 Jolla announces Sailfish 3, Planet Computers announces partnership with Jolla to bring Sailfish OS to Gemini PDA |
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 Feb 26 2018, 05:34 AM
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 During the ongoing Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Jolla has announced the release of Sailfish 3, ” the third generation of its independent mobile operating system, along with new device support for Sony’s Xperia™ XA2, the Gemini PDA, and INOI tablets.” Press release available here: https://jolla.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/0...INAL.pdf?x54860 A press release announcing the partnership between Planet Computers and Jolla has been released, too: https://jolla.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/0...ters.pdf?x39789 Varti |
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Feb 26 2018, 05:46 AM
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Some photos from Jolla’s stand, where the Gemini is being displayed:
https://twitter.com/cybette/status/968075989724082176 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DW8vP76X0AAAs2n.jpg A tweet from Planet regarding the Jolla announcement: https://twitter.com/planetcom2017/status/968077867627302912 Thanks to scops for the links. Varti |
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Feb 26 2018, 05:52 AM
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Article on telegra.ph:
http://telegra.ph/Jolla-presents-Sailfish-...re-Phones-02-26 Thanks to mja from the Telegram Gemini channel. Varti |
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Feb 26 2018, 11:48 AM
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QUOTE(Varti @ Feb 27 2018, 02:34 AM)  During the ongoing Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Jolla has announced the release of Sailfish 3, ” the third generation of its independent mobile operating system, along with new device support for Sony’s Xperia™ XA2, the Gemini PDA, and INOI tablets.” Press release available here: https://jolla.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/0...INAL.pdf?x54860 A press release announcing the partnership between Planet Computers and Jolla has been released, too: https://jolla.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/0...ters.pdf?x39789 Varti This is great news - official support - I am in a hurry to get the 4G upgrade perk now.... |
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Feb 26 2018, 07:19 PM
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QUOTE(greguu @ Feb 26 2018, 08:48 PM) This is great news - official support - I am in a hurry to get the 4G upgrade perk now.... Glad to hear that, and luckily the upgrade perk's price has not been risen like the ones for a Gemini unit. Varti |
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Feb 27 2018, 12:14 AM
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QUOTE(Varti @ Feb 27 2018, 04:19 PM) QUOTE(greguu @ Feb 26 2018, 08:48 PM) This is great news - official support - I am in a hurry to get the 4G upgrade perk now.... Glad to hear that, and luckily the upgrade perk's price has not been risen like the ones for a Gemini unit. Varti No, it did not, but I wonder if the higher order number 72xx range will set me back another month. |
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Mar 5 2018, 01:04 PM
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I kind of wish I'd bought two now, one wifi, one 4g, so I could use the 2nd for sailfish and other interesting distros we'll see come out.
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Mar 5 2018, 02:58 PM
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Curious as to what you guys see as advantages to using Sailfish?
Thanks, Mark |
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Mar 6 2018, 01:22 PM
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Hi Mark,
personally, my hopes are high for Sailfish OS 3. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news...sh-OS-3-In-2018 https://jolla.com/sailfish3/ "improved multi-tasking" , "built-in hardware keyboard support", "Full support for landscape UI" Possibly more to come... Greguu QUOTE(ArchiMark @ Mar 6 2018, 11:58 AM) Curious as to what you guys see as advantages to using Sailfish? Thanks, Mark |
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Mar 6 2018, 09:36 PM
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Hi Greg,
So, sounds like it's like a better version of Android, so to speak? Don't mean this literally, but more like how it should have been like, perhaps.... QUOTE(greguu @ Mar 6 2018, 01:22 PM) Hi Mark, personally, my hopes are high for Sailfish OS 3. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news...sh-OS-3-In-2018 https://jolla.com/sailfish3/ "improved multi-tasking" , "built-in hardware keyboard support", "Full support for landscape UI" Possibly more to come... Greguu QUOTE(ArchiMark @ Mar 6 2018, 11:58 AM) Curious as to what you guys see as advantages to using Sailfish? Thanks, Mark |
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Mar 6 2018, 09:58 PM
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QUOTE(ArchiMark @ Mar 7 2018, 06:36 PM) Hi Greg, So, sounds like it's like a better version of Android, so to speak? Don't mean this literally, but more like how it should have been like, perhaps.... QUOTE(greguu @ Mar 6 2018, 01:22 PM) Hi Mark, personally, my hopes are high for Sailfish OS 3. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news...sh-OS-3-In-2018 https://jolla.com/sailfish3/ "improved multi-tasking" , "built-in hardware keyboard support", "Full support for landscape UI" Possibly more to come... Greguu QUOTE(ArchiMark @ Mar 6 2018, 11:58 AM) Curious as to what you guys see as advantages to using Sailfish? Thanks, Mark Hi Mark, it is hard to compare the two. For quite a while I use Sailfish OS on my main personal phone and found it very refreshing and less bloated than Android. Saying that, I was a Meego user on a Nokia N9 for many years. The Jolla team consists of some developers that left Nokia in 2011 or so. Overall my opinion may be a bit biased, but I think Sailfish OS is amazing, efficient and runs well. The swipe interface clever. You can run most (but not all) Android applications also under Sailfish via Alien Dalvik. However, I never really used that feature so I can not comment on how useful it is. I hope Jolla will have a continued success story and Sailfish OS will prevail as an alternative mobile OS on a market otherwise dominated by Google and Apple. It is not 100% opensource, same as Android, but their philosophy and technology a more appealing to me. It is closer to Linux than Android and more opensource friendly, also for developers. Greguu This post has been edited by greguu: Mar 6 2018, 10:02 PM |
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