Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Nexus 6 may have inbound call problem for Sprint customers
It has generally been viewed as a positive development that the Nexus 6 is available on all major U.S. carriers and a simple swap of a SIM card is all that is needed for users to switch networks if they are in a position to do so. That doesn’t come without some risk though and Sprint customers seem to be suffering the ill effects at the moment as several Nexus 6 owners are having trouble receiving calls.
The issue has been identified by users for well over a month already, but neither Sprint nor Google has found a solution. The inability to come up with something may be because of the sporadic nature of the problem that does not seem to be connected to location. Some users have indicated the issue does seem to only crop up when connected to Wi-Fi.
When the problem does come up for users, they will find that they do not receive inbound phone calls. To make matters worse, when the phone gets in this state of not accepting calls, it functions like a phone that has been turned off and does not pop up a missed call notification. Unless the caller leaves a voicemail or the Nexus 6 user checks their call history, they may never know they missed a call.
Anyone out there experienced this problem with the Nexus 6 on Sprint not receiving inbound calls?
source: Sprint
via: Android Police
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Samsung’s Tizen Based Z1 Handset Will Run Android Apps Via ACL Tech From Open Mobile
Samsung’s first Tizen based smartphone is expected to be launched tomorrow as an entry-level device in the form of the Samsung Z1. Although Tizen is a completely different operating system and will most certainly have a much smaller app store available to users, thanks to the Open Mobile ACL technology which will be launched with the Samsung Z1 and will be available to download from the Tizen app store on launch day (presumably), users will be able to run Android apps on their Tizen based hardware, albeit from a selection of apps that Open Mobile releases to the Tizen store alongside their ACL app, which is said to be around a thousand different Android apps at launch.
In the video below we can see the Android version of WhatsApp being emulated on the Samsung Z1, (the video is only at 240p and pretty grainy, we apologize if it hurts your eyes) and although these won’t be Android apps running with the exact same experience as on an Android phone, Open Mobile mentions that they will perform at a speed similar to what we could expect from them running directly on Android. Whether you take that to mean they’ll perform just fine or that they’ll see a slight bit of lag compared to running on Android is up to you, but WhatsApp seems to run ok on the Samsung Z1 so we’d guess that of the Android apps that are supposed to be available when this phone goes up for sale, there shouldn’t be any issues with running them.
Open Mobile describes the apps running on Tizen as having “minimal latency” and that they will run as native on the Tizen OS, so that should be some good news for those that may be considering making the switch from an Android device to this Tizen based Samsung Z1. The Samsung Z1 is said to be sporting a 4-inch display with a 480 x 800 pixel resolution, 768MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage space, and a dual-core processor. If those specs sound a little underwhelming to you, remember that this is supposed to be entry-level, and it shows. We’ll keep you updated on the Samsung Z1 as it’s scheduled for a launch in juts under a day, and you can check out the video of WhatsApp running on it below.
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Add logos, graphics to Google Sheets frozen row in latest update
The Google Drive team has added a new feature to their Google Sheets spreadsheet program. Users who setup long spreadsheets often “freeze” the first row in a spreadsheet so it can serve as a header. Then, as they scroll down through a spreadsheet, that first row remains visible.
The update that was released today gives users the ability to embed an image file in that first row so that it will stay visible. This could be especially useful for including something like a logo to a spreadsheet.
The update is currently rolling out to non-Google for Work accounts.s
source: +Google Drive
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