While Jolla has released their own handset, the main product is the mobile operating system, Sailfish OS. The Jolla handset gives the Finnish company a platform to show off the OS in an optimised environment, but the 400 euro price-tag does raise a rather large financial barrier for the early adopter crowd. That’s why the news regarding produce for Android handsets, released ahead of Monday’s Mobile World Congress event, is intriguing.By making the Sailfish OS available for free to install on other Android handsets, Jolla will...
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Saturday, February 22, 2014
Posted by Arslan Ahmad on 12:24 PM
Jolla’s Sailfish OS isn’t Android – not even an Amazon-style fork – but it can run Android apps and manufacturers can put it on the same hardware they use for Android devices. So after a pretty small-scale start, what would be the smart way for the plucky Finnish mobile upstart to make sure as many people as possible play with its software?
Yup. On Friday, Jolla announced the first complete version of Sailfish OS and said users themselves would later this year be able to install it on many Android devices – according...
Friday, February 21, 2014
Posted by Arslan Ahmad on 4:35 AM
Finnish smartphone maker Jolla says its Sailfish OS has
exited beta and will soon be available to install on Android devices.Jolla has been selling its devices in Europe for a few months now, but
today the young company outlined how it will get its operating system to more
remote markets without the help of carriers and OEMs.So far, there have been three main parts to Jolla's plan:
the device, the Sailfish operating system, and the Sailfish alliance. Last November it started selling its Jolla
smartphone, which carried its beta...
Posted by Arslan Ahmad on 3:25 AM
The operating system will run on some devices in the Nexus, Samsung Galaxy and Sony Xperia lines, and before that comes out a Sailfish launcher will be made available so users can get used to the UI. Jolla’s Sailfish OS isn’t Android – not even an Amazon-style fork – but it can run Android apps and manufacturers can put it on the same hardware they use for Android devices. So after a pretty small-scale start, what would be the smart way for the plucky Finnish mobile upstart to make sure as many people as possible...
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