Thread: JollaMobile : Jolla continues Nokia's excellent work on #MeeGo based smartphones
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2012-09-25 , 21:53
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Originally Posted by Jordi View Post
Another interview of Jussi Hurmola :http://gigaom.com/europe/jolla-the-m...s-and-android/

Via phonearena.com
How big a part will cloud services play in Jolla?
Cloud is part of everything. All functionality is basically extended by the cloud ...
Darn, there's that C-word again. I trust only one cloud: the one I can host myself. Not that I will, but if I can, I can surely also choose the cloud-provider I do like (== trust). The options are quite thin there. I surely don't hope the device gets laden with clouds I don't trust like google, dropbox, facebook, etcetc.

HTML5 on mobile has been a somewhat contentious issue recently. What’s its role in your view?
We would love HTML5 to succeed fast, because it would mean our MeeGo-based ecosystem would be compatible with everything out there. But, at the moment, I think there are interests against that. It would again take away the control point from the existing platforms if suddenly everything were compatible.
Aaaand there's the H-word! HTML5 sucks for apps. HTML was never meant for that; it's a text mark-up. QML especially with qt-components is very nice for app development. I'd rather see them trying to convince developers to use Qt/QML than to flirt with the dreck that is HTML5.

Nothing wrong with supporting HTML5/Tizen/FirefoxOS/Android though, as it can convince people they won't loose any functionality over Tizen/FirefoxOS/Android-devices. "Yes we support HTML5, but we also have something much better."