Re: JollaMobile : Jolla continues Nokia's excellent work on #MeeGo based smartphones
 

Maemo, MeeGo, Tizen. All three of them were horrible choices for an OS name imho.

Sailfish, not a problem. A lot more fish out there than big cats, name-wise.

Re: JollaMobile : Jolla continues Nokia's excellent work on #MeeGo based smartphones
 

MeeGo sounds childish.
And Tizen? Blurgh!

Maemo sounds pretty good. Its a combination of sounds that's not quite often made "May-moe".

The good thing about Maemo as well is that the start (Mae) makes people think about the word "me". So it could've been a good pun for Apps or accessories.

For instance;
Android = puns = AppDroid, Calendroid, etc etc
iOS = puns = iCloud, iMessages, iDiot, etc etc
Maemo = MaeNotes, MaeShop, MaePhone, MaeTab, etc etc

Re: JollaMobile : Jolla continues Nokia's excellent work on #MeeGo based smartphones
 

So has jolla taken the name from the boat or the fish?

Re: JollaMobile : Jolla continues Nokia's excellent work on #MeeGo based smartphones
 

Just found out that Tizen Conference is 22May I guess thats why Jolla will announce Sailfish 20May to take some attention from Samsung in the media? Lets hope Jolla success with that.

Re: JollaMobile : Jolla continues Nokia's excellent work on #MeeGo based smartphones
 

Carsten (stskeeps) when he 1st announced it in this very thread explained how they got to the name.

+1
Or maybe Tizen decided to solidify their date for then in order to reduce the wind in Sailfish's sails...

Re: JollaMobile : Jolla continues Nokia's excellent work on #MeeGo based smartphones
 

Or it could also mean that people will forget about Sailfish OS after 2 days, and Tizen will be on the news everywhere

Re: JollaMobile : Jolla continues Nokia's excellent work on #MeeGo based smartphones
 

so it was from the boat. Why didn't you say so?

I don't think it was in this very thread ;)

I defiantly think that Tizen will will take the hardware throne quite easily but jolla might take the software throne.

We need working live streams this time!

Re: JollaMobile : Jolla continues Nokia's excellent work on #MeeGo based smartphones
 

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...57#post1275457
In fact search this entire thread for user stskeeps to refresh your mem. & you'll find some real nuggets that he's posted over time.

Re: JollaMobile : Jolla continues Nokia's excellent work on #MeeGo based smartphones
 

Thnk you. But how do you know he is building a boat and not a fish?

Plus, I take that Image as a joke and not a fact. Thx anyway.

Re: JollaMobile : Jolla continues Nokia's excellent work on #MeeGo based smartphones
 

Sailfish was a popular DIY sailing dinghy kit, Jolla is the Finnish word for dinghy (a small agile boat), hence the connection, they explained all this.
The beauty of the name is that it can also be taken to mean a Sailfish fish, hence the the aquatic theme continues, alongside MeR & Nemo.