>From what I understand, AT&T uses GSM and Verizon uses CDMA, which are different technologies. So it is some what carrier specific only because each US carrier offers a different technology.
Andrew On 11 January 2011 14:50, Tommy <[email protected]> wrote: > Very cool. That makes sense. > > Are you sure it's not carrier specific? The reason I ask is because I have 2 > phones both with 3g service one on Verizon and one on AT&T. The AT&T android > phone can surf the net and what not while on the phone, my Verizon phone and > my boss's phones cannot. > > That part isn't a huge deal though. > > Again thank you for your time! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marcin Orlowski > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 2:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [android-developers] Question About GPS while on the phone > > On 11 January 2011 20:04, Tommy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I know that with some providers you can't be on the phone and use >> Internet at the same time. One example would be my moto droid on >> verizon. Not a big deal as we can put in a broadcast receiver to >> listen to the phone state. My question is is the GPS provider affected >> the same way? In otherwords if I am on the phone will the GPS work no >> matter what? > > It's not a carrier fault. Some data xfer standards (i.e. EDGE) cannot > operate while doing phone call. If you use GPS receiver then it's completely > different hardware and not interfere with phone radio. However if you want > to use cell traingulation instead of GPS receiver then it needs data > connection to map cells to certain location. And it of course may be not > available when on the call if the situation I formerly described occur > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
