I've always been able to talk while texting on Sprint, and since the Palm Pre in 2009 I've been able to listen to music while doing any other action (except voice.)  EVO 4g should drop in price very soon, and with an extended battery for only $8 on Amazon, this is the premier Sprint phone.  Works where my other phones didn't  I'm listening in the ofice dead zone using Xiia right now. . thank you for the extra buffers, Xiia!