[mwally]

An Android app is currently in development, and will be released free of charge. We are having an issue, however, because non-GSM carriers rarely allow data transmissions during a voice call, including the ringing state of incoming calls.

[andrewpi]

It should still work while on Wi-Fi, correct? That would still be an improvement over the status quo (no caller ID).

[mwally]

Yes, the in-development Android app does work when the Android device is on wifi.

[a3_nm]

Please make it open source as well as free of charge! It could be a useful example to extend.

[kcbanner]

Even a lookup app would be handy for seeing missed calls, etc.

[mwally]

Give us a few more weeks of development for this, and it will be ready. The current working title of the Android app is "FreeCallerID," but we may change this before launch. Just look for the Round OpenCNAM logo to make sure you found the right app.

[toomuchtodo]

Need beta testers?

[w1ntermute]

This shouldn't be an issue with LTE, right?

[drivebyacct2]

Without Voice-over-LTE, I'm not sure how you're going to get around it. It's not a carrier limitation, it's a limitation of CDMA radios and implementations.

[tjoff]

Well, I've often used my mobile internet at the same time as talking in the phone (although it fails sometimes (and I don't have LTE)).

Also, there are many applications in the market that does exactly this. I haven't installed any of them since I basically don't trust anyone with "read/write contacts" and "full internet access" at the same time (perfectly valid permissions for apps like this, but that doesn't mean I trust them).

A search for "vemringde" gives you four apps that targets Sweden specifically (so they are probably quite useless outside of Sweden), one of them mentions that it only works while having a 3G connection.

[paxswill]

It's only an issue for non-GSM phones i.e. CDMA phones used in the US and parts of Asia. CDMA does not allow data and voice to run at once over the same radio, while GSM does. Since LTE is an entirely IP network, voice can be run over it like any other IP network. Current phones/carriers do not support it though, but there's some talk that it will be introduced in the next year or so.

[daralthus]

Can anybody tell me more about the cdma and gsm usage ratio in the US?

[paxswill]

Two of the major carriers in the US use CDMA (Verizon and Sprint), while the other two major carriers use GSM (T-Mobile and AT&T). I'm having some trouble finding recent market share numbers for them, but it's mostly half and half.

[drivebyacct2]

Not over CDMA without the proper extension that enables simultaneous use of data and voice. And even then, the OS/driver stack has to implement it properly. I can assure you, even on LTE, it does not work on my Android 4.0.4 device.

[toomuchtodo]

The best you could do is do the query after the call, and cache it locally if the caller calls again.

[drivebyacct2]

Seriously? Three people went through and mass downvoted my posts in this thread? Why? Why-oh-why?