Thread: #JollaLoveDay - 20th May - device announcement
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2013-08-22 , 15:33
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Originally Posted by mikecomputing View Post
My guess was before they ssaid Qt5/Wayland that they may release around december but now I would not be suprised if they change to begining of next year.
For two reasons:
1. Migration may take more time than expected. After testing the latest SDK I have seen more issues than the old release.
2. The reason theyt swicth to wayland could be related to libhybris eg: they decided to go for some GFX HW that only supports Android drivers.
But that I am not trying to be negative. Just saying... However if Wayland/Qt slows don release I def not have a problem with that cause stick to Qt4.8 would harm alot more atleast on the app area...
Yeah but based on chats I had before the official announcement, I think they decided to make that move long before the announcement, even though it was "surprising" to us.
So I reckon December was most likely always factoring the move to Qt/Wayland/libhybris, of course, it's probably always been a "optimistic" estimation.

Originally Posted by shmerl View Post
I hope switch to Wayland is accompanied with native drivers, and not with libhybris, and it's made because Wayland simply performs better.
As I've understood in my chats with them, one of the main reasons the switch was done, was to accommodate libhybris & hence better hw support.
libhybris was never going to be practical with Qt4/X, they decided the advantages that Qt5/Wayland/libhybris brings, outweighs sticking with Qt4x/X for at least the 1st device.

Originally Posted by Rauha View Post
Haven't seen this in TMO yet:
Smartphone with Sailfish OS coming soon to India
made by Zopo
Yeah I saw that @TMO earlier in the year, I've heard zero solid news about it since...

Originally Posted by willi6868 View Post
Jolla listened to the Community and overworked the device
Yeah but, is that their official Facebook page? I'm tired of this social communication crud, they should put it on official site(s), or official social channels at the very least.
Until we see it coming from those places, it's just hot air....
Last edited by jalyst; 2013-08-22 at 16:07.
 

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