Thanks, i didn't know that, however, i have not had any phone that didn't suffer from this (and i've had a few from various artists). Perhaps he was on GPRS not EDGE?
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andybehr: i just looked around, and found out, that calls and data together depends also on the network, not just the phone. See http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7...ag=mncol;title and don't mind that it's about the iphone, that's class a too