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Tahir Ally
Senior Member
alchamy said:
You can but you have to pay the difference.BUT HEY the 6680 comes with the USB data cable..
alchamy said:Thanks, yeah also thought to myself that the 6680 will solve 3G on the go issues.
If you dont mind your data connection being dropped everytime someone calls you while you are online! I have found this to be a major pain in the ****. Especially if you are trying to do remote support!
But having said that, its what I use
vodacom3g
Vodacom Representative
ScrnScrm, the "phone for modem" advocate having second thoughts...?? 
vodacom3g said:ScrnScrm, the "phone for modem" advocate having second thoughts...??
Bwahahahahaha. Nah, no second thoughts. I got the card and the phone, and still find myself using the phone 99% of the time! If it wasnt for that irritating data dropping during calls, it would be 100%... But hey, you can win 'em all
Is there no way, on the phone to divert all incoming voice calls to voicemail when you're busy with a data session? - the theory being that you would still receive a voicemail notification sms without the session dropping, and then you could call back at your leisure [or heaven forbid call the person back on skype 2 skypeScrnScrm said:If you dont mind your data connection being dropped everytime someone calls you while you are online! I have found this to be a major pain in the ****. Especially if you are trying to do remote support!
But having said that, its what I use
]@ IC - yeah, you can divert all calls. thats what i do. and funny you should mention it, when i get the sms notification, I call back on Skype 
By the way, the SMS drops the data connection as well. Not long enough to drop a terminal session, but long enough to kill a SAP session...
By the way, the SMS drops the data connection as well. Not long enough to drop a terminal session, but long enough to kill a SAP session...
vodacom3g said:ScrnScrm, the "phone for modem" advocate having second thoughts...??
So I am busy browsing the net quick this eve via my phone on 3G, and low and behold, much to my suprise, my bl00dy phone rings! Turns out something has changed recently - you can now stay actively connected on 3G and make voice calls at the same time. My average download speeds were the same. Forced the connection back to GPRS, and it still cuts off during voice calls (which from a techno point of view I understand why), but must say voice calls on 3G while connected for data was a rather pleasant suprise. So revise my 99% to 100% advocate for using the phone V3G
vodacom3g
Vodacom Representative
Wasn't aware of this 'new' feature Will get some data on it.
Will get some data on it.ScrnScrm said:So I am busy browsing the net quick this eve via my phone on 3G, and low and behold, much to my suprise, my bl00dy phone rings! Turns out something has changed recently - you can now stay actively connected on 3G and make voice calls at the same time. My average download speeds were the same. Forced the connection back to GPRS, and it still cuts off during voice calls (which from a techno point of view I understand why), but must say voice calls on 3G while connected for data was a rather pleasant suprise. So revise my 99% to 100% advocate for using the phone V3G
Hmm, I think I should test that, it has always been something that irritated me aswell.
test it please! would like to know if its applicable for everyone, and if its permanent? V3G?
<EDIT> Just recieved another phone call that lasted 10 minutes and was working in a Terminal Server session no problem. Nice
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<EDIT> Just recieved another phone call that lasted 10 minutes and was working in a Terminal Server session no problem. Nice
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Tazz_Tux
Linux Guru
This is what I understood to be the default for 3G...
ScrnScrm said:So I am busy browsing the net quick this eve via my phone on 3G, and low and behold, much to my suprise, my bl00dy phone rings! Turns out something has changed recently - you can now stay actively connected on 3G and make voice calls at the same time. My average download speeds were the same. Forced the connection back to GPRS, and it still cuts off during voice calls (which from a techno point of view I understand why), but must say voice calls on 3G while connected for data was a rather pleasant suprise. So revise my 99% to 100% advocate for using the phone V3G