[davidphall]

Currently i have t-mobile and using blackberry pearl (i like it alot and need the rim push email for instant notification of incoming emails); however, i cannot receive emails while talking on the phone (when i hang up they are delivered right away). Do any of the blackberry devices (8100, 8300, or 8800) and/or service providers (t-moble, sprint, att, verizon) allow you to receive email while talking on the phone (so i can immediatly address the email)?

[ezrunner]

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8800/4.2.1 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/100)

At the current moment no! Unless you are attached to wifi at same time. That is one of the reasons people are awaiting a 3G BB

[juwaack68]

Welcome to the forums.

Data services are suspended (for lack of a better term) while you're using the phone. All BB devices are like this.

[Redflea]

Interesting...I never knew/noticed this.

[Helmdawg]

I have noticed though with BB Alerts that if am on a call I still get the email or sms alerts..

[monkeypaw]

On the 8320, it is possible to email while on the phone while on UMA. But not on EDGE.

[JSanders]

True, WiFi will provide that data pipe while you are on a call.

SMS is, has been, possible while on a call.

[kjjb0204]

Originally Posted by ezrunner

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At the current moment no! Unless you are attached to wifi at same time. That is one of the reasons people are awaiting a 3G BB

Isn't Verizon's EVDO a 3G bb? Cause I can't send or receive emails while using the phone either.

[ezrunner]

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8800/4.2.1 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/100)

EVDO I believe isn't actually quite 3G, more along the lines of 2.5G. I may be wrong

[penguin3107]

Originally Posted by kjjb0204

Isn't Verizon's EVDO a 3G bb? Cause I can't send or receive emails while using the phone either.

Yes, EVDO is a 3G wireless technology.
3G just means it a "3rd Generation" type of wireless transport.
Having 3G doesn't automatically mean that you get simultaneous voice and data.
For that, you'd need UMTS.
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You can't get UMTS on Verizon's current CDMA network.

To all the hardcore wireless people out there... yes, I know I'm oversimplifying.

[6502programmer]

I know I receive emails on my AT&T 8820 while using EDGE for voice and Wifi for data.

[itsj]

i think i have done it with my 8130 buts its vzw and i believe evdo is 3g

[JSanders]

It is very completely absolutely possible to receive email and data while you are on a phone call and have a WiFi connection.

[penguin3107]

Originally Posted by itsj

i think i have done it with my 8130 buts its vzw and i believe evdo is 3g

No, you haven't.
EVDO does not support simultaneous voice and data, despite being classified as a 3G wireless technology.

[itsj]

Originally Posted by penguin3107

No, you haven't.
EVDO does not support simultaneous voice and data, despite being classified as a 3G wireless technology.

error...error....error...

it might have just waited until i finished the conversation before it was sent out, i am not sure.

however att blows but not as much as tmobile. same exact plans as vzw without 3g no thanks.

[Sith_Apprentice]

there are only a few devices in the BB world that can handle simultaneous voice and data. The UMTS blackberry is *supposed to have* this feature, though i havent tested it, and the WIFI berries (none of which are available on CDMA) can do this.

[juwaack68]

EVDO does not support simultaneous voice and data

Lather, rinse, repeat. EVDO does not support.....

[bankrate]

Yesterday I forwarded an e-mail to a friend while talking to him. Does the device just wait till I hang up then send it? I know he got it.

VZW Peral 8130

[JSanders]

Originally Posted by bankrate

Yesterday I forwarded an e-mail to a friend while talking to him. Does the device just wait till I hang up then send it? I know he got it.

VZW Peral 8130

Exactly.