Advertisements Jolla just revealed the UI for their Sailfish OS. To me, it is a Harmattan-Playbook OS hybrid. The UI brings with it a double tap to wake feature (based on the demo we saw on stage), swipe to exit apps, swipe up on homescreen for the launcher, swipe down for the status info (battery, […]
A few pieces of Jolla News before I start my Wednesday at the Hospital. Today is Jollas Launch, revealling what their new UI/UX is like. Launch can be watched live here. http://new.livestream.com/slushlive/mainstage Finnish Ooperator DNA will supposedly be selling phones that run MeeGo SailFish. http://www.netapps.fi/jolladna/ (Note, yes, yadda yadda, Nokia blog, why Jolla. Jolla is […]
It is not easy for me to say this, and frankly I can’t believe I am. If you follow me on twitter, you would know that I have become furious at my N9 recently. To me, the N9 is one of, if not the most, innovative devices of the last decade. When Marko Athisaari announced […]
First we heard that there would be app compatibility layers for Harmattan. Then Nitdroid came along, and like it did on the N900, it gave us a near-complete version of Android to use on our N9/50s. Well, now we have a compatibility layer of sorts, that allows you to run a very small number of […]
TechCrunch reports that Jolla has a new CEO by the name of Marc Dillon. Ex CEO, Jussi Hurmola is focusing on the ‘SailFish’ strategy. A Jolla spokesperson told TC: Regular rotation is a part of our company culture that keeps us agile and our way of working well matched to the most important tasks […]
Jolla news round up: New Jolla phone to be annouced next month http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444592404578032153748969228.html EUR 200 Million alliance, based in Hong Kong. Jolla OS can be licensed by other manufacturers from 2013. http://www.talouselama.fi/uutiset/finnish+startup+jolla+we+will+build+new+200+million+euro+mobile+alliance+based+in+hong+kong/a2148399 Press Release: http://jollatides.com/2012/10/02/jolla-official-press-release-october-2nd-2012/ More on the alliance: Jolla forms an alliance based on a MeeGo OS called ‘code Sailfish’ http://nokiagadgets.com/2012/10/02/jolla-forms-alliance-based-on-os-code-named-sailfish/ Jolla wants to […]
Another day, another leak. Here we have 7 images of the N9 successor, codenamed Lauta. It was to be “immediate successor” launched right after N9, also in Q4 2011. Of course, we all what happened with the Feb 11 Announcement, so no point bringing that up again. The email mentioned “Elop saying only 3 MeeGo […]
I was just sent this in, and the email is already dead. So the info is limited. What we have is a Protoype, supposedly from 2009, that ran Maemo6, more commonly known as MeeGo-Harmattan. Remember the post I wrote about the various prototypes in production? Well this is the Prototype I was told styled off […]
Quick heads up for Jolla/MeeGo/Mer fans. There’s a Hackaday event with Jolla on Saturday the 8th of September, 12pm to 6pm. Location: Uusi Tehdas / New Factory 15 Väinö Linnan aukio 33210 Finland Attendees list has many prominent ex Nokians and a few current Nokians. http://devaamo_jolla_hackday.eventbrite.com/ Event details: Welcome to another Devaamo Hackday! This time […]
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