When I am connecting, just prior to the stream starting I hearing ringing over the speaker.
1. is this normal?
2. does it eat up my minutes or is it using data?
The ring tone actually made me worry that it was some kind of scam which was dialling a premium rate number (this service is so good I can't believe it is free!). Suggest another tone may be better - how about the old sound of a 56 k dial-up modem connecting - most people understand this to be "computers talking to each other".
The ring tone suggests that a voice call is starting and would be eating the voice plan minutes. I recommend changing this tone to something different, you may try this http://www.myxer.com/ringtone:981483/
Other phones and services may allow this, but I did not know if Blackberries on Sprint in North America can "dial" voice and "stream" data at the same time. If you are using the data stream, it is stopped when you receive or place a call. It starts again (usually) when you end the call. My guess is that moodio uses SDP, which is an internet protocol; if so, it must be over a data stream. But maybe it is all just one digital stream over the phone's radio connection, and the device splits it up.
So how do other carriers handle this? Maybe HSPDA does allow it, which would be 3G phones in Europe, and some North American carriers. Sprint uses CDMA, which is supposedly the older technology, but Sprint somehow uses it for a pretty decent broadband network in many parts of the US (but not, sadly, as good as the ones in Korea and Japan).
So does anyone know if phones can voice call and stream at the same time? How would you use that?
The modem sound would also be associated with dialing a number. Modems dial up just like voice calls, and they can dial any number, local, long distance, international.
You've got it. The audio stream will be coming over the data network (GPRS, 3G/R99 or HSPA or something else for CDMA networks), and the voice will be coming over a separate "circuit-switched" or telephony bearer on 2G or 3G. The ability to do voice and data at the same time depends on your network's and handset's capabilities. Most 3G networks (in Europe anyway) have "Dual Transfer Mode" which means they can do this - BUT you need a handset which supports DTM. I thought most 3G terminals did support DTM, but maybe Blackberries are different. 2G (ie GSM) networks do not normally have DTM enabled. Maybe you have a 2G blackberry? - all blackberries were 2G only until recently.
It's just a sound that is
It's just a sound that is being played when the server is still connecting to the source stream. It's actually this OGG file: http://www.moodio.fm/NorthAmericanRingback.ogg
If you have a suggestion for a better sound to use for this purpose, let me know!
Ring tone
The ring tone actually made me worry that it was some kind of scam which was dialling a premium rate number (this service is so good I can't believe it is free!). Suggest another tone may be better - how about the old sound of a 56 k dial-up modem connecting - most people understand this to be "computers talking to each other".
Does it Dial? Ring Tone
The ring tone suggests that a voice call is starting and would be eating the voice plan minutes. I recommend changing this tone to something different, you may try this http://www.myxer.com/ringtone:981483/
Change it!
Yeah, it made me think scam too. If anything change it to prove that it isnt!
ahhh, finally! i was
ahhh, finally! i was wondering the same!
awesome!
i don't like the dial sound. it freaked me out!
may i suggest any beeps or just silence?
yeah, it totally threw me off
yeah, it totally threw me off too when I heard this. Kind of clever...
Can Blackberries "dial" and "stream" at once? Can others?
So that's what that tone is! Clever.
Other phones and services may allow this, but I did not know if Blackberries on Sprint in North America can "dial" voice and "stream" data at the same time. If you are using the data stream, it is stopped when you receive or place a call. It starts again (usually) when you end the call. My guess is that moodio uses SDP, which is an internet protocol; if so, it must be over a data stream. But maybe it is all just one digital stream over the phone's radio connection, and the device splits it up.
So how do other carriers handle this? Maybe HSPDA does allow it, which would be 3G phones in Europe, and some North American carriers. Sprint uses CDMA, which is supposedly the older technology, but Sprint somehow uses it for a pretty decent broadband network in many parts of the US (but not, sadly, as good as the ones in Korea and Japan).
So does anyone know if phones can voice call and stream at the same time? How would you use that?
The modem sound would also be associated with dialing a number. Modems dial up just like voice calls, and they can dial any number, local, long distance, international.
Keep up the good work, moodio.
Voice & Data at same time
You've got it. The audio stream will be coming over the data network (GPRS, 3G/R99 or HSPA or something else for CDMA networks), and the voice will be coming over a separate "circuit-switched" or telephony bearer on 2G or 3G. The ability to do voice and data at the same time depends on your network's and handset's capabilities. Most 3G networks (in Europe anyway) have "Dual Transfer Mode" which means they can do this - BUT you need a handset which supports DTM. I thought most 3G terminals did support DTM, but maybe Blackberries are different. 2G (ie GSM) networks do not normally have DTM enabled. Maybe you have a 2G blackberry? - all blackberries were 2G only until recently.