That is technically correct.
You can’t be on the internet while placing a phone call with Verizon because of the CDMA network. However, they are upgrading the network to a newer standard.
In addition, the iPhone couldn’t for a long time either. I find it a weakness of Verizon, but seriously....I could hang up the phone for a second to find the info and call them back.
The iDon’t still doesn’t let you use multiple apps in one time, while the Verizon Droid does.
The iPhone could from the day they released the 3G model.
The multiple app thing is also why the brick they call the Droid has terrible battery life, Tradeoffs for everything, and you don’t find Droid chargers everywhere.
Finally, the ‘new standard’ is the same one ATT will be upgrading to, 4G LTE. Thing is.... ATT’s 3G phones will be compatible with it. Verizon’s 3G phones won’t.
And, of course, the first Android phone, the T-Mobile G1, set a disturbing precedent - seems that the G1 owners are going to be shafted, Android 2 won’t run on their hardware with a factory install. Which extrapolated, means that the Droid probably will be unable to run Android 3....
Meanwhile, my 2.5G original iPhone, handed down to my subordinate, is happily running iPhone OS 3. :D
“You can’t be on the internet while placing a phone call with Verizon because of the CDMA network.”
This is a hardware limitation, not a network limitation......most phones don’t support this because they are not designed to do it.