think this is as

by Zev 16y ago

I'm on Verizon with a data plan (have a Pre). I honestly can't remember the last time I needed to use voice and data at the same time. I don't think this is as big of a deal as you're making it out to be.

ebiester 16y ago
It's handy when you need it. Put someone on speaker, go to the net, look up the time of an event. That said, I don't do it enough that it really matters.
- Zev 16y ago
  There's too many comma's in that process (or: too many steps) for me to consider it to be a serious problem. // edit: for whoever downvoted me: The more steps it takes to reproduce an issue, the less likely someone is to complete all the steps and run into it. The OP listed three steps, that will only happen under rare circumstances (people don't normally go to concerts every day).
  - pivo 16y ago
    My wife travels a lot for work, she's constantly using google maps on the iPhone to find directions while talking on the phone to the person she'll meet. She's not very technical, she just does it without thinking about the steps involved because it isn't really very complicated when you do it.
nsfmc 16y ago
i thought this was a bullshit feature too until i was on hold for an hour (ironically, or not, with att). still, i think that's the only time i've used it.
- elblanco 16y ago
  I just fire up a game while doing that.
stevenbedrick 16y ago
Agreed, it's never come up for me during the months that I've been using a Pre on Verizon. I'll tell you what has come up for me, though- the Pre's UI for multi-tasking is way better than that found under iOS. There are a lot of things I dislike about the Pre, but the WebOS UI is not one of them. If only I could merge the hardware and app selection of the iPhone with the UI of the Pre... well, a guy can dream.
WarDekar 16y ago
I use my iPhone for tethering and I get calls while I'm using it sometimes and would like to be able to get the call without it knocking me offline all the time. Granted not many people have tethering enabled on their iPhone as it's not officially supported, but hey, it matters to me (and I'm sure plenty of other techies that have iPhones).
pkaler 16y ago
It's because nerds don't like to talk on the phone. They prefer email and other asynchronous messaging methods. Here are cases I've used: 1) Take a call while tethered (I think USians on AT&T underestimate this use case) 2) Send an email while on a call a discuss to discuss attachements. (PDF, image mockups, etc) 3) Send an iCal event and juggle schedules to meet 4) Take a call while running with RunKeeper in the background 5) Refer to Twitter DMs while on a call 6) Sync DropBox/iDisk while on a call to talk about documents 7) Look up directions on Google Maps for the caller 8) Look up movies on Flixster and decide which movie to go to. 9) Play games while on hold
- desigooner 16y ago
  Looking up Evernote or Dropbox for account details while talking to Customer Care Reps for Cable/Gas/anything

by Zev 16y ago

ebiester 16y ago

It's handy when you need it. Put someone on speaker, go to the net, look up the time of an event. That said, I don't do it enough that it really matters.

Zev 16y ago
There's too many comma's in that process (or: too many steps) for me to consider it to be a serious problem. // edit: for whoever downvoted me: The more steps it takes to reproduce an issue, the less likely someone is to complete all the steps and run into it. The OP listed three steps, that will only happen under rare circumstances (people don't normally go to concerts every day).
- pivo 16y ago
  My wife travels a lot for work, she's constantly using google maps on the iPhone to find directions while talking on the phone to the person she'll meet. She's not very technical, she just does it without thinking about the steps involved because it isn't really very complicated when you do it.

nsfmc 16y ago

i thought this was a bullshit feature too until i was on hold for an hour (ironically, or not, with att). still, i think that's the only time i've used it.

elblanco 16y ago
I just fire up a game while doing that.

stevenbedrick 16y ago

Agreed, it's never come up for me during the months that I've been using a Pre on Verizon. I'll tell you what has come up for me, though- the Pre's UI for multi-tasking is way better than that found under iOS. There are a lot of things I dislike about the Pre, but the WebOS UI is not one of them. If only I could merge the hardware and app selection of the iPhone with the UI of the Pre... well, a guy can dream.

WarDekar 16y ago

I use my iPhone for tethering and I get calls while I'm using it sometimes and would like to be able to get the call without it knocking me offline all the time. Granted not many people have tethering enabled on their iPhone as it's not officially supported, but hey, it matters to me (and I'm sure plenty of other techies that have iPhones).

pkaler 16y ago

It's because nerds don't like to talk on the phone. They prefer email and other asynchronous messaging methods. Here are cases I've used: 1) Take a call while tethered (I think USians on AT&T underestimate this use case) 2) Send an email while on a call a discuss to discuss attachements. (PDF, image mockups, etc) 3) Send an iCal event and juggle schedules to meet 4) Take a call while running with RunKeeper in the background 5) Refer to Twitter DMs while on a call 6) Sync DropBox/iDisk while on a call to talk about documents 7) Look up directions on Google Maps for the caller 8) Look up movies on Flixster and decide which movie to go to. 9) Play games while on hold

desigooner 16y ago
Looking up Evernote or Dropbox for account details while talking to Customer Care Reps for Cable/Gas/anything