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In Jolla the hackers finally have a smartphone they can fiddle with

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Ewan Spence

Arriving just before the holidays, I’ve finally had some time to sit down with the Jolla I ordered as part of the first batch of FInnish smartphones are write a proper preview of the handset. Given I can spend a decent amount of time with it, a full review is going to take another week or two, but here are my first thoughts: Differentiating in hardware is not Jolla’s goal – it’s all about the software and specifically about Sailfish OS. Sailfish OS is based on the Mer project, which was built on the MeeGo project, which itself was a

What’s next for Jolla?

Posted on December 3, 2013December 4, 2013 by Ewan Spence

I don’t really care at this point – the only thing the Finnish smartphone start-up should be focused on is delivering my Jolla before Christmas Day! Then they can talk about rolling OS updates, new hardware shells, and forward looking strategy.

Let’s dream about a Nokia/Jolla collaboration in 2016

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Ewan Spence

I’ve done some speculation over on Forbes: It’s a long road for Jolla, but if they can make a success of their first handset during the first half of 2014, and work on a second handset for late 2015, then the boutique smartphone manufacturer will become a very attractive property either for an IPO or a buy-out by a larger company who wants to get into the smartphone game. Or a company that wants to return to the smartphone game. At this point this is nothing more than speculation, but it’s speculation that many people are quietly making. Nokia’s Board