Word, odds are pretty good that if you are using the GPS AND surfing the web AND in a phone call... you're pretty likely to be in the car and about to have an accident so that really doesn't matter.
I'll be honest, I use a Storm (1st Gen) and after hearing a ton of horror stories of iPhone issues - everything from over-heating batteries to horrible battery life to incredibly fragile touch screens - I can't say I would be too thrilled to trade in my CDMA 1x-EVDO Blackberry Storm for an iPhone 3Gs even though my service provider up here in Canada now offers the iPhone.
Can I run GPS and be on the phone at the same time? yeah, I can, that's how EMS finds me in an emergency. If I'd opened a map before commencing the call, I can browse what's on that map while in the call. But I'm usually one to make myself aware of what's around before I start making plans on the phone.
Can I browse the web and run GPS? yeah I can. That's sorta how Blackberry Maps works... or Google Maps... or any other mapping software...
Would I WANT to combine all three? not really, no. Do I need to combine all three? Again, not really, no. Nine times out of ten I have access to someone else's device to do this, that 10th time I usually really don't have a need for it anyways. So please tell me how being able to browse and be on the phone and do GPS all at the same time is such an immense benefit that I need to change myself over to an HSPA network? Especially when it's one like Rogers up here in Canada or AT&T down there in the USA that is simply so spotty and horrifically underpowered that it's a joke?
Actually today by accident, didn't think its possible. I had my navigation going, and a call came in, during the call the womans voice together with my friends voice. Kind of both trying to outyell eachother. What actually happens is the nagivation app caches your route and the gps keeps working. Now that's not voice and data at the same time, bt its the only time I see an actuall use for voice and data at the same time. Just my 2 cents directly from my droid.
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Word, odds are pretty good that if you are using the GPS AND surfing the web AND in a phone call... you're pretty likely to be in the car and about to have an accident so that really doesn't matter.
I'll be honest, I use a Storm (1st Gen) and after hearing a ton of horror stories of iPhone issues - everything from over-heating batteries to horrible battery life to incredibly fragile touch screens - I can't say I would be too thrilled to trade in my CDMA 1x-EVDO Blackberry Storm for an iPhone 3Gs even though my service provider up here in Canada now offers the iPhone.
Can I run GPS and be on the phone at the same time? yeah, I can, that's how EMS finds me in an emergency. If I'd opened a map before commencing the call, I can browse what's on that map while in the call. But I'm usually one to make myself aware of what's around before I start making plans on the phone.
Can I browse the web and run GPS? yeah I can. That's sorta how Blackberry Maps works... or Google Maps... or any other mapping software...
Would I WANT to combine all three? not really, no. Do I need to combine all three? Again, not really, no. Nine times out of ten I have access to someone else's device to do this, that 10th time I usually really don't have a need for it anyways. So please tell me how being able to browse and be on the phone and do GPS all at the same time is such an immense benefit that I need to change myself over to an HSPA network? Especially when it's one like Rogers up here in Canada or AT&T down there in the USA that is simply so spotty and horrifically underpowered that it's a joke?
Actually today by accident, didn't think its possible. I had my navigation going, and a call came in, during the call the womans voice together with my friends voice. Kind of both trying to outyell eachother. What actually happens is the nagivation app caches your route and the gps keeps working. Now that's not voice and data at the same time, bt its the only time I see an actuall use for voice and data at the same time.
Just my 2 cents directly from my droid.