Call and Receive E-mail at the Same Time..??

[cbrow51]

I currently have an O2 XDA2s and am considering switching to the Wizard for the larger, more legible keyboard (who at O2 came up with the idea of pairing a blue backlight with turquoise special characters on the xda2s keyboard!!?), a higher resolution camera and what I hope will be (based on reading the Magician Forum) a better overall integration of features.

I use my device for business and so receive a lot of "real time" e-mail via our GoodLink service and do a fair amount of teleconferencing.

One of the limitations of the current collection of devices is that when yu are on the phone, no e-mails are received. As soon as you hang up, they all start to download/ be pushed to the device.

In reading about the dula processor architecture on the Wizard, it raised the question of whether the Wizard would be capable in theroy, or better yet practice! :wink: of receiving and displaying an e-mail while you are on the phone..??

Does anyone know or care to offer an opinion?

Regards

Chris

[ShALLaX]

If youre receiving the emails by GSM/ GPRS then while you are in a phonecall you wont be able to receive them... however, maybe if you can use WiFi simultaneously with GSM you might be able to.

[cbrow51]

Hi ShALLaX

Many thanks. That's the same as the Blue Angel then... Interesting idea about the wi fi connection though... I will try that and see if it works on my xda 2s. Will let you know.

Wonder if the Universal will have the capability, as it appears its using a separate 3G modum for data..?

Regards

chris

[cbrow51]

Well some good news here is that you can indeed send and receive e-mails via wi fi at the same time as being on the phone.

So the moral of the story is.... always do your teleconferences from Starbucks¡:-)

[ShALLaX]

Heheh, good job! ;)

[t0flus]

As far as I know...the GPRS class in both BlueAngel and Wizard supports calls and GPRS activity at the same time. But the GSM network you are connected to must allow it. None of the networks here in Norway allows it :(

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[cbrow51]

Hi t0flus

Thats very interesting... that must be why it does not work in the us either.... I will be interesting to see if the wizard behaves any differently. Will hopefully be able to try it out in a couple of weeks :-)

Regards

chris

[wardy]

I can confirm that the Jam does this , as my TomTom GPS accepts calls while updating Traffic info over GPRS. Hope this helps.

[Paragon]

I can confirm that the Jam does this , as my TomTom GPS accepts calls while updating Traffic info over GPRS. Hope this helps.

I think you experiencing a delayed reaction. The data must have been recieved before the call began, but was only rendered on the screen after the call was started.

The ability to receive data and use voice at the same time is dependent on the type of modem. In order to do it the device must have a class "A" modem. PPC Phone Edition devices use class"B" modems. Class "B" only allows one at a time, either voice or data.

Dave

[wardy]

Not sure, all I know is as part of the setup with TomTom 700 it asks you if you want to recieve calls and access Internet at the same time. I chose this option and it seems to work. Well I've had no problems yet.

[Paragon]

Not sure, all I know is as part of the setup with TomTom 700 it asks you if you want to recieve calls and access Internet at the same time. I chose this option and it seems to work. Well I've had no problems yet.

Here is a link that explains it. Scroll down till you see the explanation for class B. All Pocket PC Phone Edition devices that I know of use class B modems.

http://www.gsmworld.com/technology/gprs/class.shtml

Dave

[Southern_Man]

Hi t0flus

Thats very interesting... that must be why it does not work in the us either.... I will be interesting to see if the wizard behaves any differently. Will hopefully be able to try it out in a couple of weeks :-)

Regards

chris

Chris

No GSM Network in the world allows simultaneous GSM call and GPRS - the technology can't do it (at least what's in operation can't).

In UMTS land, you typically get allocated 128kbps of bandwidth... during a call, 64kbps is reserved for voice/video, and 64 is available for data download.

So to answer your question - yes in UMTS land, yes with wifi as the data bearer

:D

[cbrow51]

Thanks Southern Man! Where have you been?... and where is that new O2 UK !.40 ROM with the Blackberry client for the xda2s? :wink:

Regards

Chris