Re: Sailfish(Jolla): Ideas/Qns & Concerns/Criticisms
 

I doubt "licensing Sailfish" is a good model at all. They need something else. Partnerships, etc. Mozilla for example doesn't "license" Firefox OS - it's fully open source. Still, they have partners. How exactly does it work?

Re: Sailfish(Jolla): Ideas/Qns & Concerns/Criticisms
 

How does it work?
Mozilla is a non-profit organization, so it's a completely different situation. I doubt that Jolla would want to have no profit at all ;)

Plus who would choose Firefox if it wasn't free - it doesn't bring anything new or revolutionary after all...

But I agree having more (partner) developers on board is a good idea, especially at this stage.

Re: Sailfish(Jolla): Ideas/Qns & Concerns/Criticisms
 

In this talk....
http://kde-app.mirror.uber.com.au/ak...ilfish_OS.webm
Or maybe it was this one...
http://files.kde.org/akademy/2013/vi...er_and_Qt.webm
The Jolla employee seemed very sure that it'll eventually become mostly open (if not 100%).
Orig. source:
http://files.kde.org/akademy/2013/videos/

Much of this area is covered [fairly] well in the MeR video I linked above.

Re: Sailfish(Jolla): Ideas/Qns & Concerns/Criticisms
 

Don't forget that employer does not always knows companys fully strategy. After all they are engineers not bosses.

but i scares me that jolla seems to not fully have a longer strategy mens after first phone release. After all they need some kind of bussiness model especially if they go fully opensource..

Re: Sailfish(Jolla): Ideas/Qns & Concerns/Criticisms
 

He said it quite emphatically, like he's spoken to senior management & they're in agreement.
Find the snippet I'm talking about...
Of course things could change, that's always a very real (& understandable) possibility.

Agreed, not enough detail there, hopefully we'll hear much more, & sooner rather than later.

Re: Sailfish(Jolla): Ideas/Qns & Concerns/Criticisms
 

Just wondering.. I have 20 pages of apps.... And how could I get quickly to the multitasking? Some pull stuff should be in the middle too.

Re: Sailfish(Jolla): Ideas/Qns & Concerns/Criticisms
 

A nice "other half" would be an e-ink display. One company introduced its own solution for various mobiles on the IFA:

http://www.heise.de/imgs/18/1/0/7/3/...883cd3d7f.jpeg

google translated version:
http://translate.google.de/translate...951841&act=url

original article in german:
http://heise.de/-1951841

Re: Sailfish(Jolla): Ideas/Qns & Concerns/Criticisms
 

In the light of recent developments I think Jolla has a slight chance to establish itself on the market.

- The NSA leaks have shown that Android (or better the services that come along with it) is basically spyware for the american government.

- Microsoft is now a hardware maker, hence others will likely refrain from doing WP phones in the future.

- In general handset makers may want to become indepenent of Google services in the longer term, i.e. be able to pick whatever service-provider they'd like.

Of course they could also use Ubuntu Mobile or an Android fork, however at least the latter comes with known problems.

Re: Sailfish(Jolla): Ideas/Qns & Concerns/Criticisms
 

My concern is that i'll get a Jolla phone and afterwards Nokia will buy them and I'll be forced (again) to deal with their stupid policies. :mad:

Re: Sailfish(Jolla): Ideas/Qns & Concerns/Criticisms
 

I'd still prefer a dedicated e-reader at around novel size, i.e. 7".
But I can see how it'd be appealing to some...